KWAG is Waterloo Region's leading public art gallery, connecting people and ideas through art, with a focus on the best of contemporary culture. For the benefit of current and future generations, the Gallery collects, preserves, researches, interprets, and exhibits the visual arts and offers dynamic public programming relating to the visual arts, all with a view to inspiring creativity and an appreciation of the visual arts in the Region. Established in 1956 and incorporated in 1968, KWAG is a non-profit organization open to the public and administered in the public trust. The Gallery emphasizes contemporary art, often premiering works by Canadian and international artists. Exhibitions frequently draw upon selections from over 4000 works from the Permanent Collection to provide a context and forum for dialogue on current exhibitions and contemporary issues. KWAG plays a vital educational role in the community, offering a full spectrum of artistic experience for adults, children and families alike.

Local Art for Local Walls is here to bring you original art right to your door!

The LAF on-line art store is a non-profit effort by regional artist groups to help you ‘Support Local’ by bringing our members’ paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture, jewellery, fine crafts and more to you!

Whether you visit to buy a gift, something for yourself, your home or just for the visual treat … browse, shop and visit often! All work is available, with new artists and artwork posted twice weekly.

Local Art for Local Walls Regionally (LAFwr) is a collaborative project hosted by four artist-run organizations from Waterloo Region working with affiliate organizations from other locales, all sharing a common goal- to promote the visual art and the artists of our organizations.

The Riverside Print Group works out of the Mary Misner Print Studio, a facility operated by Idea Exchange and attached to its Design at Riverside Gallery. The studio and gallery are inside the renovated silk mill that houses the University of Waterloo School of Architecture at 7 Melville Street South in Cambridge, Ontario.

Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) is incorporated federally as a non-profit corporation that is the national voice of Canada’s professional visual artists. As a non-profit association and a National Art Service Organization, our mandate is to promote the visual arts in Canada, to promote a socio-economic climate that is conducive to the production of visual arts in Canada, and to conduct research and engage in public education for these purposes.

The Ontario Arts Council is an arm's-length agency of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport. OAC's grants and services to professional, Ontario-based artists and arts organizations support arts education, Aboriginal arts, community arts, crafts, dance, Franco-Ontarian arts, literature, media arts, multidisciplinary arts, music, theatre, touring, and visual arts.

If you are a UW Fine Arts Major, or enrolled in any UW Fine Arts course, you are the proud member of the most powerful society located this side of the railway tracks. SOFA is a student organization. It helps students organize and promote activities within Fine Arts, as well as across the University of Waterloo campus.