Seniors Social: Jean-Siméon Chardin and Albert Gleizes
Make new art connections and spark conversations! Join us for our free virtual Seniors Social program, a live monthly series for older adults that combines conversations with art and artmaking. The AGO believes providing opportunities to experience art and artmaking increases well-being.
Seniors Social: Ruth Cuthand and Los Carpinteros
In this session, Lauren Spring will look at contemporary installation art and discuss why certain artists (or collectives of artists) may branch out from using traditional painterly or sculptural materials and turn to other objects for inspiration when creating their large-scale works. The results can be both playful and hard-hitting.
Seniors Social: Arent Arentsz and Eugène Louis Boudin
Make new art connections and spark conversations! Join us for our free virtual Seniors Social program, a live monthly series for older adults that combines conversations with art and artmaking. The AGO believes providing opportunities to experience art and artmaking increases well-being.
Seniors Social: Alex Colville and Vilhelm Hammershoi
Make new art connections and spark conversations! Join us for our free virtual Seniors Social program, a live monthly series for older adults that combines conversations with art and artmaking. The AGO believes providing opportunities to experience art and artmaking increases well-being.
Art of the Matter: Diabetes Canada and Frederick Banting
In 2021, Diabetes Canada in partnership with the AGO hosted a unique art competition, Art of the Matter, to engage with community and commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the discovery of insulin.
The impact of diabetes is widespread and complex. Art of the Matter provided the wonderful opportunity to connect, support, and learn from each other while sharing experiences through art.
Diabetes Canada - The Art of the Matter
Close Looking: Picasso Creative Audio Description
Join Assistant Curator of Community Programs, Melissa Smith, as she shares an audio description of an artwork, one of the techniques used during our Multisensory Program to help remove barriers to our collections. You will hear and learn about creative audio description, a type of spoken language describing visual images or objects, which enables audiences to engage and pursue their own journey in relation to visual art.