Canadian Visual and Media Arts Sector

Visual Arts Alliance
Indigenous Curatorial Collective
Artist-Run Centres and Collectives Conference
Art Dealers Association of Canada
Artexte
Artists in Canada
L’Association des groupes en arts visuels francophones
Canadian Art Gallery Educators
Canadian Art Museum Directors’ Organization
Canadian Crafts Federation
Canadian Museums Association
Canadian Society for Education Through Art
Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art
Independant Media Arts Alliance
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

International Visual Arts Organizations

Artists’ Associations

AUSTRALIA – National Association for the Visual Arts
DENMARK – The Danish Association of Visual Artists
FINLAND – The Artists Association of Finland
GERMANY – Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste
ICELAND – The Associaton of Icelandic Visual Artists
IRELAND – Visual Artists Ireland
NEW ZEALAND – Artists Alliance
NORWAY – Norwegian Visual Artists Association
POLAND – Association of Polish Artists and Designers
SCOTLAND – The Scottish Artists Union
SWEDEN – The Swedish Artists’ National Organization
SWITZERLAND – Assoc. of Swiss Painters, Sculptors and Architects
UK – ArtQuest
UK – The Artists Information Company

Copyright Collectives

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND – VISCOPY
AUSTRIA – VBK
BELGIUM – SABAM
CZECH REPUBLIC – GESTOR
DENMARK – Copy-Dan Billedkunst
FINLAND – KUVASTO RY
FRANCE – ADAGP
GERMANY – Bild-Kunst
HUNGARY – HUNGART
IRELAND – IVARO
ITALY – SIAE
NORWAY – BONO
SWEDEN – BUS
UK – DACS

Advocacy

Apathy Is Boring
Canadian Arts Coalition
Canadian Conference of the Arts
Canadian Senior Artists’ Resource Network
Coalition for Cultural Diversity
Creators Copyright Coalition
International Network for Cultural Diversity
Artists’ Legal Advice Services (Toronto)
Artists’ Legal Outreach (Vancouver)
Artists’ Legal Services Ottawa
Artists’ Legal Information Society (Nova Scotia)
Montreal Artists Legal Clinic (CJAM)
Visual Artists’ Legal Clinic of Ontario (VALCO)

Canadian Creators’ Unions and Organizations

ACTRA
Canadian Federation of Musicians
Canadian Actors Equity Assoc
Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists
Canadian Dance Assembly
Le Conseil québécois du theater
Cultural Human Resources Council
La Fédération culturelle canadienne-française
Playwrights Guild of Canada
Professional Writers Association of Canada
SOCAN – Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada
La Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques
L’union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois
Writers Guild of Canada
Writers Union of Canada

Federal Funding Agencies

Canada Council for the Arts
Department of Canadian Heritage – Visual Arts Section
Department of Foreign Affairs – Canadian Cultural Representatives Abroad

Other Arts Related Websites

SaskCulture Inc.
Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils
Arts Hamilton
Prairie Artsters
Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador
Copyrightlaws.com
Canadian Copyright Law