Special Art Tour at Queens Park Friday May 23rd, 2pm (please arrive by 1:30pm for security screening) A Message from Barbara Glaser, your Volunteer President: It’s been a long winter and spring is upon us with a a new group outing. As your Volunteer President, I’ve organzied these outings as a great opportunity to meet […]

Henry Moore celebrates his mother in this affectionate portrait On view at the AGO in gallery 124 is a selection of portraits of mothers – some posed, some depicted going about their everyday lives. Three of the women are portrayed by their own children, providing viewers with an intimate perspective of these artists’ mothers.  This month’s […]

Hello everyone, Last week I attended the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) Spring Summit in St. Louis, MO. Just over 200 museum directors from Mexico, Canada, and the US are members. In the US there are serious issues as the current administration has cut all three federal agencies that fund museums, including the National […]

Hello Volunteers, I hope you’ve had time to visit Recuerdo: Latin American Photography at the AGO, on now until October, and installed on the main level (in galleries 128 & 129- replacing the Sonia Boyce exhibition). We wanted to draw you attention to the exhibition page, where you can download a copy of the catalogue, […]

A Message from Your Volunteer President, Barbara Glaser Hello Fellow Volunteers, It’s that wonderful time of the year again, with excitement forwarding here the Google Poll voting link and also PDF proposal (please see your email for PDF attachment) for your consideration on the 2025-26 Volunteer Endowment Trust from the Development Team, Erin Thadani Senior Manager, […]

Happy Monday, volunteers! and thank you to everyone who came to our National Volunteer Week volunteer party, celebrating YOU – your community, commitment and years of service, held this past Wednesday evening in the AGO Bistro. If you missed us (and we missed you, too!) we will continue to distribute years of service certificates and […]

We recently learnt in Prints and Drawings the sad news of the passing of fellow retired colleague and longtime volunteer Dr. Marianne Seger. Which has touched me in many ways. Marianne was a long standing volunteer, an icon, and in my view one of the matriarchs of P&D. She was so lovely, warm with a […]

Hello Everyone, National Volunteer Week begins this Sunday. We benefit from the contributions of hundreds of volunteers at the AGO; many long-serving, and many new. Our volunteers are an important part of our culture and legacy. They help welcome and support our visitors in areas across the museum, including as Gallery Guides and Information Guides, […]

Happy Long Weekend, volunteers! Please be advised of our hours this weekend:

Hello everyone, I am just in from my bi-weekly “hard hat” tour of the Dani Reiss Modern and Contemporary Gallery construction site. In the last two weeks, two more floors of steel have been erected. The outline of the building is really taking shape. There are many people who are working on this expansion project, […]