Posts by AnneFleming
October Prints & Drawings Talks
Enjoy behind-the-scenes tours and see your favourite prints, drawings, watercolours and photographs! OPEN DOOR Every Wednesday from 1-8pm View original works of art from the Prints & Drawings Collection. If you would like to see prints and drawings from the collection by other artists, works can be requested until 4:15pm. P&D MONTHLY TALKS (free with […]
AGO GGs share On the Dot technique at this year’s National Docent Symposium
The bi-annual National Docent Symposium (NDS) was held this year in Cincinnati, September 17-20. Over 500 docents and education staff of museums in Canada and the U.S. participated, including Melissa Smith and several AGO gallery guides. Melissa and GG Bev Biderman gave a presentation to a full room of over 50 delegates with the title […]
Gallery Guide connects with great-grandfather’s art featured in Picturing the America’s exhibition
Recently, in Picturing the Americas, Gallery Guide, Steve Edson, conducted a dot talk on a very special painting- “Lumbermen on the St Maurice.” Painted by his great-grandfather, Allan Edson, in 1868, it is a scene on the St. Maurice River which flows from the north into the St. Lawrence River, at Trois Rivieres. Steve commented that it was […]
AGO volunteers win Ontario Volunteer Service Awards for Outstanding Contributions
Volunteers from across several AGO departments received Ontario Volunteer Service Awards at a ceremony on June 17 at the ROM’s Isabel Bader Theatre. Most of the AGO’s honourees were in attendance, as was AGO Volunteer President Debbie Kennedy. Our recipients are: Phat Le ( Youth Council) Janna Walters ( Art Rental and Sales) Gary Fitzgibbon […]
September Programming in Prints and Drawings
Enjoy behind-the-scenes tours and see your favourite prints, drawings, watercolours and photographs! OPEN DOOR Every Wednesday from 1-8pm View original works of art from the Prints & Drawings Collection. If you would like to see prints and drawings from the collection by other artists, works can be requested until 4:15pm. P&D MONTHLY TALKS (free with […]
P&D in July – Grosvenor School of Modern Art
Enjoy behind-the-scenes tours and see your favourite prints, drawings, watercolours and photographs! OPEN DOOR Every Wednesday from 1-8pm View original works of art from the Prints & Drawings Collection. This month, we will be featuring works from the Grosvenor School of Modern Art. If you would like to see prints and drawings from the […]
Artful Conversation for July – A Walk with David Milne
This month, Artful Conversation explores the life and work of David Milne. The tour will explore works in the Thomson collection and will also take the group to the Milne Study Centre. Gallery Guide: Laurie Herd When: Friday, July 3rd – Meet at 1:30 in Walker Court Taking place the 2nd Friday of each month, […]
Daytime GGs celebrate Spring over Lunch
Everyone had a wonderful time at the June 15 luncheon, hosted by Co-Chair Sue Dime in her beautiful art-filled home. Melissa Smith and Keri Ryan attended. We raised a glass in memory of Co-President and Thursday afternoon GG Ann Wilcox. Thanks to Ibolya Smith for the great candid shots.
As We See It: Art Rental Volunteers Curate New Members Lounge Exhibition
As We See It, a collection of works from AGO Art Rental & Sales, has opened in the Members Lounge. The show connects with the AGO’s summer exhibitions, From the Forest to the Sea: Emily Carr in British Columbia and Picturing the Americas: Landscape Painting from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic. Each artist’s work […]
Volunteer Strategic Plan 2012-15: Mission Accomplished!
As the term of the AGO Volunteer Strategic Plan (VSP) 2012-15 winds up, the VSP Committee is pleased to report its successful implementation. The VSP was developed by a joint volunteer/ management team as a way for both groups to share responsibility for achieving the goals of the concurrent AGO Strategic Plan. The VSP identified […]