Alliance of Arts Councils of Ontario

To champion the arts and serve as a unified voice for collaborative advocacy for the sector’s advancement in Ontario, AACO connects arts service organizations through the exchange of resources and best practices.

About AACO

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Our Vision

A strong and supported presence for the arts across Ontario

a group of people sitting in chairs in a room — ^{MassCulture ASO conference}

Advocacy

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a white picket fence sitting next to a building — ^{“Awesiinyag” Designed by Jon Colwell and painted by over 50 artists of the community-Scugog Arts}

Projects

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a group of people sitting in chairs under a tent — ^{Headwaters Arts Patrons}

Statistics

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Our Members Highlighted

We are approximately 30 municipal and regional arts councils, community arts councils and artists’ networks from across Ontario, including the GTA, who collectively represent tens of thousands of artists, hundreds of local arts organizations of every size and discipline that deliver arts and culture programming in their communities, cultural workers and arts groups in every discipline, their volunteers and audiences.

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Ontarians Value the Arts, and the Arts are Valuable for Ontario

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