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Become a Member, Share your Insight
Our team is very determined in its aims to establish a substantial art gallery for Scarborough. Scarborough has a very large population without a large gallery space to display the work of Scarborough artists, and artworks from national and international exhibitions. We can do a lot better!
Here are some ways you can get involved:
Member
The benefits of becoming a member of the gallery are numerous even though the organization is young. First of all you will personally feel the pride of committing yourself to "The Arts" in Scarborough in a public way. You will be a catalyst to the growth of membership by announcing this to your friends. You will receive an occasional newsletter bringing you up to date about the progress of The Board and our volunteers. You will receive notification about upcoming virtual exhibitions.
Becoming a member costs nothing, but it does show support for our aim to have a gallery.
Do I have to pay the membership fee?
Although we are more than glad to receive donations the gallery does not charge a membership fee and has no plans to do so at the present time. The gallery is most interested in building a membership which has a genuine interest in establishing a more substantial gallery for Scarborough than we presently have. If you subscribe to our newsletter you will be counted as a new member and there will be no fees.
Director
Board Directors make every effort to meet once per month. Board Directors guide the organization by providing their expertise when needed and working with other Directors to achieve Board objectives. We do our best to assign 'one thing' to each Director so that no one gets overloaded. This gallery project is a long journey and we are interested in a long term commitmment where possible. We won't be finished by next year, but if you can only spare a year as a volunteer Director you will be truly greatfully received by all the mebers of the board.
Volunteer
Volunteers are the backbone of most arts organizations and Gallery X is no exception. We work as a team and do what we can. Through our joint efforts we have made great friends, made good progress with government requirements for our 'official' existence, struggled through the loss of volunteers suffered by all organizations throughout this pandemic, and managed to present four excellent local and international exhibitions that are available on this website today. We would love to have you join our team and 'do what you can'.
What amount of time is required from a volunteer?
Time commitment from a volunteer is a matter of personal choice. Some folks have unlimited time because of their particular circumstance, but most people have very limited amounts of time for volunteer work. Our mantra so far has been "Do what you can". Every little bit of volunteering helps as we move the organization forward in a positive fashion. Thank you for giving volunteering with Gallery X some consideration.
Sponsor
Every unfunded volunteer organization needs funding. As a sponsor you can pick where you think your sponsorship will be of most valuable to the growth of the organization. Even with volunteers doing a lot of work every development requires some sort of funding which is financial as opposed to voluntary. Sponsorship is a joint endeavour that can be managed by discussion between the board and you or your company. Needless to say perhaps, but this organization would be proud to meet with any potential sponsor as sponsorship will contribute greatly to the development of The Arts in Scarborough.
Interested in supporting us financially instead? Visit our Donate page.
What programs is the gallery developing?
Although the pandemic created problems for bricks and mortar exhibitions the gallery has established a program of virtual exhibitions. We have also begun educational visits to school with talks at public schools about Canadian Art history and contemporary Canadian artworks.
What activities is the gallery planning besides the virtual?
The Board of The Existential Gallery of Scarborough has many dreams about gallery programming but it takes many volunteers to develop the individual pieces. It also takes considerable time to do so. The Gallery has already participated in exhibitions that have both a bricks and mortar and a virtual existence. We have already featured Scarborough artists in two exhibitions and also international Canadian artists in two exhibitions, and we will be continuing our pursuit of these venues. As pandemic issues subside we will be doing our best to participate in public exhibition space that can be made available for that kind of experience. Education is an important part of our planning for the future.