SEARCH ENGINES

Artists
http://www.ccca.ca/advancedSearch.html?languagePref=en&

Search for Canadian artists and/or works in the Canadian Art Database by: name, category, title, materials, residence, collections, date made and other information.

Artists by category
http://www.ccca.ca/artists/s-media.html?languagePref=en&

Search for Candian artists in the Canadian Art Database by types of art.

Artists by residence
http://www.ccca.ca/artists/s-prov.html?languagePref=en&

Search for Candian artists in the Canadian Art Database by province or territory.

Artistic works
http://www.ccca.ca/OSA/advancedSearch.html?languagePref=en&

Search from the Ontario Society of Arts Catalogue via the Canadian Art Database. Searchable by: artist, title, year.

Bibliographic citations
http://www.ccca.ca/resources/searches/biblioSearch.html?languagePref=en&

Search for bibliographic citations in the Canadian Art Database by title, author, date, publisher, topic type, serial title, volume, issue, place, published, topic.

Events
http://www.ccca.ca/resources/searches/chronoSearch.html?languagePref=en&.html?languagePref=en&

Search for events via the Canadian Art Database. Searchable by event, start, date, location, event type, topic type, sponsor, category, description.

Galleries
http://www.artistsincanada.com/php/linkcount.php?cat=2

Search for Canadian and international art galleries. Listings will sometimes also have links to associated artists, and all listings have links to the gallery’s website. Searchable by name, province or type (aboriginal, auction, commercial, cooperative, museum, public and virtual).

Historical Canadian Photographs
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02011502_e.html

Search from the Canadian Library and Archives.

Canadian Museums
http://daryl.chin.gc.ca:8ooo/BASIS/cmaa/user/cma/SF

Searchable by institution name, city or province, and category.

DIRECTORIES

Art galleries
http://www.canadianart.ca

Canadian Art magazine has compiled a directory for art galleries, both in Canada and abroad. Click on the “galleries” tab at the top.

Current Exhibitions
http://www.canadianart.ca/

Canadian Art magazine keeps a directory that lists the exhibitions going on in Canada and internationally. Click on the “exhibitions” tab at the top.

Media Artists
http://www.ccca.ca/media/media_list.html?languagePref=en&

Performance Artists
http://www.ccca.ca/performance/performance_list.html?languagePref=en&

Inuit Artists (listed according to their community)
http://www.ccca.ca/inuit/index.html?languagePref=en

First Nations (listed along with band and location)
http://www.ccca.ca/firstnations/artists_list.html

The Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art (CCCA) has created a Canadian Art Database. It is available in French and English, and has an extensive directory for Canadian artists who’ve been invited to participate. Artists are listed alphabetically along with their city under the following categories; media, performance, Inuit and First Nations. If you click on a specific artist you will find links to the artist’s work in the Canadian Art Database, related information (such as links to the artist’s website, their CV), a brief bibliography and a link to contact the artist via email.

Canadian Art Schools:
http://www.carfacontario.ca/links/art_schools/

Has direct links to the websites of some of Canada’s major art institutions.

Canadian Grant Agencies
http://www.canadaart.info/filesE/fundingE.html

Grant agencies and organizations are listed by province.

Museums
http://www.museumlink.com/canada.htm

List of museums by province via museum link.com, which claims to eventually have links for every museum around the world.