Westmacott's Associated Artists' School of Art and Design, founded in Toronto in 1884, which taught handicrafts to women.

She began to teach classes in drawing, painting and modelling in the school's studio on the 2nd floor of the Arcade building.

"[10] The association adopted the motto of the Plantin Press of Antwerp, Labore et Constantia (Labour and Constancy), the colours of red and white and the wild rose as emblem.

The yearbook added that "In this way it hopes to supply in some measure that great need of the artist: a public able to understand and trained to appreciate the best in art.

The catalogues for the early exhibitions include paintings and sketches by members, and works on loan from private collections.

[3] In 1896 the WAAC proposed that a State Dinner Service of painted china be made by Alice Mary Egan of Halifax, Nova Scotia and twelve other artists from Ontario and Quebec.

Despite taking the name l'Association culturelle des femmes de Montréal in 1981, it remained essentially Anglophone.

Most of the members grew impatient with the degree of control exerted by Mary Dignam, and broke away in 1908 to form the Western Art Association.

[24] Howard and Lorrie Dunington-Grubb, well-known landscape gardeners, moved to Toronto in 1911 and soon after founded Sheridan Nurseries.

[25] Howard became a member of the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, but Lorrie was unable to join since she was a woman.

It was founded by eleven members at a meeting at the St. Thomas Business College on 26 March 1895, with the painter and teacher Miss Susan Paul as first president.

The branch met at different locations, including the YWCA, the St. Thomas-Elgin Art Gallery and Sifton House at Alma College.

Membership fees were the main source of funding, but the branch also held exhibitions, lectures, teas and other events.

[30] The name was changed back to the Women's Art Association of Canada after World War II (1939–45).

Neighboring houses have eclectic architectural styles ranging from Italianate to crenelated Tudor Revival.

[33] The WAAC founded a gallery where its members' work could be exhibited, and arranged sales and shows of paintings and sculpture.

[10] The Home Industries Department supported craftswomen involved in pottery, weaving and embroidery, and gave them a means to become known to the public and to sell their work.

[12] The WAAC continues to provide scholarships to students at institutions such as Canada's National Ballet School, The Royal Conservatory of Music, the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, OCAD University, Sheridan College and George Brown College.