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, The Gallery is busily preparing to celebrate the AGO’s 125th birthday over the coming months, with much programming launching over the summer season. A reminder, we are all invited to attend the staff & volunteer celebration, on Monday June 23, at 10:00am, in Baillie Court (our third floor event space) with details and […]

The Marketing team is looking for staff, volunteers and their family members or friends to volunteer for a retail photoshoot highlighting new AGO brand products available at Shop AGO.  The photoshoot will take place on Monday, May 26, with exact timing to be confirmed. Each volunteer will receive a $40 gift card to Shop AGO for participating. The Marketing […]

Hello Everyone, This is a monumental week at the AGO. Yesterday, to kick off our 6 months of 125th anniversary celebrations, we hosted a big birthday party and gave a number of TV and radio interviews about who we are and our history. Our birthday party was a major effort as hundreds of people came to enjoy the […]

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, […]

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, […]

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 […]