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.
See an extraordinary spectrum of contemporary works, including vessels, figurative sculpture, and abstract forms in The Diana Reitberger Collection, on display in our Modern and Contemporary Ceramics Gallery.
We're partnering with Henderson Brewing Co for a special tasting and conversation on chicha, one of the world's earliest beers. Guests will get the chance to sample an exclusive small batch fermented in special vessels made by local ceramic artist Keenan O’Toole. Tickets are limited!
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.
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Create decorative, functional, and sculptural pieces using hand building and wheel throwing techniques.
Create decorative, functional, and sculptural pieces using hand building and wheel throwing techniques. ...
Instructor: Ian Symons
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Learn the art of the potter’s wheel and create functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes.
Learn the art of the potter’s wheel and create functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes. ...
Instructor: Karin Pavey
In this special workshop, students will create objects that will undergo Raku firing.
In this special workshop, students will create objects that will undergo Raku firing....
Instructor: Lynn Fisher
In this special workshop, students will create objects that will be Raku fired.
In this special workshop, students will create objects that will be Raku fired....
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
Make a Jack-O-Lantern out of clay to put in your window just in time for Halloween. Decorate it traditionally or any way you like—the sky’s the limit!
Make a Jack-O-Lantern out of clay to put in your window just in time for Halloween. Decorate it traditionally or any way you like—the sky’s the limit!...
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....
Instructor: Dianne Lee
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: Marc Egan
Create decorative, functional, or sculptural pieces with hand building and wheel throwing techniques. ...
Using mainly hand building techniques, as well as some wheel throwing, this course will focus on creating unique tableware.
Using mainly hand building techniques, as well as some wheel throwing, this course will focus on creating unique tableware. ...
Instructor: Michelle Mendlowitz
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
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: Danica Drago
Instructor: Annika Hoefs
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 course is an introduction to various hand building and wheel throwing techniques.
This course is an introduction to various hand building and wheel throwing techniques....
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....
This workshop is suitable for students being introduced to mindfulness for the first time as well as for those students with previous mindfulness experience. In this 6-week workshop, we will explore through the use of clay the four foundations of mindfulness: body, feelings, mind, and the nature of our experience.
This workshop is suitable for students being introduced to mindfulness for the first time as well as for those students with previous mindfulness experience. In this 6-week workshop, we will explore through the use of clay the four foundations of...
Get creative this holiday season by hand-building a gift for a loved one.
Get creative this holiday season by hand-building a gift for a loved one....