Hello Everyone,
With more staff back on site regularly, this summer is a moment for all of us to take some time to enjoy being in one another’s company, to say hi to old colleagues and welcome many new ones.
As the school year ends, so too does our last Virtual School program for 2021/22. Shout out to Zavette Quadros-Evangelista and the entire school programs team – they delivered 432 sessions this year focusing on 216 artworks from our collection with a weekly average of 1,000 students. Well done!
National Indigenous Peoples Day is next Tuesday, June 21st. Artist Isaac Murdoch will be sharing his 7th story from his online series Stories of the Seven Grandfather Drums. I encourage you to attend his session or listen to the recordings whenever convenient. Also on the 21st, there is a Facebook Live performance of Métis Jiggers and Fiddlers. See the links below for more details. Please do take some time on Tuesday to reflect on the contributions of Indigenous Peoples to our country, especially in the arts sector.
https://ago.ca/events/artist-isaac-murdoch-and-stories-seven-grandfather-drums
https://ago.ca/events/metis-jiggers-and-fiddlers
Take care and stay safe,
Stephan