The Gallery is open six days per week (closed Mondays) and offers free admission and guided exhibition tours in addition to regular art social events, workshops for adult learners, and youth programmes for schools, universities and community groups.

[9] The Lord Cultural study reported that, despite being in the sixth largest city in Canada, the AGM was the smallest public art gallery.

[10] In June 2014, past AGM Director | Curator Stuart Keeler and Board President Mike Douglas appeared before Mississauga City Council to request support for a facility expansion.

Options presented include an expansion of the AGM's current facility in City Hall and a new home in the Living Arts Centre across the street.

Students will learn about the importance of water to the travel, trade and survival of Indigenous peoples of this region; the Anishinaabe, the Wendat and the Haudenosaunee.

Projects and field trips will emphasize the location of communities in relation to water to maintain food cultivation and survival.