Our mission is to ignite community engagement through exceptional Canadian Art curation and education.

Our approach involves three focus areas:

We fund the arts through our endowment to ensure the continued success of Artist for Kids, the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, and our public programming 

We curate innovative and world-class exhibitions of contemporary Canadian art. We also manage the AfK permanent collection, preserving our artistic and cultural heritage for future generations.

We engage our community through public programming that connects our audience with art beyond the exhibition, in a truly interdisciplinary experience