History

In 1957, a group of Toronto artists created the Society of Co-operative Artists. The SCA broadened its vision from local to national in 1972 when it received its charter and non-profit status and became the Society of Canadian Artists.

The SCA is committed to strengthening its national presence in Canada by promoting excellence in traditional forms of artistic expression, and by encouraging acceptance and growth of contemporary and experimental forms of visual art.

What the Society does

• Organizes and administers public exhibitions of the work of members and non-members while maintaining a standard of artistic excellence.
• Gives leadership within the arts community in Canada by the encouragement of original, artistic expression and experimentation in all media and all visual art forms.
• Provides a milieu for artists through exhibitions, workshops, lectures and guest speakers.
• Recognizes the highest qualities in art through a program of awards.

About the SCA Logo

The SCA logo was designed at the end of 2003 to reflect the renewed vision and direction of our Society.

SCA's full name is Society of Canadian Artists, or Societe des Artistes Canadiens. In the Society's logo, the letters SCA and SAC are intertwined to represent our Society's universality. The letter A is prominent as it represents the most important part of our Society...the Artists/Artistes; the letters S and C are artistically interwoven with the A to represent the interconnectedness of the Artists/Artistes, the Society/La Societe, and Canada/le Canada.

Finally, the appearance of the new logo as a whole entity is that of intriguingly balanced asymmetry. This graphic was designed to represent the creative diversities of a membership that comes together to be the Society of Canadian Artists/La Societe des Artistes Canadiens.

Officers, Board Members and Other Volunteers

Vice-President Finance & Treasurer: Bill Buchanan willieb@rogers.com, 416-596-0248 Vice-President Communications: Eva Gerold evarocks@sympatico.ca, 416-968-0712 Vice-President Exhibitions & SCA West Representative: Karin Richter SCA karinrichter@shaw.ca, 403-272-1471 Vice-President Membership & SCA Quebec Representative: Linda Hobley SCA Membership, 450-295-2131 Director & Secretary: Eva Beyerle-Rutherford crisca66@rogers.com, 416-203-0933 Activities: vacant Director and Co-Chair Exhibitions: Angela Hennessey SCA catalina@sympatico.ca, 1-877-324-4112 Director and Exhibitions Co-Chair: John Lennard SCA lennards@interhop.net, 705-286-3037 Director and Chair Membership: Katherine Zarull SCA zarull@interlynx.net, 905-648-7678 Director and Chair Associate Membership: George Langbroek SCA glangbroek@sympatico.ca, 905-935-7917 Director and Newsletter Editor: Margie Wagner margie@thewagners.ca, 416-590-1296 Publicity: Dorothy Chisholm SCA dorothychisholm@telusplanet.net, 403-238-4493 Website: Sandra Reeves sreeves@rogers.com, 506-847-0479 Regional Reps: SCA West: Donna Jo Massie massiewc@telusplanet.net, 403-678-5042 SCA Quebec: Linda Hobley www.socanart.ca, 450-295-2131 SCA Maritimes: Joanne Hunt joannehunt@eastlink.ca Links to other art societies

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