Posts by AnneFleming
National Docent Symposium 2017 – AGO Volunteers head to Montreal in October!
There is much learning and fun to be gained at the National Docent Symposium in Montreal, Quebec, October 12-15, 2017! Fran Bleviss,National Docent Symposium Council Director for Eastern Canada (and AGO Gallery Guide) explains: It’s an opportunity to meet 400+ docents, art educators, staff from museums/galleries of Art, Science, and History from all over North […]
Artful Conversation for May: The Story in the Portrait
What: The Story in the Portrait A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. This best describes the role of the artist in portraying an […]
Prints & Drawings Talk for May: We See Thee Rise: Toronto Art Scene 1970-90
This month P&D presents: We See Thee Rise: Toronto Art Scene 1970-90 – featuring works from Greg Curnoe and more! Talk by: Mary Kirby Date: Friday May 12, 2017 Time: 11 am (arrive at 10:30 to view works on display!) Enjoy behind-the-scenes tours and see your favourite prints, drawings, watercolours and photographs. The second Friday […]
Congratulations to our 2017 Ontario Volunteer Service Award Winners!
Each year the Ontario government honours hundreds of volunteers from across the province, including several from the AGO. On April 20, local volunteers were celebrated at an event at the Arcadian Court, which featured a well-orchestrated ceremony with enthusiastic speakers congratulating the Toronto area recipients, followed by a tasty dessert reception on the 9th floor […]
Volunteer Endowment Trust to support the “Look: Forward” re-installation
Last month the 2016-17 funds for the Volunteer Endowment Trust (VET) were officially signed over from the AGO Foundation Board (represented by Trustee Barry Appleton) to the AGO (represented by CEO Stephan Jost, and VET committee members Shelagh Barrington, David Gibson, Marthe Yolleck and Susan Morrison) in support of the Look:Forward re-installation of the AGO’s […]
Prints & Drawings Talk for April: The Four Seasons: Hollar and Tissot
This month P&D presents: The Four Seasons: Hollar and Tissot Talk by: Edith Layne Date: Friday April 21, 2017 *Please note that this is the 3rd Friday of the month.* Time: 11 am (arrive at 10:30 to view works on display!) Enjoy behind-the-scenes tours and see your favourite prints, drawings, watercolours and photographs. The second Friday of every […]
Artful Conversation for April: Good Friday
What: Marking Good Friday, Gallery Guide Mary Henderson will explore depictions of the Crucifixion and more from the life of Christ. Works include the 11th Century crucifixion at the beginning of the Thompson collection, the Bernini Corpus, Pisano ‘s tabernacle with the crucifixion, Mary and St John the Evangelist, van Orley’s Rest on the Flight into […]
Prints & Drawings Talk for March : Views of Rome
Can’t make it to Italy for March Break? No problem! This month P&D presents: Views of Rome During the mid-18th Century, Rome was the intellectual centre of Europe and the destiny of the Grand Tourist. In this talk, P&D volunteer Phyllis Couzin will be looking at four drawings and two etchings all done in the 18th […]
Artful Conversation for March: Indigenous Art
What: Volunteer Pat Ward will be taking an in-depth look at some of the AGO’s fabulous works by Indigenous artists. Works include Daphne Odjig’s painting of her family, Christie Belcore’s Wisdom of the Universe, Carl Beam’s treatise on residential schools, Norval Morriseau’s Man Transforming into Thunderbird, along with Manasie Akpaliapik and the Inuit mother and […]
Final dispatch from Peru: A Field Trip to Colca Valley
by Infoguide Penny Williams My visit to Ayaviri, Peru, is well-timed: I’m able to join the 4-day field trip to Colca Valley, organized by Michaela Novotna and the other instructors for their art-restoration students. (Quick background: I spent the first two weeks of December 2016 visiting former P&D volunteer Michaela Novotna in Ayaviri, Puno Region, […]