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 installation of works by American artist Sharif Bey on now in our lobby. Bey's practice is influenced by African and Afro-diasporic aesthetic traditions, as well as ancient Andean ceramics and contemporary popular culture.
Summer will be here before you know it! Don't wait to sign up for the Gardiner's popular summer camps. New this year, all our week-long sessions are full-day multimedia camps, so kids can draw, paint, sculpt, and more.
Every object in our permanent collection can be accessed through our eMuseum portal. Learn about individual collecting areas, like Italian Maiolica or Modern and Contemporary Ceramics, or search the full collection by keyword. You'll be amazed by what you discover!
Help us continue to offer innovative and engaging exhibitions, programs, and community projects in person and online, as well as plan for the future. Please consider making a donation today.
Summer Clay Classes will go on sale to Gardiner Friends on Monday May 30 at 10 am. Not a Gardiner Friend yet? Join now to get 15% off and front-of-the-line access.
Classes will go on sale to the public on Wednesday June 1 at 10 am.
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Already familiar with the basics of hand building and wheel throwing? In this class, students will build on their fundamental skills to experiment with new techniques.
Already familiar with the basics of hand building and wheel throwing? In this class, students will build on their fundamental skills to experiment with new techniques....
Instructor: Audrey Mah
Learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing to create functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes. This course is designed for students new to ceramics and throwing.
Learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing to create functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes. This course is designed for students new to ceramics and throwing....
Instructor: Hatice Erdogan
Learn the basics of hand building and wheel throwing and experiment using earthenware clay and glazes.
Learn the basics of hand building and wheel throwing and experiment using earthenware clay and glazes....
Instructor: Hannun Lyn
Want to take your wheel throwing skills to the next level? In this 8-week class, 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? In this 8-week class, students will learn intermediate to advanced wheel-throwing techniques and new ways to mix and apply glazes....
Instructor: Alex Yeung
Inspired by the Gardiner Museum's permanent collections, learn wheel throwing, hand building, glazing, texturing, and more!
Inspired by the Gardiner Museum's permanent collections, learn wheel throwing, hand building, glazing, texturing, and more!...
Bring a friend or date for a fun evening of hand building on our plaza. Spend a summer evening experimenting with clay outdoors under the guidance of a professional artist-educator.
Bring a friend or date for a fun evening of hand building on our plaza. Spend a summer evening experimenting with clay outdoors under the guidance of a professional artist-educator....
Instructor: Annika Hoefs
Instructor: Michelle Mendlowitz
Create without pressure! In this 4-week class, learn how to hand build functional and sculptural pieces. Explore a variety of techniques to create unique, expressive works and designs.
Create without pressure! In this 4-week class, learn how to hand build functional and sculptural pieces. Explore a variety of techniques to create unique, expressive works and designs....
Learn the fundamentals of the wheel and how to apply basic glazes and finishes to your work.
Learn the fundamentals of the wheel and how to apply basic glazes and finishes to your work....
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
Receive one-on-one instruction in wheel throwing and glazing techniques in this two-week, semi-private workshop for four students.
Receive one-on-one instruction in wheel throwing and glazing techniques in this two-week, semi-private workshop for four students....
Instructor: Mona Patel
Instructor: Taylor Chan