Abbreviations for artists
A.A.A.M. = Amateur art Association, Montreal
A.A.A.P.N.B = Association Acadienne des Artistes Professionnels du Nouveau-Brunswick
A.A.C. = Association des Artisans du Canada
A.A.F. = Alberta Art Foundation
A.A.G.P.I. = Ateliers des Arts du Grand Portage Inc.
A.A.G.Q. = Association des Arts Graphiques du Québec
A.A.I. = Applied Art institute
A.A.L. = Academy of Art and Literature
A.A.M. = Art Association of Montréal
A.A.N.F.M. = Association des artistes non figuratifs de Montréal
A.A.P. = Association des arts plastiques
A.A.Q. = Association des Artisans du Québec
A.B.A.C. = Association des Beaux-Arts de Canne (France)
A.C.I.D. = Association of Canadian Industrial Designer
A.C.M. = Arts Club of Montreal
A.C.P.I.P. = Association Canadienne de photographes et illustrateurs de publicité
A.C.Q. = Association des Céramistes du Québec
A.D.I.Q. = Association des Designers Industriels du Québec
A.E.A.C. = Agnes Etherington Art Center
A.F.C.A. = Associate Member FCA
A.G.A.P.Q. = Association des Galeries d’Art Professionelles du Québec
A.G.G.V. = Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
A.G.H. = Art Gallery of Hamilton
A.G.N.S. = Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
A.G.O. = Art Gallery of Ontario
A.G.Q. = Association des graveurs du Québec
A.G.W. = Art Gallery of Windsor
A.H.S.A. = Art Historical and Scientific Association
A.I.A.P. = Association internationale des arts plastiques
A.I.C. = Architectural Institute of Canada
A.L.C. = Arts and Letters Club
A.O.C.A. = Associate Ontario College of Art
A.P.A. = American Print Alliance
A.P.C.A. = Artiste peintre créateur associé
A.P.M. = Alberta Provincial Museum
A.P.P.P.Q. = Association des Photographes Professionnels du Québec
A.P.S. = American Portrait Society
A.R.A. = Associate Royal Academy
A.R.C. = Académie Royale des Arts du Canada
A.R.C.A. = Associate Member RCA
A.R.C.A. = Associate member of Royal Canadian Academy
A.R.P.E. = Associate of the Royal Academy of Painters and Etchers
A.R.W.S. = Associate of the Royal Watercolor Society
A.S.A. = Alberta Society of Artists
A.S.J.P. = Artisans de Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
A.S.P. = Association des sculpteurs du Québec
A.S.Q. = Association des Sculpteurs du Québec
A.W.S. = American Watercolour Society
B.C.A. = British Columbia Association
B.C.S.F.A. = British Colombia Society of Fine Arts
B.H.H.G. = Beaver Hall Hill Group
B.I. = British Institute
B.I.I.A. = British Institute of Industrial Art
B.P.D. = British Society of Poster Designers
B.W.S. = British Watercolor Society
C.A.C. = Canadian Art Club
C.A.P.I.C. = Canadian Association of Photographers & Illustrators in Communications
C.A.P.Q. = Cercle des Artistes Peintres du Québec
C.A.R. = Canadian Artists Representation
C.A.R.F.A.C. = Front des Artistes Canadiens (1968)
C.A.S. = Contemporary Art Society
C.C.A. = Canadian Craftman Association
C.G.C. = Canadian Guild of Craft
C.G.P. = Canadian Group of Painters
C.G.P. = Canadian Group of Potter
C.G.S. = Canadian Graphic Society
C.H.G. = Canadian Handicraft Guild
C.P.E. = Canadian Painters-Etchers Society
C.S.A.A. = Canadian Society of Applied Art
C.S.E.A. = Canadian Society for Education Thru Art
C.S.G.A. = Canadian Society of Graphic Art
C.S.M.A. = Canadian Society of Marine Artists
C.S.P.W.C. = Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolor
