Art Gallery of Peterborough

44°17′41″N 78°19′3.5″W / 44.29472°N 78.317639°W / 44.29472; -78.317639

Art museum in Peterborough, Ontario

Art Gallery of Peterborough


Established	1974
Location	250 Crescent Street Peterborough, Ontario K9J 2G1
Type	Art museum
Website	agp.on.ca

The Art Gallery of Peterborough is a free admission, non-profit public art gallery in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. A registered charity that depends on the support of its members, it was founded in 1974 by an independent board of volunteers. In 1977 it was given the Foster House by the City of Peterborough, a historical residence set in parkland beside Little Lake. In 1979 The gallery expanded to its current size of 11,000 square feet (1,000 m²) with the construction of its modernist wing designed by Crang & Boake architects. The collection presently numbers over 1,300 pieces. In addition to its permanent collection and exhibitions, the gallery offers many educational programs for adults and children. There is also a gallery shop featuring a variety of works by local and regional artists and makers.

The acquisition program is funded by private donations and matching grants from the Canada Council. Annual operating and management costs are provided by the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, and community fundraising efforts. The Art Gallery of Peterborough is a City of Peterborough facility. The gallery is a member of the Ontario Association of Art Galleries.^[1]

Prominent Canadian artists with works in the collection include Carl Beam, Rebecca Belmore, David Bierk, Ron Bloore, Emily Carr, Dorothy Caldwell, A.J. Casson, Paterson Ewen, Ivan Eyre, Gershon Iskowitz, A.Y. Jackson, Rita Letendre, Sanaz Mazinani, Daphne Odjig, Jack Shadbolt, and Bill Vazan.^[2]

Exhibitions

The art gallery holds frequent exhibitions. A sample:

2023 Tim Whiten - Elemental: Earthen
2020 Jack Bush + Francisco-Fernando Granados - duet
2019 Shelley Niro - Shelley Niro: women, land, river
2018 Dr. Roberta Bondar - Dr. Roberta Bondar: Light in the Land ~ The Nature of Canada
2017 Charles Pachter - Of Moose and Monarchs
2017 Brenda Francis Pelkey - Brenda Francis Pelkey: A Retrospective
2017 Spencer J. Harrison - Not a Freak Show: Growing Up Gay in Rural Ontario
2016 Arthur Shilling - Arthur Shilling: The Final Works
2016 Bonnie Devine - La Rábida, Soul of Conquest: an Anishinaabe encounter
2011 (Summer) Robert Houle - Paris/Ojibwa
2010 (Winter) Allyson Mitchell - Ladies Sasquatch
2009 (Summer) Nobuo Kubota - Hokusai Revisited
2009 (Winter) Mendelson Joe - Joe's Politicians^[3]
2008 Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour collection^[4]
2000 Patrick Mahon : palindRome, Lethbridge, Alberta: Southern Alberta Art Gallery, ISBN 1-894699-00-9
1996 Bill Vazan : jumpgates, an overview of photoworks, 1981–1995, Peterborough, Ontario: Art Gallery of Peterborough, ISBN 1-896809-00-6
1994 In the absence of paradise : the art of David Bierk, Ottawa: Tellem Press, ISBN 1-895286-01-8
1993 Tony Urquhart - Dialogues of Reconciliation: The Imagination of Tony Urquhart
1992 Nameless, named : paintings and works on paper by Sheila Butler : December 3, 1992 to January 3, 1993., Toronto: Evelyn Aimis Gallery, ISBN 0-9694514-2-3
1990 Henry Moore's animals : prints from the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, ISBN 0-919777-81-3

References

^ "Membership: Reciprocal Admission" Archived 2020-01-26 at the Wayback Machine OAAG. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
^ "Art Gallery of Peterborough" Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Weewelcome.ca. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
^ "Winter exhibitions planned by Art Gallery of Peterborough" Peterborough Examiner. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
^ "Art Gallery of Peterborough previews new exhibits, 2008 Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour collection" Peterborough Examiner. Retrieved 3 March 2009.