Posts tagged “women’s committee”
Connections and Collections: Case Studies 2: The Day One That Got Away
Gallery Guide Susan Morrison continues her multipart series on the contributions of the AGO’s Women’s / Volunteer Committees to the gallery’s collections. This Week: The Women’s Committee Misses Out on Barnett Newman In May 1961, the Purchase Committee of the Women’s Committee, having determined to commit its resources to the acquisition of contemporary American paintings, […]
Connections and Collections: Case Studies 1: Franz Kline’s Cupola
Gallery Guide Susan Morrison continues her multipart series on the contributions of the AGO’s Women’s / Volunteer Committees to the gallery’s collections: The first four posts under this topic (starting here) outlined the development of the Women’s Committee at the Art Gallery of Toronto, as it was then called, from its inception in 1947 to […]
Connections and Collections: Buying Trends 2: Taking a Chance (or Not) on Abstract Art
Gallery Guide Susan Morrison continues her multipart series on the contributions of the AGO’s Women’s / Volunteer Committees to the gallery’s collections. This week: The Women’s Committee shifts its acquisition focus. Attached to the minutes of the Oct 27,1952 meeting of the Women’s Committee is a fascinating six-page report from the chair of the Purchasing […]
Connections and Collections: Buying Trends Pt 1: All Things British
Gallery Guide Susan Morrison continues her multipart series on the contributions of the AGO’s Women’s / Volunteer Committees to the gallery’s collections. This week: The Women’s Committee makes its first acquisitions. By 1949 the Women’s Committee (WC) had raised more than $3500 for the express purpose of purchasing art to augment the Art Gallery of […]
Connections and Collections: Foundations
Gallery Guide Susan Morrison continues her multipart series on the contributions of the AGO’s Women’s / Volunteer Committees to the gallery’s collections. This week: The Women’s Committee is formed. Those of us who participate in Volunteer activities at the AGO would have a hard time recognizing ourselves in both the original group and mandate of […]
Connections and Collections – Introduction
Did you know it’s been 73 years since the first volunteer committee was formed at the AGO? Gallery Guide Susan Morrison has delved into the archives – Follow her new multi-part series on the contributions of the AGO’s Women’s / Volunteer Committees to the gallery’s collections. This week: how her project got started. When the […]