The mission of ARTWORK ON VIEW (AOV), a non-profit arts organization, is to improve public understanding of contemporary art and to facilitate personal contact between today’s emerging and established visual artists and the public.

To accomplish this mission this website provides you with background information on a broad array of talented AOV participating artists, exhibits easy to access examples of their innovative work and announces their current art shows. AOV also supplies contact information so you can call and visit the studios of participating artists in whom you are interested. And AOV presents easy to understand features on art by accomplished artists and teachers for your help and guidance.

Use the AOV directory of events to plan visits to art exhibitions. You can then contact participating artists you find interesting using the information AOV supplies you.

Would you like to meet artists in the locale in which you live or are visiting? The AOV website is designed to help you create a “meet the artist” itinerary for vacation or home town use. AOV and its participating artists encourage you to visit the art shows announced on the AOV website and to arrange to visit artists’ studios.

AOV differs from commercial art galleries and e-commerce art dealers which sell artwork on commission. AOV does not restrict its displays to artwork for sale and does not sell or receive commission on artwork sales. Instead, AOV promotes contemporary visual art education on its website and encourages your direct contact with our artists.

We hope you find the AOV website interesting, entertaining and helpful.