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The Gardiner Museum thanks the generous individuals, corporations, foundations, and government funders who make it possible for the Gardiner to build community with clay.

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EXHIBITION SPONSORS

Magdalene Odundo: A Dialogue With Objects (2023-2024)

Presenting Sponsors
Mary Janigan & Tom Kierans
The Reitberger Family in honour of Renate Reitberger
Noreen Taylor & David Staines

Exhibition Supporters
David Binet
The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation
McCarthy Tetrault
Power Corporation of Canada

Government Support
Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund

Thanks to
John Donald

Publication Sponsor
Hugh Freund & Sandra Wijnberg

EDUCATION AND PROGRAM SPONSORS

Community Access Fund 2023

The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation
CIBC Charity Golf Tournament
The Citrine Foundation of Canada
The Koolum Foundation
The Langar Foundation
The Peter & Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation in honour of Janice Stein

Community Arts Space 2023

Lead Sponsor
TD Bank Group

Next Generation: Emerging Artists Who Work in Clay

Lead Supporter
RBC Emerging Artists Project

Program Partner
Sheridan College

ACQUISITIONS FUND

Esther Sarick

EVENT SPONSORS

International Ceramic Art Fair (2023)

Presenting Sponsor
The Hilary & Galen Weston Foundation

Lead Sponsor
Hal Jackman Foundation

Symposium Sponsor
Raphael Yu Centre of Canadian Ceramics

Supporting Sponsors
David Binet
The Peter and Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation

Contributing Sponsors
The Murray Frum Foundation
The Hon. Margaret McCain
Tamara Rebanks & James Appleyard

Emerging Artist Sponsor
RBC Emerging Artists Project

SMASH: Solstice (June 2023)

Event Partners
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Crestview Strategy
Stikeman Eliott LLP
Torys LLP

Santee Smith’s Talking Earth (2023)

The Barry and Laurie Green Family Charitable Trust
The Lindy Green Family Charitable Foundation

PROGRAM SPONSORS

Gardiner Museum Curatorial Residency (2023)
Generously supported by the Rebanks Family

Gardiner Museum Artist Residency (2023)
Generously supported by Dr. Pamela Goodwin

GOVERNMENT PARTNERS

Canada Council for the Arts
City of Toronto
Government of Canada, Department of Canadian Heritage
Government of Ontario
Ontario Arts Council
Ontario Arts Foundation

COLLECTIONS & LIBRARY DONORS

The Museum is grateful to the following people for their recent gifts to our collections and archives in 2023:

Jane Corkin
Gabrielle Israelievitch
Orm and Barbara Mitchell
Lynn Smart
Karine Giboulo
Estate of William B.G. Humphries
Diana Reitberger
William Macdonald
Alan Mandell
Peter Mahut
Len Dutton

THE GARDINER BENEFACTOR AWARD

The Gardiner Benefactor Award is given to a donor or donors who have sustained the Museum over an extended period through donation of objects, financial support, or both.

Bill & Molly Anne Macdonald, 2014
In Memory of R. Murray Bell & Ann Walker Bell, 2015
Robert & Marian Cumming, 2016
Dr. Pierre Karch & Dr. Mariel O’Neill-Karch*, 2017
Jean & Kenneth Laundy, 2018
Diana Reitberger, 2019
Raphael Yu, 2020
Lorna Marsden, 2021
Mary Janigan & Tom Kierans and David Staines & Noreen Taylor, 2022
Wendy Rebanks, 2023

GARDINER FRIENDS

Thank you to the many individuals who demonstrate their commitment to the Gardiner by making financial gifts in support of our mission.

