A Space Gallery
{{short description|Canadian artist-run centre}}
A Space is a Canadian artist-run centre located in Toronto, Ontario
Background
The gallery originated as the Nightingale Arts Council in 1970,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cEgkAQAAMAAJ&q=%22A+Space+Gallery%22+founded+Ian+Carr+Harris|title=Documentary Protocols (1967-1975)|last1=Bonin|first1=Vincent|last2=Thériault|first2=Michèle|date=2010|publisher=Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery|isbn=9782920394810|language=en}} and was founded in 1971.{{Cite book|title=Canadian art in the twentieth century|last=Murray|first=Joan|date=2008|publisher=Dundurn Press|isbn=9781554881208|location=Toronto|oclc=260193722|language=English}} The name A Space Gallery was first used when the gallery established itself at 85 St. Nicholas Street.{{Cite web|url=http://ccca.concordia.ca/traffic/profiles/a-space_profile.html|title=A Space|website=The CCCA Canadian Art Database Project|access-date=12 October 2018|archive-date=12 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012105008/http://ccca.concordia.ca/traffic/profiles/a-space_profile.html|url-status=dead}} It was the first gallery in Toronto committed to the "urgent and emergent" in art.{{cite book |last1=Balkind |first1=Alvin |title="The Triumph of the Egg", Visions |date=1983 |publisher=Doughas and McIntyre |location=Vancouver/Toronto |isbn=088894392X |page=29|url=https://library.gallery.ca/search~S1?/abalkind%2C+Alvin/abalkind+alvin/1%2C1%2C18%2CB/frameset&FF=abalkind+alvin+++++1921+++++1992&16%2C%2C18 |access-date=25 June 2025}} A Space was exactly what it was - "a space to fill...the scene of some pioneering efforts in the field of camera art, video and sound technology as put to work in artistic applications".{{cite book |last1=Mays |first1=John Bentley |title=" The Sakes in the Garden", Visions |date=1983 |publisher=Douglas and McIntyre |location=Vancouver/Toronto |page=174|isbn=088894392X |url=https://library.gallery.ca/search~S1?/abalkind%2C+Alvin/abalkind+alvin/1%2C1%2C18%2CB/frameset&FF=abalkind+alvin+++++1921+++++1992&16%2C%2C18 |access-date=25 June 2025}}
The first exhibition Concept 70 was organized by Robert Bowers and Chris Youngs and included works by Ian Carr-Harris, Stephen Cruise, John McEwen, Dennis Oppenheim and General Idea.{{Cite web|url=http://ccca.concordia.ca/resources/searches/event_detail.html?languagePref=en&vk=7058|title=Event Detail|website=ccca.concordia.ca|access-date=2018-01-10|archive-date=2018-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111164925/http://ccca.concordia.ca/resources/searches/event_detail.html?languagePref=en&vk=7058|url-status=dead}} Today, it focuses on political and social art work, such as the 2015 Detention exhibition.{{cite web|last1=Whyte|first1=Murray|title=At A Space, drawing the line on immigrant detention|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/visualarts/2015/03/05/at-a-space-drawing-the-line-on-immigrant-detention.html|website=The Toronto Star|accessdate=10 January 2018|language=en-CA|date=5 March 2015}} A Space Gallery receives funding from the Ontario Arts Council.{{Cite web|url=http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/general-granting-information/grant-results/2017/march/visual-arts-artist-run-centres-and-organizations?lang=en-ca|title=Ontario Arts Council - Visual Arts Artist-Run Centres and Organizations: Operating}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.aspacegallery.org/ A Space website]
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Category:Art museums and galleries in Ontario