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Please be advise that due to current restrictions in Ontario, the Public Art Centre is temporarily closed to the Public. Please check out our current hours and. Please plan your visit.
To enter settings that need proof of vaccination, individuals must show proof that they're fully vaccinated using their vaccination receipt. Individuals who received their vaccinations in Ontario can 
download their vaccination receipt. You must also show a piece of government-issued ID that matches the name and date of birth on the vaccination receipt.
download their vaccination receipt. You must also show a piece of government-issued ID that matches the name and date of birth on the vaccination receipt.Effective January 4, 2022, requiring the use of the enhanced vaccine certificate with QR code and the Verify Ontario app in settings where proof of vaccination is required. The QR code can be used digitally or by printing a paper copy. Individuals can download their enhanced certificate with QR code by visiting https://covid-19.ontario.ca/book-vaccine/.
Now more than ever, art can help lift our spirits and support our well-being. Stay connected with the Public Art Centre at home with our online activities, exhibitions and explore your local artists. Visit our Access to Art online art education page for great programs and activities.
Art Gallery Foundation
The Art Gallery Foundation of St. Thomas and Elgin Endowment (Endowment Fund) was established om 1997 to:
1. Raise and maintain a fund for the benefit of the Art Gallery Foundation (now know as the St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre),
2. Encourage an interest in and appreciation of the objects of STEPAC, and,
3. Provide STEPAC financial assistance.
The endowment fund is a registered Canadian Charity designated by Canada Revenue Agency as a Public Foundation. It trustees are to administer and invest all funds in accordance with the provisions of the Deed of Trust, applicable legislation, and in accordance with agreements made with donors.
Benefits and Recognition
We would be please to discuss any other specific requests about planned giving. Gifts to support STEPAC can provide significant tax advantages.
You and your financial adviser are invited to contact the Executive Director, Laura Woermke email
email
What can I give?
There are many ways you can make a contribution:
Cash, Gifts in kind, Gifts of Securities, Bequests by Will, Life Insurance (name STEPAC as the owner of the policy or beneficiary of the policy), Charitable Gift Annuities,
Gifts of registered funds (name STEPAC as beneficiary of RRSP'S RRIF'S or directo porceeds to your estate and provide a gift in you will that will offset taxes), Gifts of residual interest and Charitable Remaininder Trusts.
Trustees
Chair Don Ferguson
Appointed Secretary Laura Woermke
STEPAC President Suzanne Baehr
Kathy Collier
Amy Sloan
Dang Ho
Renee Carpenter
Fred Anderson
To make a donation tot he endowment fund, please use the link below and add endowment to the notes.
