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Australian Boot Company discount
New: staff and volunteer discount on Blundstone or R.M. Williams boots Staff and volunteers receive $30 off any pair of Blundstone or R.M. Williams boots at Australian Boot Company, 698 Queen Street West location only. Show your volunteer badge to take advantage of the discount. There is no time limit or quantity limit on purchases; […]
Invitation to spring 2013 L’Oreal Sale
AGO staff and volunteers are invited to attend L’Oreal Canada’s private spring sale, where guests will be offered a vast selection of products at significantly reduced prices – including L’Oreal Professional and L’Oreal Paris, Biotherm, Vichy and La Roche-Posay. The sale runs from March 13 – May 30, 2013. Drop by Staff & Volunteer […]
Open training sessions – Opportunities to Learn more about upcoming exhibitions; all volunteers are invited to attend
The following training sessions, organized by Doris Van Den Brekel (who coordinates our Gallery Guides), are open to all volunteers and will be held in Jackman Hall: Lloyd DeWitt, Curator, European Art on 19th Century French Art Monday, January 21 at 10:00am -12:00pm and again (same day) from 6:30pm-8:30pm Sasha Suda, Assistant Curator, European, […]
Staff and Volunteer Winter Party 2013: Mark your calendars! Monday February 4
“From there to here, from here to there you’ll find great costumes everywhere! You could come as Fox in Socks, Eat Green Eggs inside a box, Red fish, blue fish, cats in hats, Starbellied Sneetch or northbound Zax, Cindy Lou or good old Max, Thing One or Thing Two, It’s up to you! So save […]
Don’t miss the One of a Kind Christmas Show and Sale 2012 – Special Discount Rate for Staff and Volunteers
AGO staff and volunteers are invited to attend the One of a Kind Christmas Show and Sale at the discounted rate of just $10 (regular adult ticket price $14). Only a limited number of discounted tickets are available, so please purchase early to avoid disappointment. To purchase tickets, please see Oona Iverson in Staff and […]
AGO Collaborates with International Partners to Bring Major Kahlo/Rivera Exhibition to Toronto in Fall 2012
Art Gallery of Ontario to display 75 of the artists’ key works “Never before had a woman put such agonizing poetry on canvas as Frida did.” – DIEGO RIVERA “His capacity for work breaks clocks and calendars.” – FRIDA KAHLO This fall, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) will present a major survey of masterworks by […]
Why I Volunteer by Joyce Lagunoff (Grange)
This month Joyce Lagunoff offers her thoughts on what it means to be a part of the AGO’s group of dedicated volunteers. Originally posted March 2, 2012. When I retired in 2008, I was looking forward to spending my first six months putting my feet up and collecting my thoughts. That plan was very short lived. […]
Chagall and The Russian Avant-Garde Attracts Crowds, New Members
The exhibition that brought the magic, whimsy and wonder of Marc Chagall and other visionaries of Russian modernism to the Art Gallery of Ontario drew 152,637 visitors during its 13-week run, ranking as the eighth best-attended exhibition in the AGO’s history. Hailed by the Toronto Star as “a story of colour, motion and mystery” and by CBC News as a “rare treat,” Chagall and […]
Why I Volunteer by Michaela Novotna (Prints & Drawings)
This month Michaela Novotna offers her thoughts on what it means to be a part of the AGO’s group of dedicated volunteers. Originally posted January 13, 2012. I volunteer in a place that reveres the mind’s journey through history. Each art object in our collection represents a thought, made manifest, in time. In that light, the […]
Why I Volunteer by Steve Edson (Gallery Guide)
This month Steve Edson offers a piece on what it means to be a part of the AGO’s group of dedicated volunteers. Originally posted November 30, 2011. As an adult I have always volunteered. For a number of years, when I was a High School teacher, I coached a girls’ swim team and boys lacrosse. […]