Less sleep. More art! 

Volunteer with Nuit Blanche Toronto

Nuit Blanche | October 5^th from sunset to sunrise 

Toronto’s free all-night contemporary art event. Experience Toronto transformed by hundreds of Canadian and international artists. Scarborough, Fort York area & downtown Toronto.

Volunteers are integral to the success of Nuit Blanche Toronto. It’s one of the most unique volunteer opportunities in the City! One night only, all night long. Pre and post event volunteer opportunities are also available. 

Volunteer Roles include: 

• ·         Information Ambassadors
• ·         Ushers
• ·         Artist Assistants
• ·         Project Facilitators
• ·         Accessibility Assistants
• ·         Assistant Stage Managers
• ·         Behind the Scenes Assistants

How do I volunteer? Complete an online application form and attend a City Cultural Events Volunteer Recruitment session:

Tuesday, September 10 6:30-8:30pm @ Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Drive, Council Chambers

Saturday, September 14 10:30am-12:30pm or 1:30-3:30pm @ Metro Hall, 55 John St., Room 308/309 

RSVP your attendance to [email protected] to receive a volunteer application form

• Volunteers must be 16 years of age or older. Training provided for all volunteers.

• Pre and post-event volunteer opportunities available. If you are already an active City Cultural Events Volunteer you do not need to reapply to participate.  

 Questions? Email [email protected]! 

Many thanks, Rachel Fender & Erin Beaubien

Erin Beaubien

Assistant Volunteer Coordinator

City Cultural Events

416-395-7420

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) begins September 5, and once again the AGO is a host venue for film screenings.

Employees and volunteers are encouraged to use the main or park entrance during TIFF screenings as the McCaul Street entrance near Jackman Hall area will be more crowded than usual. If you do use the McCaul Street entrance, please remember to keep noise to a minimum so that viewers will enjoy their film experience.

TIFF runs Thursday, Sept. 5 until Sunday, Sept. 16.

If you have any questions, please contact Julia Galvez, Jackman Hall Coordinator, at 416 979 6660 ext. 467.

All employees and volunteers are invited to see Hito Steyerl’s films before the opening of the upcoming exhibition, Hito Steyerl: This is the future which opens October 24 on Level 5 of the Vivian & David Campbell Centre for Contemporary Art.

Join us for the following screenings between 12:30 and 1:30 pm in Seminar Room 3:

• Thursday, September 5
• Lovely Andrea (29 mins., 30 secs.) | November (25 mins., 15 secs.)

• Thursday, September 12
• The Tower (8 mins.)| ExtraSpaceCraft (12 mins., 30 secs.) | Duty Free Art (38 mins., 21 secs.)

• Thursday, September 26
• Liquidity (30 mins., 15 secs.) | Hell Yeah We Fuck Die (4 mins., 35 secs.) | Robots Today (8 mins., 2 secs.) | This is the future (16 mins.)

Food and drinks are permitted in the seminar room; please bring your lunch to the screenings!

For any questions, please contact Kristyn Rolanty, Project Manager, Exhibitions, at 416 979 6660 ext. 344

Hello everyone,

• It was good to see so many of you at Town Hall on Tuesday when I spoke about recent exhibitions, acquisitions and the new access model. In my weekly message for the next several weeks I will start to call out our values, beginning with “lead with contemporary relevance.” We should seek to have our work be relevant to what is happening in the world today, whether it’s relating the growth of Toronto to the recent Impressionism in the AGO of Industry exhibit or technology and consumption with Hito Steyerl: This Is the Future.

• Do take some time to enjoy Grange Park, which has become one of the most used parks in our city – certainly that was evident this summer! From the hawks to local community groups to AGO campers, it has been full of activity these past few months.

• With an employee base of 600+, there are always new faces joining us at the museum. Welcome to those who have joined us in recent weeks. And thank you to those who have gone on or will be departing soon to other opportunities – we are grateful for your important contributions to the AGO.

Enjoy the long weekend,

Stephan

A reminder: The administrative offices are closed on Monday. Thank You to our front line team – volunteers and staff, helping to welcome and support our visitors this Holiday Labour Day Monday; the Gallery will be open from 10:30am – 4:00pm.

See you on Tuesday!

Don’t miss Town Hall tomorrow:

• Tuesday August 27
• 2:00pm – 3:00pm
• Baillie Court

On the Agenda:

• Welcome remarks and an update by Stephan Jost
• Hito Steyerl Curator’s Talk by Adelina Vlas
• Fall programming update with Devyani Saltzman & Paola Poletto

We hope to see you there!

Hello everyone,

• I took a few close supporters of the AGO through the Brian Jungen exhibit on Wednesday evening. The galleries were buzzing with visitors and my guests remarked on the palpable energy throughout the building. I enjoyed viewing Brian’s works one last time and I hope you have the chance to visit Zacks before the show closes this weekend.

• A new acquisition was installed in the Fudger Memorial Gallery this week – a work by Gustave Caillebotte that was part of a long saga related to the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board (CCPERB), as you might recall from my post of earlier this year. Through a legal process involving other museums from across Canada, we were able to resolve the situation in a satisfactory manner. The end result is that there is an important Impressionist painting in the museum for our public.

• I will miss seeing AGO campers exploring galleries and having fun in Grange Park when camp ends this month. Every morning when I walk into the building I have been greeted by their youthful enthusiasm and curiosity. It takes A LOT of people to run smooth camp sessions and I appreciate everyone’s focus to ensure the kids are safe, learn and have fun.  

Enjoy the weekend,

Stephan

In this week’s AGOinsider, we go courtside with Brian Jungen. 

Plus – learn more about the new works on view in the Nicholas Fodor Gallery, see the long list of art talks and screenings coming to the AGO, and more – all in the latest edition of AGOinsider. 

Subscribe to our e-newsletter and enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at stories in and around the AGO each week.

If you’d like to submit a story for consideration, complete the AGOinsider submission form.

Do you have a question you’d like to ask Stephan at the next Town Hall?

If so, please write your question on the paper provided in Corridor D, concourse level, and submit it in the envelope. Volunteers, you can also email Cassandra Engineer by 5 pm on Wednesday, August 21.

Stephan will make time to answer a selection of questions at the next Employee & Volunteer Town Hall:

Tuesday, August 27 at 2 pm in Baillie Court (AGO / third floor event space)

(SAVE THE DATE!)

A quick note to say thank you to all of our volunteers who have already completed our first-ever Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Survey. Our participation rate is high and we really appreciate you taking the time to voluntarily answer a few questions!

If you haven’t done so already, please consider taking a few moments to complete the survey; the more responses, the better! This will help us benchmark the needs in our volunteer community, and help us shape future programs and supports. If you think your voice is vital, please consider sharing it, via this voluntary, anonymous survey.

Survey closes September 3!