Tuesday, May 11th: Field Trip to the A.G.O.

Here's our chance to visit a premier art gallery in Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, for free! For our field trip there on Tuesday, please meet on the Southbound Platform of Sheppard Yonge Subway Station around 9:15 a.m. From there, we will be leaving by the 9:30 train for Dundas Station before getting on a westbound streetcar on Dundas. Please make your own arrangements if you're coming from Don Mills Station or going direct to the AGO.

If you're driving, here are the directions:

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What should you pack? A camera? An art sketch pad? Tim Hortons coffee? A fried chicken lunch? Please be prepared to do a lot of walking (wear good walking shoes), and remember to check the Gallery Guidelines:

1. Backpacks are great for school, travel and shopping but – as anyone who has ridden a crowded streetcar knows – they extend your personal space, and that puts artwork at risk despite your best intentions. We’ll check any backpacks for free, but can’t promise there won’t be a lineup.
2. Computer bags are becoming as common as drops in the TSX. Consider leaving yours at home, or be prepared to check it unless the bag measures 14 x 14 x 6 inches or less. And who wants to carry around a measuring tape anyway?
3. Foodies take note: we love food too. We serve some great food in our FRANK restaurant and casual café. But bringing food into the art gallery spaces only makes rodents and insects happy … because once they’re done eating the crumbs, they start on the art!
4. Coffee spills. You know it. We know it. Art hates it. Floors hate it. Enjoy your coffee before entering the Gallery, and we can then talk about more interesting things when you get here.
5. Umbrellas – especially the ones that don’t fold up – are hazards to art, particularly in tight gallery spaces. Dripping umbrellas also create slipping hazards for others. Save you big umbrellas for the golf course. Although we’ll check umbrellas for free, avoid the hassle by bringing fold-up versions that fit discreetly in your pocket.
6. Big purses are making a comeback. Fashion rules but, like computer bags or other parcels, if your bag measures more than 14 x 14 x 6 inches, it has to be checked. Consider starting a trend back to clutches.
7. Water is like coffee and dripping umbrellas. Stow yours away and use our many convenient water fountains.

 More Guidelines here.

Have fun meeting your favourite Canadian artists! Get ready to have a good look at masterpieces by the Krieghoff, Kane, the Group of Seven, Emily Carr, Norval Morisseau, and others. And enjoy learning Canadian culture through art!