Dedicated to the advancement of media arts in Canada for over 25 years.


The Independent Media Arts Alliance is a non-profit national arts service organization that promotes and advances the interests of a vibrant media arts community. Representing over 80 independent film, video, and new media production, distribution, and exhibition organizations in all parts of Canada, the IMAA serves over 12,000 independent media artists and cultural workers.

Find out about our AGM and regional meetings, and browse our complete members directory.

IMAA Committee seeking members

The IMAA Membership committee is looking for members who would like to be part of the organization’s work on membership outreach.
IMAA members, if you are interested in Membership outreach or in getting involved in other aspects of the IMAA work as outlined in the 2011-2014 action plan, please contact the National Office at (514) 522-8240 for more information.

The IMAA is always working hard to present the artistic point of view to policymakers. View some of our recent successes.

Creating Possibilities: How We Achieve Our Mission
In June 2011, the outgoing and incoming members of the IMAA Board and IMAA staff met to begin a strategic planning process.
These conversations led to development of possibility statements for how the IMAA can achieve its mission and to the elaboration of the Action Plan 2011-2014.

The Alliance des producteurs francophones du Canada (APFC)
congratulates the New Brunswick government for its commitment to the film, television, and interactive media industry.
Read the Press release


2012 Emerging Artist Awards|Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Foundation
Deadline: February 10, 2012
Info: http://www.artsawards.ca

New 2011 edition | The Cultural Worker’s Guide

Consult The Cultural Worker’s Guide to Human Resources Management in a Media Arts Organization in our Resources page.

The IMAA Media Arts Collections Survey
The IMAA preservation committee created a survey in order to gather information on the current state of preservation and archiving of media art works in collections across Canada.
Please click the link below to start the survey.
http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e3mruoqlglwgwt7u/start





This site contains a number of resources for artists and artist organisations, including the IMAA recommended fee schedule.

Consult our new Toolkits about Freedom of Expression, Facilities, Best Practices and more. (Coming soon!)

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Centre de production DAÏMÕN, which was founded in 1986, is an artist-run centre whose mission is to support artistic enquiry and creation, production and dissemination in the field of media art with a focus on video, audio and photography.

 



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