Visual Arts and Galleries Association

Welcome

The Visual Arts and Galleries Association , VAGA is an independent professional body representing organisations and individuals working in all aspects of the production, public engagement and development of the contemporary visual arts and related visual culture.

VAGA's membership is broadly based, including galleries and independent exhibiting organisations, museums and collections, university and art school galleries, commissioning and production agencies, and individual professionals. VAGA champions joined-up thinking and policy, bridging the arts, museums and creative industries.

VAGA believes that everyone has their right to participate in culture and to enjoy the arts, as enshrined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948.

REALISE your right to art.

VAGA promotes innovation, creativity and new thinking through the work and ideas of contemporary visual artists and creatives and with its membership seeks to:

• remove intellectual, social and physical barriers to the enjoyment and understanding of the visual arts
• develop the potential for education, lifelong learning and personal development through the visual arts and further high quality visual arts learning
• broaden audiences and improve the quality of their experiences

To find out more about the range of work and achievements of the contemporary visual arts sector, see the full list of VAGA members available on the main VAGA site, where links take you to the websites of individual members.

VAGA works in partnership, networks and shares knowledge with visual arts and cultural bodies, funding and development agencies and independent trusts and foundations across the cultural and education sectors. For further information see the main VAGA website: www.vaga.co.uk.

VAGA was founded in 1991 and is funded by its membership, earned income, the Arts Council of England and the Scottish Arts Council.