Video Game Arts Appreciation Night at the AGO

Name: Video Game Arts Appreciation Night at the AGO
Start: 2025-09-05T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-05T21:00:00-04:00
Location: AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario

Schedule

Fri Sep 05 2025 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario | Toronto, ON

Video games as art! Join us for an exciting night of the unexpected in partnership with Game Arts International Network.
Walker Court will be set up with video game stations, each displaying a curated selection of celebrated, Canadian-made video games. We invite you to play, explore, and engage with each work, diving deep into the complexities of video game art.
Grab a drink and try the games! At 7pm listen as Jim Munroe, former AGO Artist-in-Residence, shares why he selected each game and asks questions of many of the games' developers for behind-the-scenes looks at their processes and artistic inspirations.
Games on display include:
Venba (Toronto/Montreal) [Artist Will Be Present]
I Was a Teenaged Exocolonist (Vancouver)
Goodbye Volcano High (Montreal) [Artist Will Be Present]
Loser Lane (Toronto/Montreal) [Artist Will Be Present]
Tactical Breach Wizards (Vancouver)
Balatro (Saskatoon)
A Little to the Left (Halifax) [Artist Will Be Present]
South of Midnight (Montreal) [Artist Will Be Present]
Tunic (Halifax)
Friday night programming is free for everyone, with general admission. General admission is free for Ontarians under 25, Annual Passholders and Members. (Otherwise, it's $35.)
Thanks to The City of Toronto, Get Set Games, Toronto Games Week, and Nathan Huisman at the AGO.