Instrumental in the founding of art educators' associations, she also was among the founders of artists' associations such as the Beaver Hall Group and the Canadian Group of Painters. Throughout her life she participated actively in these and others, exhibiting and promoting Canadian art at home and abroad, even broadcasting a series of radio programs on the topic. Her painting can be found in many Canadian galleries and private collections.

Throughout her career, Savage inspired others with her enthusiasm. In her last years she continued to combine her activities as a practising artist with her commitment to art education. Towards the end of her life she told Anne Hirsh that she intended to gather a group of student works to send out as a travelling exhibition to schools that had "bare walls, and to rural schools where no art is taught."

Anne Savage died in Montréal on March 25, 1971.