Gardiner Musesum

Awards

The following awards and honours have recognized the work of the Gardiner Museum, its staff, and its partners.

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2008 International Architecture Awards

More on this award

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2008 Royal Institute of British Architects International Award

Architectural firm Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg was awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) International Award for their work redesigning of the Gardiner Museum.

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2007 Top 100 Most Powerful Women

Alexandra Montgomery, Executive Director of the Gardiner Museum, was named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women of 2007 by the Women’s Executive Network. More on this award

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2007 Good Design is Good Business

KPMB, the architectural firm responsible for the re-design of the Museum, was awarded the Good Design is Good Busines "citation for excellence" for their innovative on the Museum. This was the 10th annual award contest held by BusinessWeek and Architectural Record magazines. More on this award

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2006 Ray Blackwell Award for Excellence in Art Education

The award is the highest recognition of outstanding contribution to visual arts education given by Ontario Society of Education Through Art (OSEA). The Gardiner is especially honoured to receive the award because this is the first time it has presented it to an institution rather than an individual. More on this award

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2006 GE Edison Award

Presented on May 7, 2007 in New York City to Suzanne Powadiuk Design Inc. for her lighting design for the new Gardiner Museum. More on this award

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2006 Pug Award

Established to raise public awareness of architecture and elevate design standards for development projects in Toronto, the Pug Award is a people’s choice award for new commercial and institutional development. In the 2006 the redesigned Gardiner Museum was voted Toronto’s favourite new commercial building.

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2006 Toronto’s Top Art Show

Voted “Top Art Show” by NOW magazine for Jean-Pierre Laroque exhibition.

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2006 Best Museum Shop

The Gardiner Shop was voted “Best Museum Shop” by NOW Magazine.

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2005 Tourism Marketing Partnership of the Year Award

Partners: Gardiner Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario, Royal Ontario Museum

For the Modigliani, Picasso, Pearls campaign, with strategy and creative by Scott Thornley + Company

Awarded by the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership

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2005 The Golden Pen Award

Recipients: Meredith Chilton

For Harlequin Unmasked: the Commedia dell’Arte and Porcelain Sculpture

Awarded By: United States Institute for Theatre Technology

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2003 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for the Arts (Jackman-Bickell Award)

Recipient: Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art

In recognition of the Museum’s exceptional private sector and community support

Awarded by the Ontario Arts Council Foundation

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2003 Award for Outstanding Achievement

Recipient: Scott Thornley + Company, Gardiner Museum partner

For The Artful Teapot: 20th Century Expressions from the Kamm Collection

Awarded by Canadian Museums Association

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2003 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for the Arts (Jackman-Bickell Award)

Recipient: Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art

In recognition of the Museum’s exceptional private sector and community support

Awarded by the Ontario Arts Council Foundation

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2003 Samuel E. Weir Partners Award

Recipient: George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation, Gardiner Museum partner

For The Wheel Project: a Community Arts Exhibition

Awarded by the Ontario Association of Art Galleries

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2003 Educator Award

Recipients: Art Gallery of Ontario (coordinating institution) and contributing partners Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Textile Museum of Canada, Harbourfront Centre, and Toronto District School Board

For Made by Hand/Hecho a Mano

Awarded by the Ontario Association of Art Galleries

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2003 Design Award

Recipient: John Dalrymple

For Cloth and Clay: Communicating with Culture, a joint project of Textile Museum of Canada and Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art

Awarded by the Ontario Association of Art Galleries

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2003 Museum Publications Design Competition, Second Prize

Recipients: Textile Museum of Canada and Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art

For Cloth and Clay: Communicating with Culture

Awarded by the American Association of Museums

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2002 Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History

Recipients: Meredith Chilton

For Harlequin Unmasked: the Commedia dell’Arte and Porcelain Sculpture

Awarded By: The American Society for Theatre Research

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2001 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for the Arts (Jackman-Bickell Award)

Recipient: Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art

In recognition of the Museum’s exceptional private sector and community support

Awarded by the Ontario Arts Council Foundation

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2001 George Freedley Memorial Award

For the best book on live theatre published in the United States

Recipient: Meredith Chilton

For Harlequin Unmasked: the Commedia dell’Arte and Porcelain Sculpture

Awarded by The Theatre Library Association (New York)

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2001 Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History

Recipient: Meredith Chilton

For Harlequin Unmasked: the Commedia dell’Arte and Porcelain Sculpture

Awarded by the American Society for Theatre Research

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2001 John Mather Award

Recipient: Susan Jefferies

For her contribution to Canadian ceramics

Awarded by the Ontario Crafts Council

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2000 Partners Award

Recipient: Investors Group, Gardiner Museum partner

For Maya Universe

Awarded by the Ontario Association of Art Galleries

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1998 Awards of Merit for Outstanding Achievement in Programming and Interpretation

Recipients: Diane Wolfe and Susan Jefferies

Awarded by the Ontario Museum Association

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1996 Best Small Exhibit

For the Gardiner Museum’s permanent gallery of commedia dell’arte porcelain sculpture

Toronto Life magazine

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1991 Most Exquisite Fine Arts Show in Canada

For Porcelain Boxes: Miniature Masterpieces of the Eighteenth Century, Gardiner Museum exhibition curated by Meredith Chilton

Sunday Sun Fine Arts, Best of 1991 Review