AGO Volunteer Outing: Tour the Gardiner Museum’s Magdalene Odundo: A Dialogue with Objects exhibition – Monday March 25 (RSVP required)

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Hello volunteers,

One of my mandates as Volunteer President is to build connection and community. With Holly’s help, I look forward to planning outings to sister arts and cultural sites, with the intention of helping us meet and get acquainted with each other socially, outside of our various shifts and placements, and enjoy enrichment activities, together!

Installation view. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid, Courtesy Gardiner Museum.

I’m excited to share our first excursion will be to the Gardiner Museum with an exclusive, Gardiner-volunteer led tour of the Magdalene Odundo: A Dialogue with Objects exhibition, linked HERE.

  • DATE: Monday March 25
  • TIME: 10:45am – 11:45am (please meet at Gardiner Museum, not AGO)
  • NOTE: Option to join Barbara and fellow volunteers for lunch – see details, below!

This is a great opportunity for us to meet fellow volunteers, learn from and get-to-know a “partner institution.” (The Gardiner Museum is a member of the Reciprocal Agreement, and as such, volunteer admission is free).

Important details to note:

  • Space for this outing is limited, and on a first come basis – to register your attendance, please RSVP to [email protected] (Final registration date is end of day Monday March 18, but please reply early to ensure your spot)
  • Barbara will keep a cancellation waitlist should the tour fill entirely, so please be in touch (and don’t panic – this is the first in a series of outings we are planning)
  • Make sure to bring your AGO volunteer badge to the outing, as you will need your badge for reciprocal admission.
  • OPTIONAL LUNCH: After the tour, and for those interested, there will also be the opportunity to gather together for lunch (at volunteers’ own expense)- details to be discussed. If you would like to be included in lunch plans please let Barbara know when you RSVP, so that details can be arranged.
  • To be clear on that final point – in your RSVP, please indicate if you are interested in just the tour, or the tour + lunch

I hope you can join us!

This event kicks off volunteer appreciation in advance of National Volunteer Week, April 14 – 20, with more details about various planned events in April to come.

Outings like these are organized in gratitude for all you do as volunteers for the AGO, and we certainly couldn’t be thriving without all of you, what you do and engaging with our visitors. Thank you!

Warm Regards,

Barbara Glaser, Volunteer President

(& Holly Procktor, Coordinator, Volunteers)