Posts by HollyProcktor
Join the Luminato 2013 Volunteer Team
Hello Volunteers, Last year, we had a number of AGO volunteers sign-up to volunteer with Luminato. This year, we’re helping spread the word again: Join the Luminato 2013 Volunteer Team! Toronto’s premier multi-disciplinary Festival of Arts and Creativity is looking for volunteers (19+) to help transform the city for ten exceptional days from June 14-23. […]
New DVD in Library – Art in the Making; Italian Painting Before 1400
Make sure to check out a DVD that the AGO’s library has just received –Art in the Making; Italian Painting Before 1400, National Gallery (London). This DVD will be available in the library’s Media Zone – a new area just inside the library doors where you can watch video or listen to audio. […]
A message from Corporate and Public Affairs: Looking for advice on a community initiative for the Ai Weiwei exhibition
Dear Volunteers, What is happening? We are looking for input from AGO staff and volunteers to formulate a community initiative for the upcoming Ai Weiwei exhibition: Ai Weiwei: According to What?. One of the works in the show, Remembrance 2010, is a voice recording listing the names of 5,000 students who died during the Sichuan […]
The Communications Committee Needs You!
The AGO Volunteer Communications committee is looking for a third member to join Anne Fleming (School Groups) and Penny Williams (Information Guides) to help manage and contribute to the AGO Volunteer Blog, the bulletin board and other volunteer communication initiatives. Depending on your background, skills and interests, duties may include: contributing to the Blog and […]
The Great Upheaval: Modern Masterpieces from the Guggenheim Collection, to open at the AGO this Fall
Exhibition features nearly 70 works by avant-garde artists at an explosive time in modern art, including Kandinsky, Matisse and Modigliani This fall the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) will display a magnificent exhibition of avant-garde masterpieces from one of the world’s most prominent collections. The Great Upheaval: Modern Masterpieces from the Guggenheim Collection features nearly […]
A Message from Education: Understanding Visitor Research
As part of the AGO’s Strategic Plan, becoming the destination of choice and growing our audience are key objectives for the institution. Using visitor research will help us meet our objectives and better serve our visitors. Why do we capture visitor research? We have been collecting visitor data for 4 years now so that we […]
Congratulations! AGO Education Officers Chosen as Emerging Artists in The Artist Project
Congratulations to Katie Hogg, AGO Education intern, and Shannon Dickie, AGO Education officer, who will be showcasing their cutting-edge work in the special exhibition The Artist Project, a juried contemporary art fair, which runs February 21 to 24 at the Better Living Centre. Selected from hundreds of applications, Katie and Shannon are two of just 14 […]
AGO hires Andrew Hunter to Lead the Canadian Curatorial Department
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) has hired Andrew Hunter as its new Fredrik S. Eaton Curator, Canadian Art. With over 20 years experience, Hunter, an accomplished curator, artist, writer and educator, joins the AGO’s curatorial team on May 1, 2013. Currently the co-founder and co-principal of DodoLab, an international program of community collaboration […]
All-Staff and Volunteer Winter Party Wrap-Up
The results are in: good times were had Sandra Webster-Cook was the lucky winner of the iPad Steve Browne kept things moving as our plaid-clad emcee Along with the other members of the planning committee: Vivian Chiu, Heather Corner, Jerry Cybulski, Anne Fleming, Diana Goliss, Oona Iverson, Debbie Johnsen, Deb Kennedy, Holly Procktor, Craig […]
Town Hall (All-Staff and Volunteer Meeting): Thursday February 21, 10:30am – 12:00pm in Baillie Court
Volunteers are invited to join us for our next Town Hall meeting: Thursday February 21 Baillie Court 10:30 to 11:45/12:00 pm Agenda Director’s Welcome Introduction of new staff and volunteers Revealing the Early Renaissance, our next ticketed exhibition opening March 16 (Sasha Suda, Asssistant Curator, European) Gallery Financials Update (Rocco Saverino, Chief Financial Officer ) […]