and the Neilson Park Creative Centre Gallery. As of 2019, the OSA is also showing their exhibitions online in galleries on their website. Art gallery It was not until 1900 that the Society was in a position to form an art museum and upon the death of Mrs. Goldwin Smith of The Grange in 1909, it was found that she had willed her property to the Art Museum. It began under the name of the Art Museum of Toronto and is now the Art Gallery of Ontario. The Museum began using the Toronto Public Library on College Street to exhibit its collection. It did so from 1910 until 1919. The Society's annual exhibitions held during this period were also held at the library. When the new galleries in the Art Museum of Toronto were opened in 1920, the Society began holding its annual show in the new Art Gallery of Toronto. This venue for the annual show lasted until 1967. Art school The Society was concerned about the lack of art education in Ontario. The Mechanics Institute provided basic classes in technical subjects but art instruction was limited to private lessons in the homes or studios of established artists. The Society obtained a grant of $1,000.00 in 1876. The grant allowed renovation of leased premises at 14 King Street West to create art school classrooms with the balance used as gallery space. The modest classrooms opened the Ontario School of Art on October 30, 1876. The enrollment was 25 students. Although the school continued to flourish, its financial situation was uncertain because the Society could not secure long-term funding from the government. In 1883, a new arrangement between the Society and the government resulted in the school moving to the Toronto Normal School building in St. James Square, now the location of Toronto Metropolitan University. By 1884, relations between the Society and the government collapsed. The Society's vice president and Royal Canadian Academy president, Lucius Richard O'Brien, resigned. His exasperation appears in his letter of resignation: The Society ceased involvement with the school until 1890. The efforts of the Society ultimately succeeded with the development of what is now OCAD University. Members Original membership included persons from a variety of visual art professions. Many of Ontario's foremost artists have belonged to the OSA. Early member records and artifacts of the Society are held by the Province of Ontario Archives. The