Hiding in Plain Sight

Artists Network

he Artists’ Network is a member-led and member-driven organization dedicated to helping artists with their business practice. What started as a local outdoor art exhibit just before the turn of this century has now become the premiere organization for artists to learn from, and grow together. In 2018, we are celebrating 20 years, and we hope you’ll join us in the celebration! Our members are artists, our staff are artists, and our Board of Directors are artists. Together, we decide what we do and how we do it. And we rely on our membership to direct the path we take. We depend on the membership, along with our volunteers, community partners and generous art-loving sponsors, to help make the organization run smoothly. Our principal base is the GTA (Greater Toronto Area), although members participate from across the province. Membership is not geographically restricted, all fine artists are welcomed from anywhere in Canada. As a non-profit organization, we are primarily funded by membership fees and show participation fees. All of our Board positions are volunteer; the only paid positions are our Office Manager and Show Producer. Independent artists must be, by their very nature, small business owners and entrepreneurs. They not only have to know how to produce fine art, they need to know how to promote themselves and run a fiscally responsible business. Our goal is to help our members develop skills to make them self-sustaining professional artists.