In 2025 the Art Gallery of Hamilton's Volunteer Association will celebrate 75 years of supporting the Gallery.

To celebrate this significant milestone the Volunteers of the AGH are initiating a campaign to raise $10,000 towards the purchase of a new artwork for the permanent collection of the AGH. This donation will empower the purchase of a work of art to be featured within the permanent collection of the AGH into the future as we work towards the future of the AGH in the city of Hamilton.

The work of art purchased will be directed by the Curatorial department of the AGH, and the acquisition committee in keeping with the AGH's collection priorities of regional artists, women artists, racialized and Indigenous artists.

In 2014 in honour of the centennial of the AGH the Volunteer Committee raised funds for the purchase of two works of art it is in this tradition that we embark again on a campaign of support to recognize and celebrate 75 years of volunteership at the AGH. Over the course of the long history of volunteerism at the AGH the association in its various forms has contributed to the purchase or donation of 446 works of art to the AGH's permanent collection. Select "Volunteer Collection Donation History" to view a complete list. The below items are the two most recent acquisitions empowered by volunteer generosity.

(Above) Sophie Pemberton (CANADIAN, 1869 - 1959), Chrysanthemums c. 1901 oil on canvas, 59.7 x 90.2 cm (23 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.) Purchased with funds from the Volunteer Art for the 100th Project and the Alfred Wavell and Susan Nottle Peene Memorial, 2014

Tyler, Tekatch (CANADIAN, born 1982), Terrors of the Breakfast Table, 2014, interactive video with audio, mixed media components, Gift of the Volunteer Art for the 100th Project with the assistance of the Susan Nottle and Alfred Wavell Peene Memorial, 2014

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