Contributors
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
17471 Hollis at Cheapside
P.O. Box 2262
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 3C8- Tel:
- (902) 424-7542
- Fax:
- (902) 424-7359
- Email:
- parkers@gov.ns.ca
Since the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia has assembled a collection of over 1,500 vertical files. The material focuses on Canadian art, with a special emphasis on Nova Scotia, the Atlantic region, and folk art. The collection is accessible on the institution's database.
Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
317 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 1G4- Tel:
- (416) 979-6642
- Fax:
- (416) 979-6602
- Email:
- library_archives@ago.net
In the Art Gallery of Ontario began sending questionnaires to Canadian artists and to artists active in Canada. These questionnaires formed the nucleus of the Canadian Artists Documentation Files, which today consist of over 12,000 files. They contain information on early-twentieth-century Canadian artists and contemporary artists, with a special focus on Toronto and Ontario. The files also contain resumés, exhibition announcements and invitations, newspaper clippings, exhibition catalogues, and other documentation provided by artists. The files are collected and managed as a permanent information resource, with older files microfilmed for preservation. An in-house card catalogue is available.
Artexte
460 Sainte-Catherine West, suite 508
Montreal, Quebec,
H3B 1A7- Tel:
- (514) 874-0049
- Email:
- info@artexte.ca
Artexte collects a wide range of documents on contemporary visual art, with an emphasis on artists from Québec as well as the rest of Canada active since . The Documentation Centre currently houses more than 4,000 files on Canadian artists. A typical file consists of a curriculum vitæ with biographical information, visual documentation, bibliographic references, artist's statements, press clippings and printed ephemera. Artist's monographs, solo exhibition catalogues and artist's books are also housed here. See our online databases for more information: http://www.artexte.ca.
Arts Branch – Alberta Culture and Community Spirit
Collection Management Unit
10708 – 105th Avenue
Edmonton, AB
T5H 0A1- Tel:
- (780) 780-415-0250
- Fax:
- (780) 780-422-0398
- Email:
- Gwyneth.MacPherson@gov.ab.ca
Started in , the collection consists of approximately 4500 artist files containing materials such as artist statements and biographical information, exhibition announcements, newspaper and journal articles, press releases, posters, photographs and other printed ephemera. In addition, the collection includes approximately 300 files documenting the activities of museums, galleries and arts organizations. The files are focused on Alberta visual artists and organizations; however material from elsewhere in Canada is also included.
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ Rosemont – La Petite-Patrie)
2275, Holt Street
Montreal, Quebec
H2G 3H1- Tel:
- (514) 873-1100 ext 3823 / 1-800-363-9028 (in Québec)
- Fax:
- (514) 873-7168
- Email:
- collectionspatrimoniales@banq.qc.ca
The mandate of Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) is to acquire, preserve and promote heritage material from or related to Québec. This includes collections of prints, artists’ books and Fine Art book bindings. BAnQ maintains approximately 1,000 artists’ files on Québec artists related to these collections. These files may include a curriculum vitae, a biography, visual material, press clippings and other ephemeral material providing information on the career or artworks of the artists.
Calgary Public Library - Arts Department
616 Macleod Trail S.E.
Calgary, Alberta
T2G 2M2- Tel:
- (403) 260-2600
- Fax:
- (403) 262-5929
- Email:
- information@calgarylibrary.ca
The Calgary Public Library has vertical files that focus exclusively on Alberta, with a special emphasis on artists from the Calgary area. As well as biography files, there are historical files on Arts organizations in Calgary and Alberta. Search the online catalogue to access the collection at: http://www.calgarylibrary.ca/.
Canadian Centre for Architecture - Library
1920 Baile Street
Montreal, Quebec
H3H 2S6- Tel:
- (514) 939-7000
- Fax:
- (514) 939-7020
- Email:
- judy@cca.qc.ca
Started in , the collection consists of approximately 750 files on Canadian architects and architectural firms, with a strong emphasis on Montréal. The files are catalogued in the RLIN database AMC file, and a list of the files is available at http://www3.cca.qc.ca/biblio/Horizon/HIP/doss_doc_eng.htm.
