The Gardiner Museum is open seven days a week. Explore our permanent collection, discover special exhibitions, get hands-on with clay in our studios, dine, shop, and more. We look forward to welcoming you!
Enter a world at once familiar and uncanny. The exhibition hall has been transformed into an immersive reimagining of Montreal-based artist Karine Giboulo's home. Brought to life by over 500 miniature polymer clay figures, this is no ordinary house. The figures tell stories that reflect our most urgent social issues, from the pandemic and climate crisis to food insecurity and housing instability. Get tickets!
A new season of clay classes is open for registration! Sign up for stoneware, hand building, wheel throwing, and special exhibition courses. Winter is the perfect time to stay warm in the studio and learn a new skill. Register now!
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!
Limited time offer! Purchase or renew a Gardiner Friendship before January 1, 2023 and receive a free Get Acquainted pass (valued at $30) to gift to the art lover of your choice. Become a Gardiner Friend today!
Become a Gardiner Friend to get 15% off clay classes and advanced registration (does not apply to Get Acquainted pass holders).
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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
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Students will take inspiration from wheel-thrown works in the Museum's permanent collection to create functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes.
Students will take inspiration from wheel-thrown works in the Museum's permanent collection to create functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes....
Instructor: Annika Hoefs
Make serving bowls, wobbly bowls, nesting bowls, soup bowls, or any other type of bowl that you can think of!
Make serving bowls, wobbly bowls, nesting bowls, soup bowls, or any other type of bowl that you can think of!...
Instructor: Audrey Mah
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....
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
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 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
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
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....
Participants will learn the fundamentals of hand building with clay. Students will use the first three classes to experiment and hone important hand building skills build while working on a specific project. The final class will be dedicated to glazing.
Participants will learn the fundamentals of hand building with clay. Students will use the first three classes to experiment and hone important hand building skills build while working on a specific project. The final class will be dedicated to glazing....
Instructor: Mel Wright
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....
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!...
Students will learn the fundamentals of hand building, exploring sculpting, slab building, and coiling, as well as surface decoration and glazing techniques.
Students will learn the fundamentals of hand building, exploring sculpting, slab building, and coiling, as well as surface decoration and glazing techniques....
Inspired by our major fall exhibition, Karine Giboulo: Housewarming, students will engage with the themes of the exhibition and learn new hand-building techniques.
Inspired by our major fall exhibition, Karine Giboulo: Housewarming, students will engage with the themes of the exhibition and learn new hand-building techniques....
Students will learn the basics of wheel throwing as well as a variety of decoration techniques.
Students will learn the basics of wheel throwing as well as a variety of decoration techniques....
Instructor: Habiba El-Sayed
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
Our miniature figure making workshops with artist Karine Giboulo are back by popular demand! Discover the versatility of working with polymer clay and express your own creativity in response to the themes in the special exhibition "Karine Giboulo: Housewarming."
Our miniature figure making workshops with artist Karine Giboulo are back by popular demand! Discover the versatility of working with polymer clay and express your own creativity in response to the themes in the special exhibition "Karine Giboulo: Housewarming."...
Join Roxanne Brathwaite, Toronto-based miniaturist and contestant from Season 1 of CBC Gem's “Best In Miniature", for a series of three workshops in which participants will progressively develop skills and techniques to build their own miniature suite by repurposing everyday objects.
Join Roxanne Brathwaite, Toronto-based miniaturist and contestant from Season 1 of CBC Gem's “Best In Miniature", for a series of three workshops in which participants will progressively develop skills and techniques to build their own miniature suite by repurposing everyday...