Art Gallery of Peterborough

The Art Gallery of Peterborough is a free admission, non-profit public art gallery in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. A registered charity that depends on the support of its members, it was founded in 1974 by an independent board of volunteers. In 1977 it was given the Foster House by the City of Peterborough, a historical residence set in parkland beside Little Lake. In 1979 The gallery expanded to its current size of 11,000 square feet (1, 000 m2) with the construction of its modernist wing designed by Crang & Boake architects. From its incorporation, the AGP operated independently with grants from the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, and support from the City of Peterborough. Towards the end of the millennium, faced with increasing economic challenges, the Board initiated a conversation with the City towards organizational stability. In 2000, after negotiations between the AGP Board and the City of Peterborough, City Council invited the AGP to become part of the City’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Division. The facility is now owned and managed by the City, and AGP employees are employees of the City of Peterborough. The Director of the AGP reports to the Board of Directors as well as the City of Peterborough’s Arts & Culture Division. The AGP Board of Directors remains the institution’s independently elected governing authority responsible for overseeing t

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