COAA Annual Members Exhibition: Visions by Central Ontario Art Association will be on display from April 4th to April 26th at the Minto Arts Gallery. Located on the 3rd floor of the Harriston Public Library.
Join us for the artists reception held on April 4th. Starting at 6:30 pm until 8 pm.
Have the pleasure of enjoying the arts and meeting the artists, while enjoying some refreshments.
COAA Annual Members Exhibition: Visions
The Minto Arts Council proudly presents the COAA Annual Members Exhibition: Visions. The show is consists of multiple artists selected by the Central Ontario Art Association. The artists use various forms of art techniques. Such as oil painting, watercolor, mixed media, and more.
The Central Ontario Art Association is a non-profit organization committed to the Visual Arts for over 50 years. Dedicated to providing individual and group opportunities in art instruction, encouragement of art appreciation, pooling of area efforts and resources, development of area leadership in visual art. As well as fostering inter-group co-operation and participation in visual arts.
They welcome participation and membership from all those who appreciate the visual arts. Artists and patrons alike. Their membership is widely dispersed and very diverse. Embracing all media and all levels of artistic development. The group is a network of over 300 artists who mentor each other through workshops, informal paint-outs, sketching trips and exhibitions.
History of the Central Ontario Art Association
The formation of the Central Ontario Art Association (COAA) has been a three-tier development. In 1953, there were no more than three organized art groups in Dufferin, Peel, Wellington, Waterloo and Halton counties. In the following year (1954), a group of art teachers met at the MacDonald Institute in Guelph. They formed the Teachers’ Council, leading to the development of our organization. What was then called, the Five Counties Art Association. With the support of the founding members and the sponsorship of the Community Program Branch of the Ontario Department of Education (later the Youth and Recreation Branch) and the Ontario Arts Council, the association grew and flourished.
