About the Grimsby Public Art Gallery

The Grimsby Public Art Gallery (GPAG) was founded in 1975 as a committee of the Grimsby Public Library Board, creating an active and accessible community art gallery in the lower level of the Library. In 1999, the Gallery became a separate sub-department of the Town of Grimsby, although we still shared a building with the Library. In 2004 both Gallery and Library moved into a new purpose–built facility that has significantly enhanced our ability to fulfill all aspects of our mandate.

Many of the Gallery's most popular programs, including Wayzgoose, our internationally celebrated book arts fair, and Art in the Schools, our education program of in-school exhibitions, as well as our special focus on multiples and works on paper, were established during the first few years of the Gallery's existence. Since then, GPAG's focus has expanded to include fine craft, popular culture, and environmental art.

Mandate

• To be a public, non‑profit gallery serving the Town of Grimsby and surrounding area
• To be dedicated to the exhibition, preservation, encouragement, and collection of visual art of professional standard
• To provide lectures, seminars, workshops, tours and other forms of public education relating to visual art

Forging and maintaining connections with our community is of primary importance and we do this through our careful selection and presentation of exhibitions and programs. We preserve art by our responsible care of the permanent collection. We encourage visual art by maintaining a gallery that is open and welcoming to all visitors and by offering a range of thought provoking art and related programs.