Rapport annuel 2008 Annual Report - Ottawa Art Gallery

Ontario Arts Foundation, Telus and the
Ontario Trillium Foundation. In collaboration
with artists, teachers and web
designers, the OAG created a bilingual
on-line educational resource about contemporary
art that includes hands-on art
projects, activities, discussion topics,
videos, podcasts, lesson plans and much
more, based on selected OAG exhibitions.
This past year saw a rich crop of bilingual,
illustrated publications, including
Oh So Iroquois, a trilingual publication
in Mohawk, French and English, Media
Povera and Mark Marsters: Marsterpiece Theatre,
in addition to the handsome hardcover
publication on our collections.
Through purchases and donations, the
Gallery is able to make meaningful acquisitions,
and in 2008 works were added
to the Firestone Collection as well as
to the Contemporary Collection. Several
works were purchased with the approval
of the Board’s Acquisitions Committee,
thanks to the generosity of our Art
Rental volunteers, Glen A. Bloom, the
Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation,
and matching funds from the Canada
Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance
Program.
Our ART Rental and Sales volunteers
worked hard at attracting new clients,
and contributed $8,000 to the acquisitions
budget in 2008. ART Rental and
Sales is recognized for its valuable service
to local artists as well as to individual
art lovers and businesses in Ottawa.
The members of our Board of Directors
and our professional staff were extraor-
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dinary in their commitment and passion,
ensuring that as many people as possible
had the opportunity to participate in our
special double anniversary year. I would
like to thank each member of the staff
for making a difference, and to acknowledge
the dedication of the Gallery’s
Board members.
In its first twenty years, the OAG established
itself as a nationally-respected
centre for visual and media art, emphasizing
the vital role played by the artist in
society while offering the visitor greater
insight into life’s complexities. We anticipate
the next twenty years as a period of
growth and consolidation, with the Gallery
assuming a greater leadership role in
the life of the city.
Mela Constantinidi
Director
Annual Report 2008