C.S.R.F. = Chambre Syndicale de la Reliure en France
D.B.A. = Diplômé des beaux-Arts
D.I.A. = Design & Industries Association
E.B.A.L. = École des Beaux-Arts de Laval
E.B.A.M. = École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal
E.B.A.P. = École des Beaux-Arts de Paris
E.B.A.Q. = École des Beaux-Arts de Québec
F.C.A. = Federation of Canadian Artists
F.C.C.Q. = Fédération des Centres Culturels du Québec
F.D.A. = Fédération des Artisans de St-Jean-Port-Joli
F.O.B.A. = Federation of British Artists
F.R.B.S. = Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
F.R.S.A. = Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
G.C.M.A.Q. = Guilde Canadienne des Métiers d’Arts du Québec
G.G. = Guilde Graphique
G7 = Group of Seven
GS. = Graphic Society
H.F.R.P.E. = Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of painters-Etchers
H.R.I. = Honorary Member of the Royal Institute of Watercolor Painters
H.R.W.S. = Honorary Member of the Watercolor Society
I.A.F. = Institut d’Art Figuratif
I.A.G. = International Art Guild (Monaco)
I.S. = International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Engravers
L.A.S. = London Art Society
L.R.S.M. = Liverpool Royal Society of Miniature
M.A.A.A. = Mid America Art Association
M.A.F. = Member of Academy of Florence
M.A.Q. = Métiers d’Art du Québec
M.A.R.I.C. = Member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
M.S.I.A. = Member of the Society of Industrial Artists
N.A. = National Academy of America
N.A.A. = National Art Association
N.A.G.C. = Noranda Art Craft Guild
N.E.A.C. = New English Art Club
N.F.A.A.M. = Non-Figurative Artists’ Association of Montreal
N.S.A. = New Society of Artists
N.S.S.A. = Nova Scotia Society of Artists
O.C. = Order of Canada
O.C.A. = Ontario College of Arts
O.I.P. = Ontario Institute of Painters
O.P.A. = Oil Pastel of America
O.S.A. = Ontario Society of Artists
P.11 = Painters Eleven
P.A.S. = Pastel Society
P.G.C. = Peintre-Graveur Canadien
P.P.A. = Professional Photographers of America
P.S.C. = Pastel Society of Canada
P.S.W.C. = Pastel Society of West-East
R.A.I.C. = Royal Architects Institute of Canada
R.B.A. = Royal Society of British Artists
R.C.A. = Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
R.D.S. = Royal Drawing Society
R.I. = Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolor
R.I.B.A. = Royal Institute of British Artists
R.M.S. = Royal Society of Miniaturists
R.O.I. = Royal Institute of Oil Painters
R.P.S. = Royal Photographic Society
R.S.A. = Royal Scottish Academy
R.W.S. = Member of the Royal Watercolor Society
S.A.C. = Société d’Art Contemporain
S.A.C. = Société d’Art Contemporain
S.A.P. = Société des Arts Plastiques
S.A.P.Q. = Société des Artistes Professionnels du Québec
S.A.S.F. = Société Artistique de Sainte-Foy
S.A.T.M. = Société des Arts de Thetford-Mines
S.C. = The Studio Club
S.C.A. = Société Canadienne d’Aquarelle
S.C.A. = Society of Canadian Artists
S.C.A. = Société Canadienne des Arts
S.C.A.A. = Stained Glass Association of America
S.C.D.A.G. = Société Canadienne des Art Graphiques
S.C.P.A. = Société Canadienne de peintres en aquarelle.
S.D.E.Q. = Société des Décorateurs-Ensembliers du Québec
S.G.A. = Society of Graphic Art
S.P.E. = Society of Painters and Etchers
T.A.C. = Triangle Artistique de Chicoutimi
T.C.C. = Toronto Camera Club
Y.C. = Young Contemporary