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Volunteering at the Art Gallery of Ontario

Meet new and interesting friends, and be a vital part of one of the best art museums in Canada! We’ve got inspiring art, an impressive building, and dedicated volunteers. Applicants, like our existing volunteers, should posses a love and appreciation of art, a flexible attitude for dealing effectively with the public, basic computer skills (including email), and an understanding that reliability is key to success in any role.

Volunteers at the AGO number nearly 800 strong! Their time, enthusiasm and expertise contribute to an outstanding experience for museum visitors in all areas of the Gallery.

HOW TO APPLY:

We post volunteer vacancies as soon as they become available. Check back often for a placement that better suits your skills and interests. Please note, we do update this site regularly.

Please note we do not offer high school co-op placements. If you have any further questions, you can contact us by email at volunteer.recruiters@ago.ca.

YOUTH Opportunities

Summer Art Camp Volunteer

We’re looking for volunteers:

15 years of age or older
Enthusiastic, early-rising
Love kids, and love art!
This placement is reserved for high-school aged youth

Make new friendships, learn new skills, and join us this summer!

We recruit over 200 high-school aged youth volunteers each summer for our art camp – our most popular placement of the year!

Summer art camp volunteers are the “best friends” of camp. Your role is to help supervise and support our young campers, and also help prepare art supplies, provide one-one-one art-making assistance, and play games/eat lunch with your group. Volunteers work together in teams of 3-4 volunteers, to assist paid art camp staff and instructors.

Commitment: This is a two-week placement (70 hours). Volunteers must be available for one full, two-week session of camp (Monday – Friday, 8:15am – 4:15pm). Camp sessions run throughout July and August, and volunteers can choose their session. (*There is a one-week volunteer session (35 hours) at the end of August – if you can only join us for one week, please choose Session 5)

Volunteer Benefits: Volunteers receive free admission to the AGO (anytime!), tickets for friends and family to visit, and free and discounted admission/deals to museums/galleries and cultural attractions all across Toronto – like the CN Tower, Ripley’s Aquarium, and more!

Application Deadline: Friday, June 7

Apply

ADULT Opportunities

Our next volunteer opportunity will be with our Hands-On-Centre. Please check back in June.

Note: we update this site as volunteer positions become available; please check back regularly.

For those of you who have recently applied for a volunteer position: Thank You! We are in process of reviewing applications and we will be in touch with you should you be selected for an interview. Thanks so much for applying to volunteer with the Art Gallery of Ontario.