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Support the only organization that promotes the broad spectrum of decorative arts, material arts, and design in Canada.

Membership with the CSDA/CCAD connects you with a community of decorative arts appreciators across the country, including collectors, curators, designers, artists/makers, enthusiasts, craft professionals, administrators, educators, and students — all united by a shared interest in material culture and design.

New Membership Category: Young Professionals & Creatives Under 40 (YP&C):

The CSDA/CCAD is excited to introduce Young Professionals & Creatives, a new membership category designed to present contemporary perspectives, to showcase emerging talent, and to focus on the new and the innovative (ages 19-40).

MEMBER BENEFITS
  • An annual subscription to our beautiful, award-winning, decorative arts magazine, Ornamentum (a $20 value). (Organization/Institution members receive 2 issues of Ornamentum and a hyperlink to their website.)
  • Free admission to year-long artist talks and presentations by decorative arts and design experts and collectors, through our CSDA/CCAD Sundays online programming and other CSDA/CCAD presentations (a value of over $80)
  • Access to private and institutional collections not available to the general public
  • Invitations to special events organized by CSDA/CCAD
  • Exclusive access to video recordings of our extensive collection of past online programming.
  • Our quarterly newsletter, featuring upcoming decorative arts events, current Canadian and international exhibitions, CSDA/CCAD news, and artist profiles.
  • Discounts on registration fees for our annual symposium
  • Special member rates on books and publications


That’s a whole year of decorative arts and design, valued at well over $100!

JOIN NOW

Please use the form below to register online. If you prefer to fill out an application, download the PDF and mail with your payment. Please make cheque payable to: Canadian Society of Decorative Arts.. You can also pay by phone at 647-249-6280.

Mailing address:
Canadian Society of Decorative Arts
P.O. Box 235, Station Q

Toronto, ON M4T 2M1

*Contact us if you prefer to opt out of the included Ornamentum magazine subscription, and remove the $20 fee from your membership total. This does not apply to Student memberships.


"The decorative arts offers a fluid grace to our lives"

"We live in a constructed environment, from housing to transport to eating utensils. Quality in the decorative arts offers a fluid grace to our lives, in the ease with which good design can be used and in the joy of its contemplation."

- Paul Russell
CSDA-CCAD Member

Teapot, Canadian sterling silver and mahogany,Wesley Harris (RCA), 2017

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The Canadian Society of Decorative Arts/ Cercle canadien des arts décoratifs was formed, with the generous support
of the Macdonald Stewart Foundation, to provide a forum for all those interested in the decorative arts.
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