Join à la Carte Kitchen Inc. at the Gardiner Bistro for lunch from Sunday to Friday in the third-floor Terrace Room with stunning views overlooking the city.
For the past thirty-five years, acclaimed Canadian artist Steven Heinemann has transformed the medium of ceramics in Canada. This major retrospective featuring more than 70 objects examines Heinemann’s fascinating and evolving process.
Register for our new two-hour clay mindfulness workshops led by a registered art therapist. Through an open studio practice, participants will learn to focus their attention on the dance between breath and clay, awakening to the present moment.
The Gardiner Museum is among the few museums in the world focused on ceramics, and is one of the most important specialty museums internationally. It houses approximately 4,000 objects, including European porcelain, ceramics from the Ancient Americas, Chinese porcelain, Japanese porcelain, and contemporary ceramics. Search the collection online!
Everyone can love clay! Become a Friend at one of the world’s great specialty museums and enjoy the benefits, including unlimited admission, invitations to exhibition previews and special events, discounts on lectures and clay classes, and more.
Ceramics has been reborn in recent years as a contemporary medium, captivating a new generation of artists working in clay today. Discover the work of five up-and-coming artists from across Canada, nominated by a panel of practitioners, collectors and arts educators. Who’s the breakout art star this year? We want you to be the judge! Vote for your favourite to win the $10,000 grand prize!
The Artists
David R. Harper (Ontario) Derya Akay (British Columbia) Lisa Henriques (British Columbia) Veronika Horlik (Montreal) WINNER Zane Wilcox (Saskatchewan)
The Nominating Committee
Rory MacDonald, Assistant Professor, Chair of Craft, NSCAD University, Halifax Pascale Girardin, Artist and Designer, Montreal Joe Friday, Contemporary Art Collector, Ottawa Ydessa Hendeles, Contemporary Art Collector, Toronto and New York City Sally Michener, Artist and Teacher, Vancouver