The Gardiner Bistro will be closed for renovation throughout May and June in preparation for an exciting new restaurant by The Food Dudes opening in July.
On now! Yoko Ono is a forerunner of Conceptual art who frequently involves collaboration, audience participation, and social activism in her artwork. YOKO ONO: THE RIVERBED is a three-part interactive exhibition that invites visitors to collaborate with the artist, the museum, and each other.
After back-to-back sold out events, SMASH, presented by RBC Wealth Management, returns with its most immersive art experience to date. SMASH: We Are More tempts us out of our individual bubbles for a night of bold contemporary art, encounters with natural beauty, and mind-bending installations. Will you be among the 400?
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!
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Create decorative, functional, or sculptural pieces using hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques.
Create decorative, functional, or sculptural pieces using hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques. ...
Instructor: Thomas Suh
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Learn the art of the potter’s wheel. Create functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes.
Learn the art of the potter’s wheel. Create functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes....
Instructor: Dianne Lee
This four week pot-centric workshop, will focus on guiding students toward a personal aesthetic that reflects their own creative motivations.
This four week pot-centric workshop, will focus on guiding students toward a personal aesthetic that reflects their own creative motivations....
Instructor: Audrey Mah
In this two-hour workshop, we will explore clay as a medium for deepening our experience of the present moment.
In this two-hour workshop, we will explore clay as a medium for deepening our experience of the present moment....
Instructor: Suzanne Thomson
Explore the world of planters and make cacti planters, succulent logs, orchid pots, or herb planters.
Explore the world of planters and make cacti planters, succulent logs, orchid pots, or herb planters....
Instructor: Ian Symons
This combination class will use stoneware clay, a high-fired non-porous clay durable for all kinds of uses, to create decorative, functional, or sculptural pieces.
This combination class will use stoneware clay, a high-fired non-porous clay durable for all kinds of uses, to create decorative, functional, or sculptural pieces. ...
Instructor: Lynn Fisher
This combination class will use stoneware clay, a high-fired non-porous clay durable for all kinds of uses, to create decorative, functional, or sculptural pieces....
Students have the option of exploring the techniques directly on pieces of pottery or working on experimental tiles, leading to surface treatments on future pieces.
Students have the option of exploring the techniques directly on pieces of pottery or working on experimental tiles, leading to surface treatments on future pieces. ...
Students will also explore slip casting and press moulding using existing moulds and new glazing techniques using earthenware clay.
Students will also explore slip casting and press moulding using existing moulds and new glazing techniques using earthenware clay....
Create decorative, functional, or sculptural pieces through hand building and wheel throwing techniques.
Create decorative, functional, or sculptural pieces through hand building and wheel throwing techniques....
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....
Create functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes.
Create functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes....
Using mainly hand-building techniques, but also some wheel-throwing, this course will focus on creating unique tableware.
Using mainly hand-building techniques, but also some wheel-throwing, this course will focus on creating unique tableware....
Instructor: Karin Pavey
Learn the art of the potter’s wheel. Create functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes. ...
Instructor: Michelle Mendlowitz