The Volunteer Endowment Trust (VET) is a fund created and sustained through the continued financial support of the Volunteers of the Art Gallery of Ontario. The fund is held in Trust by the AGO Foundation, which holds all AGO endowment funds.

The AGO is pleased to offer the following recognition and stewardship opportunities in acknowledgement of the philanthropic support from the Volunteer Endowment Trust:
• Listing on the Annual Donor Wall and the Year in Review for the 2026-27 fiscal year
• Tour exclusively for the Volunteers with the corresponding Curator or Program Lead
• This contribution will be recognized as Volunteers of the AGO, and project specific recognition will be offered as follows:

Special Exhibitions and Artistic Programming
• Recognition on temporary signage related to the exhibitions, such as: the exhibition title walls, web pages and select advertisements (if applicable).
• Recognition in the publication for the Pointillist Politics: Neo-Impressionism, Science, Anarchy exhibition.

WINNING VOTE:
Volunteers voted and made our choice for the 2026-27 Volunteer Endowment Trust. The winning vote goes to Pointillist Politics: Neo-Impressionism, Science, Anarchy exhibition. Curated by Caroline Shields, Curator, European Art. Co-organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario and The Clark Art Institute. As Volunteer President, I would like to formally thank all fellow Volunteer colleagues on your thoughtful, diligent contributions to the VET endeavour.
I’m grateful to have shared the honor with the following volunteers attending the VET meeting on June 9th. Joan London and Sybil Wilkinson in recognition of 47 years of volunteer service. For all you both continue to and have given back, accomplished for the AGO. Thank you for all you do, enhancing the visitor experience, bringing your knowledge, dedication, hard work as volunteers and your participation in this VET meeting.

As per the image below, we had the pleasure of meeting with (left to right) Erica Russell (Development), Stephan Jost (Michael and Sonja Koerner Director and CEO), Volunteers Joan London and Sybil Wilkinson with myself, David Fleck (AGO Foundation Board), Holly Procktor (Volunteer Co-ordinator), Erin Prendergast (Director’s Office) and Caroline Shields (not pictured), Curator, European Art, on June 9th and signed the Volunteer Endowment Trust letter of agreement.

Can’t wait to see the Pointillist Politics: Neo-Impressionism, Science, Anarchy exhibition on the heels of the Monet-Matisse works, and all the programming, talks with respect to the works and exhibitions and learning from Caroline Shields, Curator, European Art.

Thank you again to all involved for this collaboration on the Volunteer Endowment Trust and for this opportunity for us volunteers to contribute.

Barbara Glaser
AGO Volunteer President.