The Gardiner is thrilled to announce the launch of CLAY, an original in-house restaurant offering seasonal menus of fresh, local fare in collaboration with The Food Dudes.
The Gardiner has reunited for the first time more than 350 objects from Sir William Van Horne’s exceptional collection of Japanese pottery alongside archival materials and stunning watercolours. See it now!
Join us for family-friendly craft activities throughout the holiday season including festive ornament-making, gingerbread cookie decorating, clay experimentation, and more.
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.
Audrey Mah is a contemporary ceramist. She graduated from the University of Waterloo where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She continued her studies in ceramic design at the Ontario College of Art where she received a scholarship.
Her work has been sold in Canada, USA, and Mexico, and has been exhibited at the George Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art. Audrey has received numerous awards from the Ontario Arts Council, and has taught the sculpture program at the Art Gallery of Ontario, as well as the children and adult pottery classes at the Royal Ontario Museum. Currently, she instructs and develops programs at the Gardiner Museum and workshops at various Toronto District schools.
Audrey works regularly with children to create murals through VIBE Arts, an award-winning charitable organization committed to providing children and youth in under resourced communities. She has also been teaching adult and children classes at the Avenue Road Arts School since 2005.
Working with a professional ceramic artist, kids will make and decorate fun and exciting pieces of clay. Suitable for ages 7 - 12.
Working with a professional ceramic artist, kids will make and decorate fun and exciting pieces of clay. Suitable for ages 7 - 12....
Instructor: Audrey Mah
This course is an introduction to various hand building and wheel throwing techniques. Students will also explore slip casting and press moulding using existing moulds and new glazing techniques using earthenware clay.
This course is an introduction to various hand building and wheel throwing techniques. Students will also explore slip casting and press moulding using existing moulds and new glazing techniques using earthenware clay....
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Create decorative, functional, or sculptural pieces with hand building and wheel throwing techniques.
Create decorative, functional, or sculptural pieces with hand building and wheel throwing techniques. ...
This wheel throwing camp will teach kids how to center, open and pull up the walls to create bowls, vases, goblets, and glazing application techniques. Suitable for ages 9 - 16.
This wheel throwing camp will teach kids how to center, open and pull up the walls to create bowls, vases, goblets, and glazing application techniques. Suitable for ages 9 - 16....