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

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT DIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE & TREASURER Dorothy Chisholm, SCA dorothychisholm@rogers.com 403-238-4493 DIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT EXHIBITIONS Andrew Sookrah, SCA sookrah@engineroom.ca 416-968-1732 DIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT COMMUNICATIONS Gilbert Strudwick, SCA sweatars@hotmail.com 613-527-1128 DIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT MEMBERSHIP Yetvart (Ed) Yaghdjian, SCA yyaghdjian@rogers.com 416-493-2330 DIRECTOR, SECRETARY Linda Hobley, SCA Membership 450-295-2131 DIRECTOR, NEWSLETTER EDITOR & MARITIMES REPRESENTATIVE Joanne Hunt, SCA joannehunt@eastlink.ca 902-821-2020 DIRECTOR, CHAIR PUBLICITY Anne Garrett, SCA annepeterg@msn.com 905-263-2993 DIRECTOR, WEBMASTER David Reeves, SCA Contact 506-847-0479 DIRECTOR, CHAIR ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP Katherine Zarull, SCA zarull@interlynx.net 905-648-7678 DIRECTOR John Lennard, SCA lennards@interhop.net 705-286-3037 DIRECTOR George Langbroek, SCA glangbroek@sympatico.ca 905-935-7917 DIRECTOR Margie Wagner, Associate margie@thewagners.ca 416-590-1296 CHAIR, EVENTS & ACTIVITIES Debra Bailey, Associate bailey_debra@hotmail.com 519-238-6588 WEBSITE ADMINISTRATION Sandra Reeves sreeves@rogers.com 506-847-0479 REGIONAL REPS: SCA WEST REPRESENTATIVE Barbara J. West, SCA barbarajwest@nucleus.com 403-678-6500 DIRECTOR, SECRETARY, SCA QUEBEC REPRESENTATIVE Linda Hobley, SCA Membership 450-295-2131 DIRECTOR, NEWSLETTER EDITOR & MARITIMES REPRESENTATIVE Joanne Hunt, SCA joannehunt@eastlink.ca 902-821-2020 Links to other art societies

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