I know we have a lot of artists in the volunteer program who have been creating up a storm. This is the perfect opportunity to share your work. – Holly

Portraits of Resilience is an open call for artists of all ages to participate in an online exhibition of artworks showcasing moments of emotion and resilience in everyday life.

As we reflect on the year that was, we’re inviting everyone – AGO staff, volunteers, visitors, members, online visitors from coast to coast – to submit artworks that depict resilience in your everyday life.

It might be a photograph, a drawing, a sculpture or a collage – it may depict a person, a pet, an experience or even something more abstract, like a mood. Either way, we want to hear from you!

What has helped you through the past 12 months?

What Are We Doing?

All around us are stories of resilience. Now is the time to reflect and share them. Portraits of Resilience invites artists of all ages and skill levels to help us picture the past and move forward together.

Let us know what resilience means to you by submitting an image of your artwork between March 15 and May 10. Submissions will be featured in an online gallery on AGO.ca. In addition, select submissions will be in a curated presentation on-site at the AGO.

Why Should You Get Involved?

It is a triumphant act to be resilient in the midst of a pandemic, social and political upheaval, and economic and financial uncertainty. The purpose of this initiative is to showcase artwork from the community, for the community, and to share how we’ve been resilient together this past year.

Your digital image submission will be presented in an online gallery on this webpage. Select submissions will be chosen for a curated exhibition on-site at the AGO.

To read more about this open call, and share your artwork in our new online exhibition, head to: www.ago.ca/portraits-resilience#portraitsAGO

Generously supported by the Schulich Foundation. You can read more about the exhibition’s inspiration in AGOinsider.