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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

AGO Summer Art Camp Volunteer

(note: you must be 15 years of age at time of volunteer placement to volunteer! This placement is reserved for high-school aged youth)

We recruit over 100 youth volunteers each summer for our art camp – our most popular youth 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. If you love kids, you’ll love camp! We’re looking for enthusiastic, early-rising youth, who like working in a team, and would enjoy the fast-pace/ crafty atmosphere of a kid’s art camp! All the better if you have babysitting and previous camp experience. Make new friendships, learn new skills, and join us this summer!

Required Availability: 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 (more details on form). 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!

Application Deadline: Friday June 22, 2018

Apply

ADULT Opportunities

Evening/Weekend Gallery Guides

We’re looking for knowledgable and welcoming volunteers to join our Evening & Weekend Gallery Guide program. Gallery Guides roam as “ask me” guides across the galleries, to engage with visitors, promote close-looking, critical thinking and conversation. Our guides offer short, scheduled, pop-up art talks, as well as more structured tours. Our Gallery Guides are not given tour scripts, but instead have the freedom and flexibility to develop content that interests them. We find volunteers who enjoy this role most have a formal background in art, or a strong interest and are willing to self-study; ongoing exhibition content and methodology training is provided.

Required Availability: : This volunteer placement requires bi-weekly availability (i.e. you will be scheduled every two weeks). You’ll be able to choose from a (3.5 hour) Friday evening / Saturday or Sunday, morning or afternoon shift. A 2-3 month training period is observed before new guides join the regular program. We ask for a one-year commitment.

Application Deadline: Friday June 22, 2018

Apply

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.