Posts by Penny Williams
Our Volunteer Executive: PAT MUNSON
What is your title on the Volunteer Executive (VE)? I am the Lead Volunteer for Prints & Drawings. What is your VE role? I represent the P&D volunteers at the VE and pass information back to them. I’m also a member of the VSP [Volunteer Strategic Plan] committee, helping Cyndie Tamaki, the Chair. What […]
Canada with a “K”
“Kanada.” That’s how they spell it, in Estonia — and that’s where, 19-26 October, an AGO Youth Council delegation helped carry the banner for our country. The occasion? Eksperimenta! — an international youth contemporary art triennial festival that was first held in Tallinn in 2011, back for its second edition in 2014 with teams from […]
In Memoriam: Norma Harnett, Information Guide
Dr. Norma Harnett, who passed away on July 16, 2014, is remembered with affection by her colleagues on the Saturday Info Guide team. “I remember her smile,” says Golnar Maleki. “She was always so pleasant to talk to.” Tania Steckling echoes Golnar: “She was a very kind and caring woman.” Norma was also a very […]
YouTube & Margaret Machell
YouTube really has everything — even inspiration for a Margaret Machell Study Grant. For Gallery Guide Roxy Blardony, the inspiration was watching a video of Pharrell Williams’ song Happy being performed by Deaf teenage campers. “A friend posted the video on her Facebook page, and I was fascinated, even though I have no family or […]
Margaryta, Mixed Media, & the Margaret Machell Study Grant
“I’ve talked with people in the Youth Council about how there is appreciation for traditional art, and also for some new, non-traditional forms like performance art and sound art. My question was, what could we in the Youth Council make, physically make, that would be non-traditional art?” Margaryta Golovchenko, in her third year as an […]
October in P&D
For October, the Marvin Gelber Print & Drawing Study Centre (P&D) takes visitors on a date with Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn. Open Door – every Wednesday, 1-8 p.m. featured works in October: works by Rembrandt other works from the P&D collection available, by request, until 4:30 p.m. Monthly Talk – Friday, October 10; 11 a.m. […]
Ame Henderson
We caught up with AGO artist in residence Ame Henderson just before she completed her residency. You probably saw her second-level wall work near Scissor Stairs, called Rehearsal/Performance — and you may have have seen one of the live performances that took place through August and culminated in September with special presentations at First Night […]
September in P&D
For September, the Marvin Gelber Print & Drawing Study Centre (P&D) takes visitors on a date with our Italian master drawings. Above: Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, Francesco Salviati, c. 1540 Open Door – every Wednesday, 1-8 p.m. featured works in September: Italian drawings from the 15th and 16th centuries other works from the […]
July Events with P&D – Jack Bush
For the month of July, the Marvin Gelber Print & Drawing Study Centre (P&D) is taking visitors on a date with Jack Bush. OPEN DOOR Every Wednesday, 1 – 8 pm View original works of art from the Prints & Drawings Collection. This month, we will be featuring works by Jack Bush. If you would […]
Old Friends & New Discoveries at the Volunteer Alumni Tea
On June 10, we put out the welcome mat — plus delectable goodies — for former AGO volunteers at the 2nd annual Volunteer Alumni Tea. “They gave many years of dedicated service to the AGO and are still extremely interested in it,” says Shelagh Barrington, a Gallery Guide and also chair of the Volunteer Alumni. “This tea […]