FOUNDER’S CIRCLE
$10,000+
David W. Binet
Susan Crocker & John Hunkin
Pamela Goodwin
Victoria Jackman
Tom Kierans & Mary Janigan
Bill Macdonald
Lorna Marsden, C.M.
Rosemary Phelan
Rebanks-Appleyard Family
Diana Reitberger
Esther Sarick
Noreen Taylor C.M. & David Staines C.M., O.Ont
Brian Wilks
The Koolem Foundation
The Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation

CURATOR’S CIRCLE
$5,000 – $9,999
Tony & Anne Arrell
Catherine Bratty
Nona M. Macdonald Heaslip
The Barrie and Laurie Green Family Foundation
Lindy Green Family Foundation
McClure Family Fund
The Murray Frum Foundation

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
$2,500 – $4,999
Jim Andersen & Michelle Marion
Daniel Bain
Norma Croxon
Yvonne & David Fleck
Neil Guthrie
Scott Lauder
Minhas Mohamed
Victoria Stuart

PATRON CIRCLE
$1,500 – $2,499
Margaret Bangia
Howard Barton & Sally Hannon
Judy & Phelps Bell
Ellen & Murray Blankstein
Cecily & Robert Bradshaw
Gail & Ian Brooker
Leila Fiouzi
Patricia Fischer
Clare Gaudet & Mitch Wigdor
Susan Gerhard
Peter Goring & Suzann Greenaway
Catherine Graham
Lynda Hamilton
Elizabeth Hartley
Ronald M. Haynes
William E. Hewitt
Joan Hewitt
Kathryn E. Langley Hope
Michael C. Liebrock
Rhonda McEwen
Burke Paterson & Jacqui Allard
Alison N. Reeve
Adele & Norman Shamie
Frances A. Shepherd
Godyne Sibay
Botho & Susan von Bose
William J. Wyatt
Bonnie Zelman & Philip Plotnick
The Peter & Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation

YOUNG PATRON CIRCLE
$300+

E. J. Abano
Gurpreet Ahluwalia
Anna Lissa Altidor
Victoria Alves
Sadhisha Ambagahawita
Nina Boccia
Ryan Chang
Bingbin Cheng
William Craddock
Jessica Delfino
Lori Goldberg
Madhur Goyal
Vikram Handa
Elsa Hannaford
Klevis Haxhiaj
Anjali Hospattankar
Kenneth Kerr
Henry Ko
Marina Krtinic
Michael Lockhart
Sofia Mancini
Katerina Maragos
Kulin Matchhar
Craig Mazerolle
Kevonn Morgan
Christopher Mundle
Shivani Nathoo
Jessica Newman
Gemma Paynter
Liam Randhawa
Anne Robinson
Esida Selfo
Maryna Smirnova
Jennifer Stack
Zamina Walji
Audrey Zhang
Kathy Zhou
Amelia Zhu

PORCELAIN SOCIETY

Members of the Porcelain Society have made an enduring gift to the Gardiner by including the Museum as a charitable bequest in their will. The Gardiner is deeply grateful to all members of the Porcelain Society for including the Museum in their legacy plans.

Alexandra Montgomery
Alison* & David Appleyard
Amoryn Engel
Ann Walker Bell*
Bette Ounjian
Brian Wilks
Dennis Weiss
Diana Reitberger
Diane Dyer
Douglas G. Gardner*
Ellen & Brian Carr
Isabella Smejda & Ambrose Roche
Jean* & Kenneth Laundy
Joy Tyndall & Michael Pearson*
Judy & Phelps Bell
Julia Bass Hamilton
Kelvin Browne & Michael Allen
Kent & Douglas* Farndale
Lorna Marsden & Edward Harvey
Margaret Blackwood
Mark Winter
Maurice & Sheila Snelgrove
Meredith Chilton
Patricia Bartlett-Richards*
Peggy Lau
Raphael Yu
Robert* & Marian Cumming
Ronald M. Haynes
Russell David Smith & Carl Lee Shain
Shirley Wigmore*
Theresa & Philip Day

Donation information as of December 31, 2023.

The Museum makes every effort to accurately publish our donor listings. If there is an error please call us at 416.408.5051.

*Fondly Remembered

If you are considering supporting the Gardiner, please contact Miranda Disney, Chief Development Officer:

416.408.5051

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