Posts by Penny Williams
June Events with P&D
For the Month of June, the Marvin Gelber Print & Drawing Study Centre is taking visitors on a date with James Tissot. OPEN DOOR Every Wednesday from 1-8 pm This month, we will be featuring works by James Tissot. If you would like to see prints and drawings from the collection by other artists, […]
Gallery Guides: “First Thursday” Performance Artists
It all began with an email from Gallery Guide Coordinator Melissa Smith, says Antonia Krajina, one of the AGO’s Saturday Gallery Guides. “She explained that performance artist Basil AlZeri needed five volunteers for a performance he was planning for the May First Thursday.” Antonia and four of her colleagues — Maya Kotlarenko, Amanda Riccio, Adam […]
May Events – Prints and Drawing Centre
This month, the Marvin Gelber Print & Drawing Study Centre (P&D) takes visitors on a date with Francisco Goya. Above: What if the Pupil Knows More?, Francisco Goya, 1799. Open Door – every Wednesday, 1-8 p.m. works by Francisco Goya featured throughout May other works from the P&D Collection available, by request, until 4:30 p.m. Monthly […]
Artful Conversation – May: “Medium and Message”
Artful Conversation is just what the title promises: an hour of art works and conversation with a Gallery Guide each month, in a selected AGO gallery, around a specific theme. 2nd Friday each month meet in Walker Court at 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 9: Medium and Message Together with Gallery Guide Valerie Fairclough, participants […]
P&D: an April date with Henry Moore
This month, the Marvin Gelber Print & Drawing Study Centre (P&D) takes visitors on a date with Henry Moore. Above: Projects for Relief Sculptures for London University, 1938 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 our Henry […]
Artful Conversation – March: Baroque Drama
Artful Conversation is just what the title promises: an hour of art works and conversation with a Gallery Guide each month, in a selected AGO gallery, around a specific theme. 2nd Friday each month meet in Walker Court at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 14: Baroque Drama The baroque is like action unfolding before our eyes […]
Mary Henderson – It All Began in 1968
When a university friend suggested she become an AGO volunteer, Gallery Guide Mary Henderson thought: “I don’t have an art background, but I do have the time, and I bet I’d learn things.” That was 1968 — 46 years ago. There have been many changes since then. The Gallery has gone through several transformations, and […]
Artful Conversation – February: Canadian Interventions
Artful Conversation is just what the title promises: an hour of art works and conversation with a Gallery Guide each month, in a selected AGO gallery, around a specific theme. 2nd Friday each month meet in Walker Court at 1:30 p.m. Friday, February 14: Canadian Interventions Gallery Guide Mary Henderson will lead a discussion […]
February at P&D
This month, the Marvin Gelber Print & Drawing Study Centre (“P&D”) takes visitors on a date with Henri Matisse. Open Door – every Wednesday, 1-8 p.m. throughout February, works from the 1920s (odalisques) and the 1940s (cut outs), by Matisse works by other artists in the P&D collection available, by request, until 4:30 p.m. Monthly […]
Nancy Lang, “West Wind” (& More)
I know the painting is familiar to you – that’s Lake Superior III (1923-24) by Lawren Harris, of course – but do you recognize the smiling woman standing next to it? If not, you may soon. She is once again a frequent, appreciative, and highly informed visitor to our Canadian collection. Nancy Lang led the […]