Edmonton Art Gallery - Library
#2 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 2C1- Tel:
- (403) 422-6223
- Fax:
- (403) 426-3105
The Edmonton Art Gallery Library has a collection of over 10,000 vertical files on regional contemporary painting and sculpture, contemporary photography, and early painting, sculpture, and printmaking.
Hamilton Public Library - Local History and Archives Department
55 York Blvd,
P.O. Box 2700
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 4E4- Tel:
- (905) 546-3402
- Fax:
- (905) 546-3202
Initiated in the late , the Hamilton Public Library's collection consists of almost 1,300 vertical files on Canadian artists, with a special focus on local painters, sculptors, photographers, and artisans. An in-house index and an alphabetically arranged list of artists represented in the collection are available.
Questions regarding the local artist clipping files can be directed to the Local History and Archives Department .Library and Archives Canada - Art and Photography Library
c/o Private Specialized Media
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N4The collection of the Documentary Art Library includes over 3,000 files. Started in the mid- , it consists of biographical information, research material, newspaper clippings, and auction records. Its particular strength is historical Canadian art to , specifically caricaturists and early photographers.
London Public Library
251 Dundas Street
London, Ontario
N6A 6H9- Tel:
- (519) 661-4600
- Fax:
- (519) 663-9013
- Email:
- info@lpl.london.on.ca
The London Public Library's Canadian artists files include exhibition announcements, small exhibition catalogues, some mounted reproductions, and other ephemeral material. The collection, started in the , has a wide scope, encompassing early Canadian artists as well as contemporary local and regional artists. The files are indexed in an in-house database.
McMichael Canadian Art Collection - Library and Archives
10365 Islington Avenue
Kleinburg, Ontario
L0J 1C0- Tel:
- (905) 893-0344 ext.255
- Fax:
- (905) 893-2588
- Email:
- linda_morita@mcmichael.on.ca
This collection of almost 3,000 vertical files documents twentieth-century Canadian artists, Inuit artists, and First Nations artists.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Library
P.O. Box 3000, Station H
Montreal, Quebec
H3G 2T9- Tel:
- (514) 285-1600
- Fax:
- (514) 285-5655
- Email:
- biblio@mbamtl.org
The Library's collection began in the and currently includes over 16,000 documentation files, consisting of ephemeral material, posters, and small exhibition catalogues, as well as newspaper clippings up to .
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal - Media Centre
4 Place Ville Marie, Bureau 505,
Montreal, Quebec,
H3B 2E7- Tel:
- (514) 847-6260
- Email:
- Farida.bensaadi@macm.org
The Media Library has a collection of over 78 000 documents of various kinds,including more than 8,500 vertical files on artists and events, consisting of newspaper clippings, invitations, posters, letters, and small exhibition catalogues revealing the history of the Museum's programming since .
Contemporary art is represented in a wide variety of media, including applied arts, drawing, graphic arts, painting, performance art, photography, printing, sculpture, and video art.
The collection is available at the union catalog of the Réseau informatisé des bibliothèques gouvernementales (RIBG) at: https://www.bibliotheques.gouv.qc.ca/pour-les-employes-de-letat/recherche-ressources/collections-et-catalogue-cubiq/.National Gallery of Canada - Library and Archives / Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 9N4- Tel:
- (613) 714-8949 / 1-800-319-2787
- Email:
- erefel@gallery.ca
Since the , the staff of the National Gallery of Canada has been collecting documentation in a number of areas. Today the collection contains over 34,000 files on artists working in all media in the visual arts, encompassing artists born in Canada as well as those born elsewhere who have worked in Canada. The files include material such as newspaper clippings, exhibition notices, press releases, posters, articles from non-art periodicals, unindexed periodicals, documentation received from artists (including curricula vitae), and other printed ephemera. Information forms, usually completed by the artists themselves, may also be found in the files. These forms contain basic biographical information and a brief summary of the artist's education and professional activities. All Canadian artist files are listed in the on-line version of Artists in Canada at https://app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/recherche_base-search_basic.app?lang=en.
