The Gardiner Museum is open seven days a week! Explore our permanent collection, discover special exhibitions, and get hands-on with clay in our studios. We look forward to welcoming you.
Discover an exhibition of new work in our lobby by members of Inspirations Studio, a unique low-barrier ceramics program in Toronto for women and gender diverse people who have experienced marginalization.
Our Joy of Ceramics fundraiser returns on October 27, featuring a presentation by Sarah Milroy, Chief Curator at the McMichael Gallery, who will talk about a work by Shary Boyle, including its many meanings and her decision to donate it. This event sells out every year!
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This program is designed for beginners who want to learn the fundamentals of making pottery and those looking to reconnect with clay. Working in stoneware, students are exposed to basic hand-building, wheel-throwing, and decoration techniques.
This program is designed for beginners who want to learn the fundamentals of making pottery and those looking to reconnect with clay. Working in stoneware, students are exposed to basic hand-building, wheel-throwing, and decoration techniques....
Instructor: Audrey Mah
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Inspired by the Gardiner Museum's permanent collections, students will learn wheel-throwing and hand-building techniques, as well as glazing, texturing, and more!
Inspired by the Gardiner Museum's permanent collections, students will learn wheel-throwing and hand-building techniques, as well as glazing, texturing, and more!...
Instructor: Mona Patel
Taking inspiration from Gardiner Collections, students will learn the fundamentals of hand building and explore a wide range of techniques, including pinch and coiled pots, slipping and scoring, and reliefs.
Taking inspiration from Gardiner Collections, students will learn the fundamentals of hand building and explore a wide range of techniques, including pinch and coiled pots, slipping and scoring, and reliefs....
Instructor: Taylor Chan
Learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing to create functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes.
Learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing to create functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes....
Instructor: Hatice Erdogan
Learn to the basics of wheel throwing while not worrying about the final product. The goal of our "No Pressure" workshops is to give everyone a chance to learn basic pottery techniques, connect with others, and enjoy the process!
Learn to the basics of wheel throwing while not worrying about the final product. The goal of our "No Pressure" workshops is to give everyone a chance to learn basic pottery techniques, connect with others, and enjoy the process!...
Learn to the basics of hand building while not worrying about the final product. The goal of our "No Pressure" workshops is to give everyone a chance to learn basic pottery techniques, connect with others, and enjoy the process!
Learn to the basics of hand building while not worrying about the final product. The goal of our "No Pressure" workshops is to give everyone a chance to learn basic pottery techniques, connect with others, and enjoy the process!...
This course is designed for students who have experience hand building and wheel throwing with stoneware clay and are looking to move beyond the basics.
This course is designed for students who have experience hand building and wheel throwing with stoneware clay and are looking to move beyond the basics....
Want to take your wheel throwing skills to the next level? Students will learn intermediate to advanced wheel-throwing techniques and new ways to mix and apply glazes.
Want to take your wheel throwing skills to the next level? Students will learn intermediate to advanced wheel-throwing techniques and new ways to mix and apply glazes....
Inspired by our major fall exhibition, Karine Giboulo: Housewarming, students will draw on the themes of the exhibition and learn new hand-building techniques.
Inspired by our major fall exhibition, Karine Giboulo: Housewarming, students will draw on the themes of the exhibition and learn new hand-building techniques....
Create pots from start to finish using the potter’s wheel and a variety of decorative techniques.
Create pots from start to finish using the potter’s wheel and a variety of decorative techniques....
Instructor: Habiba El-Sayed
Learn the basics of wheel throwing and decoration techniques inspired by the pieces in the Museum's collections.
Learn the basics of wheel throwing and decoration techniques inspired by the pieces in the Museum's collections....
Instructor: Danica Drago
Learn the art of the potter’s wheel! Students will take inspirations from wheel-thrown works in the Museum's collections to create their own functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes.
Learn the art of the potter’s wheel! Students will take inspirations from wheel-thrown works in the Museum's collections to create their own functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes....
Instructor: Annika Hoefs
Participants explore a series of hand-building exercises rooted in the connection between clay and breath.
Participants explore a series of hand-building exercises rooted in the connection between clay and breath....
Instructor: Suzanne Thomson
Participants will learn the fundamentals of hand building with clay. Students will build their pieces on the first day and glaze their work on the second day.
Participants will learn the fundamentals of hand building with clay. Students will build their pieces on the first day and glaze their work on the second day....
Instructor: Mel Wright