Member Benefits

Besides visibility, community & professional development, this is what you also have access to:

Discounts from suppliers.  Members are recognized with discounts from Hamster (Alexandria) & Dempster’s Frameworks (Cornwall) as well as special deals from Hachem (Laval).

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Hamster in Alexandria offers member discounts on art supplies & will order materials as needed. Sylvain is stocking very good quality canvas & cradled boards, a broad supply of student-grade Pebeo paints & will order Golden, etc. Hamster (Papeterie Alexandria Stationery) stocks a variety of art supplies, including high-quality, Canadian-made canvases by Gotrick. 

They are willing to order anything they don’t stock and offer a 10 % discount (on art supplies only) to Collectif members.  The more art supplies they sell, the more they will be able to keep in stock.  Shopping locally when possible is good for us all!

Hamster stocks supplies, locally!

Dempster’s Frameworks sadly, Dempster’s closed in May 2025.

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HACHEM This great artists supply shop in Vaudreuil has closed. Consider visiting Hachem Laval, 1555 Boulevard Le Corbusier, Laval QC H7S 1Z3 Tel. 450 934 9343 or shopping online

Group Shows Full Members can participate, show, sell their work at our many Collective events, such as:

  • The Big Show, every year in April
  • Annual Juried show at the Glengarry Nor’Westers & Loyalist Museum in May-June.
  • Annual exhibit in July-August at Glengarry Pioneer Museum
  • The Write Thing, reading event with optional dinner

We also have bi-monthly member Coffee House with discussions &/or demonstrations on matters of artistic interest. Oh & good coffee & baked goods to help keep up your strength!

Artist Promotion We’re keen to celebrate our members. Let us know of shows you’re participating in, courses you’re giving, accolades you’ve acquired, works published. If it is member creativity related, we’ll promote it on this website. Send blurb (and an image) to cagac.ca@gmail.com

Community Engagement We’ve created four murals for the Township & conferred on another in Maxville. The most recent mural was unveiled in Mill Square, Alexandria in 2023.

We’ve become an art resource!