All AGO volunteers are invited to attend the following open training sessions. This is an opportunity to learn more in-depth about gallery exhibitions, artists and programs. Enjoy these Fall sessions, and thank you to Melissa Smith, for organizing:             Monday September 22, 10:00am – 12:00pm in Jackman Hall (repeated Tuesday […]

Food and Beverage Outlet Chef Benjamin Egan has created a new line of salads, using flavourful and wholesome ingredients, with the health-conscious visitor in mind. Candied Pecan and Beet Salad with Blue Cheese  Red beet, candied pecan, baby arugula, creamy blue cheese dressing (vegetarian) Blackened Chicken and Baby Kale Caesar Salad Blackened chicken breast, shredded […]

Don’t miss the last AGO All Staff and Volunteer BBQ of the season: Tuesday September 2, 11:30am – 1:30pm in the Jackman Hall “pit” (just outside the McCaul street entrance, behind our beloved Henry Moore sculpture) Ease into September’s start and enjoy a burger and all the fixings with friends. Free for all volunteers, simply […]

The Margaret Machell Study Grant for Volunteers When the Women’s Committee of the AGO was inaugurated in 1945, Margaret Machell was appointed as the staff person to work with the committee, an association lasting 25 years. Margaret was greatly respected by both the committee and the staff and they were pleased to see her become […]

Volunteers are invited to attend the August All Staff & Volunteer Town Hall on Thursday, August 7, 10 – 11:30 a.m. in Baillie Court (New to the Gallery? Town Hall meetings are not mandatory, but a nice way to learn about the larger vision of the AGO) August’s agenda will include: Director’s Welcome Update from Maxine Granovsky […]

Thanks to everyone who came out to our first All Staff and Volunteer BBQ of the summer. We hope you enjoyed the potato salad! Congratulations to the  winners of the colouring contest (random draw, in no particular order): Fangxin (Laura) Li, Audio Guide Volunteer Anne Bacchus, Info Guide Volunteer, and Dan Audet, Receiver, Inventory Control […]

Make sure to stop  by the opening reception of this year’s Artists of the Gallery (AOG) exhibition at the Gladstone Hotel: Thursday July 31, 7:00pm – 1:00pm Gladstone Hotel, 2nd Floor Gallery  This year marks the 8th annual Artists of the Gallery exhibition, showcasing the extraordinary talents of our AGO staff and volunteers. Come out and support your […]

Celebrate the opening of Before and After the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes. Where: Walker Court When: Wednesday, July 30, 6:30–8:30 pm / Remarks 7:30 pm This exhibition celebrates Anishinaabe artists and their stories, showcasing artwork by leading modern and contemporary artists – including Norval Morrisseau, Bonnie Devine, Robert Houle, Keesic Douglas, Michael […]

First large-scale Basquiat exhibition in Canada features more than 140 works examining the pioneering artist’s radical visual language Famous by age 20 for his groundbreaking drawings and paintings, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) took the cultural hotbed of the New York art world by storm in the early 1980s. Basquiat gained international recognition by creating powerful and […]