We want you to be a part of the conversation on Canadian art and its history regardless of your access to bricks-and-mortar museums or knowledge of the subject. Before the ACI, there was no organization exclusively dedicated to Canadian art history research, education, and promotion. We launched in 2013 to fill this void in the cultural landscape and today, we are dedicated to creating a multi-vocal, bilingual, comprehensive web resource on the subject. Our library of open source books and K-12 education programs reach hundred of thousands in Canada and abroad. Based at Massey College at the University of Toronto, the Art Canada Institute is a not-for-profit educational organization and a registered Canadian charity. LEARN MORE
Welcome to the ACI
Spotlight
Visit the ACI Library
CANADIAN SCHOOLS ART EDUCATION PROGRAM
Our teacher resource guides facilitate the study of all subjects through Canadian art and artists for students in grades K to 12. LEARN MORE
Download Teacher Guides
The Essay
Decolonizing
History Painting
An excerpt from the ACI’s book
“Revision and Resistance”
By Ruth B. Phillips and Mark Salber PhillipsGlossary of Canadian Art History
A comprehensive dictionary of art movements, styles, and persons who have shaped the Canadian scene. LEARN MORE