Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal


Certification Register

Certification Order

The Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal hereby grants to

Le Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec

certification to represent a sector composed of all professional independent contractors in the field of visual arts in Quebec who are authors of original artistic works of research or expression, either in single copy or a limited number of copies, that are commissioned or distributed by a producer subject to the Status of the Artist Act and expressed in the form of painting, sculpture, engraving, drawing, illustration, photography, textile art, installation, performance art, video art or any other form of expression of the same nature, excluding:

  1. independent contractors working in the fields of arts and crafts, film and audio-visual media;

  2. commercial photographers and commercial illustrators covered by the certification granted by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal to the Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications on April 26, 1996 and in accordance with the terms of the agreement concluded between the Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec and the Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications on March 20, 1997;

  3. artists covered by the certification granted to the Union des Artistes by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on August 29, 1996 and in accordance with the terms of the agreement concluded between the Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec and the Union des Artistes on March 20, 1997;

  4. artists who practice the art of set design and costume design for theatrical use.

Ottawa, April 15, 1997


Government of Canada Updated: 2005-12-15