Art Canada Institute
Inspiring Learning Through Canadian Art
Launched in 2013, the Art Canada Institute (ACI) is a not-for-profit educational organization and registered charity dedicated to creating reader-friendly, reliable, inclusive, and multivocal publications on Canadian artists and art history, that are available online free of charge, in both French and English. ACI works with Canada's leading cultural institutions, art historians, curators, and visual culture experts, and is dedicated to the creation of authoritative original content on the people, themes, and topics that have defined Canadian art history.
From this foundation, ACI develops classroom-ready tools drawn from its online art book series. With bilingual teacher resource guides, lesson plans, and interactive activities, ACI brings Canadian art alive—linking it to history, social change, and the issues shaping our world today.
At the heart of ACI’s education program is The Canadian Art Inspiration Student Challenge, an annual nationwide initiative that invites students from grades 7-12 to create artworks inspired by the country's trailblazing artists—past and present. The challenge celebrates the voices of the next generation, giving them an opportunity to engage with Canadian art in a hands-on way. This year, student artworks will be showcased at Art Toronto 2025, placing students’ creativity on a national stage.
Power Corporation is proud to support the Art Canada Institute’s mission to transform how Canadian art is experienced in schools, classrooms, and communities across the country and beyond.
Canadian art tells the stories of who we are, and by putting these stories into the hands of teachers and students, we ensure they continue to inspire, educate, and shape the future.
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