Strategic Plan

Our last strategic planning process at the Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) cemented our commitment to a continuous, iterative, and connected approach to strategy. While we are guided by our values, particularly our commitment to community, and will use the pillars outlined in this document as guideposts, we have adopted an open and curious posture. This allows for dynamism and opportunism, but also grounds our ongoing efforts in engagement and connection, which is at the heart of our very existence as a public gallery.

This strategic plan again is rooted in its commitment to a continued conversation in the face of an ever-changing landscape, something that continues to bear out in new and unexpected ways. We also recognize that this openness, this curiosity, and this commitment to meaningful and real connection is at the very heart of who we are. This allows us to produce programs, services, and a culture that is path-breaking, at a caliber well beyond expectations – often at a national or even international level, or hyper-local in a way that is truly first in class.

As we noted in our last plan, we acknowledge that the work, and our road ahead may change, but the conversation will continue to evolve through the pillars, objectives and actions outlined below. More than ever, we commit ourselves to further amplifying and nurturing this unique approach, by remaining open and responsive, and thereby highlighting the special value we believe we can bring to art, to community, and to connection. Our reach and role continues to grow, and we commit to codifying this relational and extraordinary capacity, and to pushing and providing the capacity for the OAG to meet its full potential.