Shared Visions
Seventy years ago in March of 1955, nine women who had a “shared vision” hosted their first community art exhibition at St. Mark’s Anglican Church in Orangeville. These 9 artists had a desire to bring art to the local community through art education and the organization of community art shows throughout the year; this vision became the Orangeville Art Group.
Today the Orangeville Art Group is a diverse group of Artists with a variety of educational and professional art experience. Some of our Artists are self-taught and others have had extensive art training and professional careers in art-related industries. The work that these Artists create is inspired by their multi-faceted and fascinating personal histories and life experiences.
As a community not-for-profit, the OAG is proud to present our eclectic group of Artists in its first ever Exhibition at the beautiful, historic Gibson Centre Art Gallery in Alliston.
Each featured Artist represents a unique individual perspective and expression of creativity, contributing to the theme of collaboration with others as we present our “Shared Visions” in the modern era.
We are still to this day welcoming new members and promoting the Founder’s “shared vision” of advancing art education in the community. We continue to host excellent workshops featuring renowned professional instructors which are open to all members of the public as well as our members.