Your support helps us fulfill our mandate and bolster our growth as a unique and valued Canadian cultural institution, allowing us to deliver creativity-inspiring programming and thought-provoking exhibitions, create meaningful educational experiences for artists of all ages, and ensure equitable community access and engagement.

The AGB is uniquely positioned to offer immersive art experiences beyond the typical school classroom, and this new Bursary Program will ensure that more children and youth can benefit from the creative, social, and emotional opportunities that arts education provides. The Joyce Family Foundation has committed to providing $50,000 annually for five years, with $35,000 directed toward program delivery and $15,000 invested in the AGB Arts Fund for Kids, held at the Burlington Community Foundation. We are seeking to match the $15,000 annual investment through community fundraising to support the newly established fund.

Cherish and celebrate the AGB’s impressive collection of contemporary Canadian ceramics. Your generous support will allow us to purchase work directly from artists so that we can continue to provide a platform for established and emergent voices, engage in art education, foster critical craft dialogues, and represent a diverse range of current Canadian ceramic and clay practices for future generations of makers.

Image Credit: Victor Cicansky, Delectable Dish of
Strawberries, 1988. Thrown and press molded low fire talc based clay, commercial glazes, found object. 2016.185.0.1. Donated by Mr. Herbert O. Bunt, 2016.