Posts by AnneFleming
Artful Conversation for February: Art with Heart
What: In anticipation of Valentine’s Day, Gallery Guide volunteer Debbie Kennedy will explore depictions of love. The tour will examine pictures that illustrate all types of love, including love of animals (“Lady with a Lapdog”), love of family (“After the Bath”), love and devotion (“Soldier and Girl at a Station”), a Mother’s love (“Mother and […]
Prints & Drawings Talk for February: Art & Artists of The Grange
This month P&D presents: The Grange The inspiration for the talk comes from the collection left to the AGO by Goldwin Smith – essentially artists at The Grange – and evolved into telling the story of The Grange and its occupants through the artists. Given that The Grange is the oldest surviving brick house in […]
Congratulations to our Margaret Machell Study Grant winners!
The Margaret Machell Study Grant gives AGO volunteers an opportunity to build upon their skills and knowledge base in the areas of: excellence in collections; leadership in interpretation; extraordinary visitor welcome. Additional consideration for this year’s proposals included: alignment to volunteer role, benefit to other volunteers in addition to individual, individual performance, and priority in […]
Peru on a motorcycle – the adventure continues: A Day in Orurillo
by Infoguide Penny Williams One day Michaela and I don our motorcycle gear again, and make a day trip from her base in Ayaviri to the town of Orurillo. It’s 48 km down the road, an easy hop for Michaela’s 1200-cc BMW, and home to a late-16th c. adobe church, the Templo de Santa Ana. […]
P&D Volunteer heads to Peru to assist in Ayaviri art restoration
Here’s a fascinating report from Infoguide Penny Williams: A pioneering art restoration project in the Puno Region of Peru has an AGO connection: Michaela Novotna, the only non-Peruvian on the team. We knew Michaela as a P&D volunteer (2009-2014) and then as a part-time member of the Collections Management team (2014-2015). Since January 2016, she […]
Artful Conversation for December: Kurelek’s Winter Wonderland
What: In anticipation of winter and the holiday season, Gallery Guide volunteer Dolores Steinman will explore the world of one of Canada’s own: William Kurelek. Kurelek’s winterscapes reveal his multifaceted attitude and potentially mixed feelings towards the “land of snow and play”, that winter is perceived in many a writing and pictorial representation. When: Friday, […]
Volunteer Brittney Sproule featured on AGO website
As part of a series highlighting the people that make up the AGO, Weekend/Evening Gallery Guide Brittney Sproule was recently featured on the AGO website. You can read here all about her background, her favourite works and artists, what she enjoys most about volunteering – as well as an interesting fact you may not know […]
Remembering Yael Dunkelman
Yael Dunkelman, a long time Art Rental and Sales volunteer and AGO member, passed away on May 29, 2016. Yael began volunteering with Art Rental and Sales in 1997, and moved into the Volunteer Alumni program a few years ago. She was an active AGO Contemporary Curatorial Committee member. Yael is mentioned in a Globe […]
Welcome to our new Volunteer Executive – Introducing Susan Morrison, Evening/Weekend GG Representative
The Volunteer Executive Committee (VEC) welcomed four new members this spring. We’ll be profiling them over the next few weeks so you can get to know the people who are representing you. We’ve asked them each a few questions about themselves. This week we hear from Susan Morrison, Evening/Weekend GG Representative. What or who brought […]
Boxwood Symposium an Enlightening Experience
Volunteer Chair Shelagh Barrington attended the Oct 30 symposium on the new Small Wonders boxwood miniatures exhibition. She reports her experience: I wanted you to know how much I enjoyed, Sunday’s all day, ticketed event: The Small Wonders Symposium, an exploration of the Thomson Boxwood Prayer Beads, in support of the AGO’s Small Wonders: Gothic […]