The Foundation is a private Canadian non-profit corporation established to promote the study of art. Most of our services are provided free of charge to the general public and art educators. Capital and operating requirements are met from charitable contributions which are tax deductible. The Foundation is governed by an independent Board of Directors.

Foundation Programs

The foundation is presently committed to five major programs:

1. Acquiring and maintaining a permanent collection of visual art by contemporary North American artists;

2. Operating Gallery Arcturus for exhibitions of the permanent collection and other works by contemporary North American artists;

3. Publishing books of the permanent collection and livres d’artistes;

4. Providing a center for artists, art educators, curators, critics and collectors to study objective art and artists;

5. Reaching out to the arts community by providing workshops, discussion forums, and access to images from its permanent collection.

What is Gallery Arcturus?

Gallery Arcturus is a not-for-profit contemporary art exhibition and art education centre located in downtown Toronto. It is funded and operated by the Foundation for the Study of Objective Art, a private charity.

The gallery is an oasis of peace in the midst of a busy city. The space has been designed with care to provide an opportunity for uninterrupted contemplation of visual art without the pressures of commercial galleries and without the admission charges typical of other public galleries. Light, colour and proportion create an atmosphere suitable for perceiving subtle impressions and insights which are often obscured by the impact of the urban landscape.

The gallery provides an opportunity for contemporary visual artists to display their work without commercial considerations.

The gallery has a view that art is for exploring the larger context of what it means to be human. It seeks to exhibit works which engage the viewer’s attention on sensation and feeling in an experience of being in the present.

Artists who may wish to submit are invited to visit the gallery space or to explore further the Arcturus web-site especially ‘Artist Criteria’. We also invite you to contribute your thoughts on the forum.

Affiliations

The Foundation and Gallery Arcturus are members of the following organizations;

Ontario Association of Art Galleries (OAAG)

Visual Arts Ontario (VAO)

Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)