A Gem in the Wilderness
The Art Gallery of Algoma (AGA) is the only collecting public art gallery located between Thunder Bay and Sudbury, Ontario. Since its foundation, the AGA has built an impressive Permanent Collection of approximately 5000 artworks, which includes paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, installation works and the decorative arts. The collection continues to grow, maintaining a focus on Canadian and regional contemporary art, and including works by artists such as Carl Beam, Franklin Carmichael, AJ Casson, AY Jackson, JEH MacDonald, Norval Morrisseau, FH Varley, Jack Bush, Rita Letendre, Edward Steichen, Barbara Hepworth, Robert Motherwell and more.
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In order to make our permanent collection more accessible, the Art Gallery of Algoma is pleased to announce that our searchable online database is now bilingual and available on our website!
At this point over 3,000 records (the collection has over 5,000 records) have been translated and we encourage everyone to check it out! Please click the link below and then select "français" which is located in the top right corner of the Art Search page. We would like to thank and acknowledge the support of the Government of Canada, Museums Assistance Program, Collections Management Fund for making this project possible. Afin de rendre notre collection permanente plus accessible, la Galerie d'art d'Algoma est heureuse d'annoncer que notre base de données consultable en ligne est maintenant bilingue et disponible sur notre site Web! À ce jour, plus de 3 000 documents (la collection compte plus de 5 000 documents) ont été traduits et nous encourageons tout le monde à les consulter! Veuillez cliquer sur le lien ci-dessous, puis sélectionner « français » qui se trouve dans le coin supérieur droit de la page de recherche d'art. Nous tenons à remercier et à reconnaître le soutien du gouvernement du Canada, du Programme d'aide aux musées et du Fonds de gestion des collections pour avoir rendu ce projet possible. |