The Gardiner is now open from Thursday - Sunday, including free weekend admission! There's plenty of space to reconnect and amazing art to discover in all corners of the Museum. Clay Restaurant is still open Tuesday - Sunday. Reservations fill up fast, so book your table early. Please read our new health and safety policies before you visit.
From sticky to crusty, pliable to powdery, and shaped to shapeless, clay’s ability to transform in real time is prompting a new generation of artists to explore the possibilities of this ancient material. RAW features new work by four artists who are pushing boundaries with unfired clay: Cassils, Magdolene Dykstra, Azza El Siddique, and Linda Swanson. See it now!
We're firing up the kilns again! Join us on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 - 3 pm for drop in clay classes in our pottery studios. We've reduced our class sizes to allow for safe physical distancing, and instituted new health and safety protocols. Registration opens online at 10 am on the morning of the class. We can't wait to see you back in the studios!
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As we begin to welcome visitors back to the Gardiner, we need your support to continue offering innovative and engaging exhibitions, programs, and community projects on site and online. Make a donation and help us build community with clay.
Our fall clay classes go on sale to Gardiner Friends* on September 21 at 10 am, and to the general public on September 25 at 10 am. We have reduced the number of available classes and participants, and implemented new health and safety protocols. Masks MUST be worn at all times in the studios.
Not a Gardiner Friend yet? Join now to get front-of-the-line access to clay classes.
Please read the registration instructions prior to registering. To be added to the waitlist for a sold-out class, please email mail@gardinermuseum.com.
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*Does not include Get Acquainted pass holders
Using mainly hand-building techniques, but also some wheel-throwing, this course focuses on creating unique tableware.
Using mainly hand-building techniques, but also some wheel-throwing, this course focuses on creating unique tableware....
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In this combination, use stoneware clay to create decorative, functional, or sculptural pieces. Stoneware clay is a high-fired, non-porous clay suitable for all kinds of uses.
In this combination, use stoneware clay to create decorative, functional, or sculptural pieces. Stoneware clay is a high-fired, non-porous clay suitable for all kinds of uses....
Create decorative, functional, and sculptural pieces using hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques. Learn about clay, its history, processes, and infinitive possibilities.
Create decorative, functional, and sculptural pieces using hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques. Learn about clay, its history, processes, and infinitive possibilities....
In this combination class, use stoneware clay to create decorative, functional, or sculptural pieces. Stoneware is a high-fired, non-porous clay suitable for all kinds of uses.
In this combination class, use stoneware clay to create decorative, functional, or sculptural pieces. Stoneware is a high-fired, non-porous clay suitable for all kinds of uses....
This class is open to beginners who are interested in the graphic qualities of ceramics or students with any level of pottery-making or sculpture experience who want to extent their knowledge of surface treatment.
This class is open to beginners who are interested in the graphic qualities of ceramics or students with any level of pottery-making or sculpture experience who want to extent their knowledge of surface treatment....