Move over, Instagram. The Art Gallery of Ontario’s (AGO) free new app lets users customize their photos with different artistic styles. We young professionals love art and technology, and this app allows users to play creatively, transforming their precious pictures into true artistic masterpieces with five famous styles. AGO Express Yourself allows users to transform their photos into a sculpture, a collage or an Impressionist, Cubist or Pop Art masterpiece. Photos can be personalized further by modifying the vibrant colour palettes and the intensity of the filters via the touch screen controls, with more filters in different artistic styles planned for the future.
The app is designed to facilitate the exploration of various artistic movements and media in just a few easy steps and to encourage familiarity with different artistic styles and expressions. Always looking for ways to make art accessible to the younger generation (including AGO’S Massive Party), the app is no exception to the AGO’s initiatives and we feel it will be an instant hit among the YP set.
“The AGO is all about finding ways for people to engage with art,” says Steve Rayment, Director, Marketing, Design & Publicity at the AGO. “The AGO Express Yourself app allows users to make art in five different exciting artistic styles, and to share their unique creations with their online friends and community.”

Photos can be shared with friends, family and the AGO via Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. This engaging app is available for Apple iOS and Android devices, as well as online. While designed to be used anywhere and on the go, a version of the app is accessible online at agoexpressyourself.com, allowing what will surely result in hours of play from desktops as well.
Produced by the Art Gallery of Ontario, AGO Express Yourself was designed and developed by Endeavor Marketing and Loop Media and is free for download from the AGO at ago.net and through the iTunes App Store and Google Play, by using the search term “Express Yourself.”