Access To Art

The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) recognizes and celebrates our visitors' diverse abilities and needs. To ensure art is accessible to all, we offer a variety of programs and services that support visits to the Gallery and participation in its activities. Access is about care; we hope to raise awareness about accessibility and we encourage all people to incorporate access in their everyday practice and lives. 

The AGO offers this platform for online programs and resources to all visitors and guests of the Gallery, creating an Access to Art Resource Hub for all our diverse communities:

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Participate in our upcoming programs.

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Workshops
Art as Therapy: Painting to Music
Saturday, July 20, 10:30 am

Join our Art-As-Therapy workshop adventures! In this series, we’ll explore using art to build happy and creative communities. Get ready to play and discover new experiences with different art mediums. Use your imagination to explore how art can make you feel good. Our activities encourage you to touch and feel different materials and discover new ways of self-expression and reflection.

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Yoga in the Gallery
Saturdays, June 22, July 27, 11 am

Grounded in creativity and self-expression, yoga and the arts make the perfect pair.

Unwind with a restorative morning yoga session, drawing inspiration from the art and architecture of the gallery. Led by certified yoga teacher, Karmit Ifrah, these gentle Hatha yoga sessions promote balance, strength, flexibility, and stillness in the mind.     

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Drawing. Drinks. Social.
First Friday of the Month, 6 - 9 pm

Learn to draw and enjoy a drink while doing it!   

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FEATURED PROGRAMS

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Multisensory Museum

Art galleries and museums have long emphasized the visual sense, but we're offering something different: special multisensory art experiences to help you understand your surroundings in new ways!

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From above, a photo of two people touching a sprawling textile sculpture called Big Softie. They reach into the guts, which are soft and dimpled and made from stuffed knee socks and nylon stockings, and examine the Unidentified Remains that are scattered amongst them. At the centre lies Big Softie’s heart, a red patchwork soft sculpture with tendrils extending outward.

Tangled Art Talks

AGO and Tangled Art + Disability partnered on a series of videos by six artists from Tangled’s community that showcase their artistic practices in response to the AGO.

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Deaf Culture Moments

Explore the AGO Collection with an Art Educator from the Deaf community who encourages discovery by creating customized deaf experiences with art.

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Access to Art past events by tag

PAST EVENTS

Three people gathered a round a table with a drink
Workshops
Drawing. Drinks. Social.
First Friday of the Month, 6 - 9 pm

Learn to draw and enjoy a drink while doing it!   

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Special Events
Relaxed Visits
Every first Tuesday of the month, 3 pm

The AGO is piloting new Relaxed Visit times, so you can visit in a relaxed and supportive environment.

What is a Relaxed Visit?

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Talks
Art and Ideas: Lives of Women Makers with Ingrid Mida
Saturday, June 22, 11 am

Inspired by the exhibition Making Her Mark: A History of Women's Art in Europe, 1400-1800, t

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Workshops
Art as Therapy: Found Object Portraits
Saturday, June 15, 10:30 am

Join our Art-As-Therapy workshop adventures! In this series, we’ll explore using art to build happy and creative communities.

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Workshops
Seniors Social: Moments in Modernism
Tuesday, June 11, 1 pm

Make new artistic connections and spark conversations. Join us for our Seniors Social: an engaging monthly workshop series for older adults.

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Workshops
Art as Therapy: Collage Your Future
Saturday, May 18, 10:30 am

Join our Art-As-Therapy workshop adventures! In this series, we’ll explore using art to build happy and creative communities.

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Workshops
Seniors Social: Making Our Marks
Tuesday, May 14, 1 pm

Make new artistic connections and spark conversations. Join us for our Seniors Social: an engaging monthly workshop series for older adults.

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Workshops
Brunch Club
Saturday, May 25 and June 29, 11:30 am

Your day starts over coffee and pastries, then our artist-instructor leads you through drawing demonstrations and creative exercises in the gallery to deepen your understanding of art and the evolu

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Special Events
Slow Art Day Guided Visit
Saturday, April 13, 1 pm

Join us for Slow Art Day, a global event with a simple mission: to help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art.

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Workshops
Seniors Social: Hand to Collar to Face, the Illuminated Path in Rembrandt’s Portraits
Tuesday, March 12, 1 pm

Make new artistic connections and spark conversations! Join us for our Seniors Social: an engaging monthly workshop series for older adults.

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a group of people performing a yoga pose, seated with their arms reaching overhead
Workshops
Yoga in the Gallery
Saturdays, June 22, July 27, 11 am

Grounded in creativity and self-expression, yoga and the arts make the perfect pair.

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A woman wearing a bathing suit lays on the deck of a boat. There is a white hat over her face. A man is standing in the water behind her, fishing.
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Seniors Social: Shapes, Forms, Colours and Seasons of Love
Tuesday, February 13, 1 pm

Make new artistic connections and spark conversations!. Join us for our Seniors Social: an engaging monthly workshop series for older adults.

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