Posts tagged “Prints & Drawings”
Prints & Drawings for November: Simply Dufy
This month P&D presents: Simply Dufy On November 10th, join Elizabeth Kohl for this month’s ‘Free Friday Talk’ in the Print & Drawing Study Centre. “Simply Dufy” is the theme this month and Elizabeth is a dynamic and engaging speaker you will not want to miss. Raoul Dufy, 1877-1953, was a French painter who developed […]
Staff Profile: Alexa Griest, Assistant Curator, Prints & Drawings
Join Alexa Griest, on October 24, 2017, at 3.30 and again at 4.15, for a peek inside the vaults in the Marvin Gelber Print and Drawing Study Centre and a tour of the recent installation of 1960’s rock concert posters. A look at the exhibit with Alexa will reveal not just an archive of bands, […]
Prints & Drawings Talk for October: Francisco Goya: First of the Moderns
This month P&D presents: Francisco Goya: First of the Moderns Goya: First of the Moderns, presented to coincide with the Del Toro Monster Exhibition, will focus on two of Goya’s famous print series, Los Caprichos and Les Desparates. Talk by: Phyllis Couzin Date: Friday October 13, 2017 Time: 11 am (arrive at 10:30 to view […]
2017 Ontario Service Award Winner Profiles: Pat Munson, Prints & Drawings
We asked this year’s award winners a bit about themselves. This week Cara-Lynn Nisenbaum interviews winner Pat Munson, both of Prints & Drawings I personally have had the pleasure of working with Pat in the Print and Drawing Center and can say first hand he definitely deserved to be a recipient of the OSA award […]
Prints & Drawings Talk for June: Steichen and Stieglitz: Through the Lens
This month P&D presents: Steichen and Stieglitz: Through the Lens The mentor (Stieglitz) and his disciple (Steichen) aimed their camera’s lenses at the contents of the world, viewing their subjects with deeply differing philosophical and photographic theories. Both men, though, were pioneers of photography as art rather than as merely reportage. This talk will discuss how each […]
Prints & Drawings’ Volunteers Annual Holiday Season Gathering – in April!
Although we did not receive many inches of snow this past winter in Toronto, we did get a large snowfall the night P&D volunteers had an evening planned to celebrate the holiday season. P&D volunteers gather each year both at the holiday season and in the warmer summer months for a pot-luck dinner and time […]
P&D hosts AGO Volunteer Alumni Tea
On April 27, during National Volunteer Week, the AGO Prints and Drawings department hosted the annual Alumni Tea for about 17 returning volunteers. Scones, muffins, tea and coffee were provided while the group of long-time friends were told about exciting changes occurring within the P&D area by Sasha Suda (Curator & R. Fraser Elliott Chair, […]
Prints & Drawings Talk for May: We See Thee Rise: Toronto Art Scene 1970-90
This month P&D presents: We See Thee Rise: Toronto Art Scene 1970-90 – featuring works from Greg Curnoe and more! Talk by: Mary Kirby Date: Friday May 12, 2017 Time: 11 am (arrive at 10:30 to view works on display!) Enjoy behind-the-scenes tours and see your favourite prints, drawings, watercolours and photographs. The second Friday […]
Prints & Drawings Talk for April: The Four Seasons: Hollar and Tissot
This month P&D presents: The Four Seasons: Hollar and Tissot Talk by: Edith Layne Date: Friday April 21, 2017 *Please note that this is the 3rd Friday of the month.* Time: 11 am (arrive at 10:30 to view works on display!) Enjoy behind-the-scenes tours and see your favourite prints, drawings, watercolours and photographs. The second Friday of every […]
Prints & Drawings Talk for March : Views of Rome
Can’t make it to Italy for March Break? No problem! This month P&D presents: Views of Rome During the mid-18th Century, Rome was the intellectual centre of Europe and the destiny of the Grand Tourist. In this talk, P&D volunteer Phyllis Couzin will be looking at four drawings and two etchings all done in the 18th […]