Thunder Bay Art Gallery - Resource Centre
P.O. Box 10193
Thunder Bay, Ontario
P7B 6T7- Tel:
- (807) 577-6427
- Fax:
- (807) 577-3781
- Email:
- tbagchin@tbaytel.net
This collection of over 1,000 documentation files was begun in and is devoted exclusively to First Nations artists in Canada. An in-house guide is available.
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery
840 First Avenue West
Owen Sound, Ontario
N4K 4K4- Tel:
- (519) 376-1932
- Fax:
- (519) 376-3885
- Email:
- ttag@e-owensound.com
The Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery's collection of vertical files focuses on Tom Thomson and his contemporaries, including the Group of Seven, as well as some regional artists. The Gallery has been collecting material since .
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
M4W 2G8- Tel:
- (416) 393-7131
- Fax:
- (416) 393-7147
- Email:
- from the website: https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/torontoreferencelibrary/
The Toronto Reference Library started collecting material on Canadian artists in the . Today, researchers have access to nearly 10,000 files that document historical and contemporary Canadian art. The collection has a wide scope, encompassing artists working in the fine arts, crafts, design, and new media arts.
University of British Columbia - Music, Art and Architecture Library
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
1961 East Mall
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6T 1Z1- Tel:
- (604) 822-3943
- Email:
- sara.ellis@ubc.ca
The Music, Art and Architecture Library has been collecting files of newspaper clippings, press releases, pamphlets, bibliographies, and small exhibition catalogues on Canadian artists since . Its collection of vertical files contains information on contemporary artists, especially local painters, sculptors, and architects.
University of Calgary Library
Taylor Family Digital Library
2500 University Drive N.W.
Calgary, Alberta
T2N 1N4- Tel:
- (403) 220-8895
- Email:
- alexandra.alisauskas@ucalgary.ca
The collection of the University of Calgary Library includes over 4,500 vertical files on local and other Canadian artists, as well as on contemporary and lesser-known twentieth-century artists. The collection, started in , has a wide scope, encompassing artists working in all visual arts media. An in-house card catalogue is available.
University of Manitoba - Architecture and Fine Arts Library
Room 206, Russell Bldg.
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2N2- Tel:
- (204) 474-8447
- Fax:
- (204) 474-7539
- Email:
- liv_valmestad@umanitoba.ca
The collection of the Architecture and Fine Arts Library includes over 200 vertical files on Manitoba artists, architects, and designers. The collection also documents anyone associated with the Manitoba art scene. A list of the vertical files is available at: http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archfa/collection/vertical.html.
University of Prince Edward Island - Robertson Library
550 University Avenue
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
C1A 4P3- Tel:
- (902) 566-0536
- Fax:
- (902) 628-4305
- Email:
- slloyd@upei.ca
The Robertson Library's collection of files on Canadian artists is part of the larger Prince Edward Island Collection established in . An in-house card catalogue through is available.
Vancouver Art Gallery - Library
750 Hornby Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6Z 2H7- Tel:
- (604) 662-4709
- Fax:
- (604) 682-1086
- Email:
- library@vanartgallery.bc.ca
The Vancouver Art Gallery Library has been documenting the local art scene since . The over 5,000 files in the collection contain ephemeral material as well as small exhibition catalogues, resumés, unpublished papers, letters, and photographs.
Vancouver Public Library - Fine Arts & History Department
350 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6B 6B1- Tel:
- (604) 331-3603
- Fax:
- (604) 331-3701
- Email:
- e-mail form available on Web page at: https://www.vpl.ca/email-us-form
The Vancouver Public Library has a collection of approximately 4,000 vertical files on artists living or working in British Columbia. A selective in-house card catalogue is available. A list of the vertical files is available at https://www.vpl.ca/bcartistsfiles.
Winnipeg Art Gallery - Clara Lander Library
300 Memorial Boulevard
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3C 1V1- Tel:
- (204) 786-6641 ext 237
- Fax:
- (204) 788-4998
- Email:
- librarian@wag.mb.ca
Over the years the Clara Lander Library has gathered approximately 8,000 files on Canadian artists. The collection focuses primarily on Prairie artists. An in-house index is available.