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.
Enter an immersive world created by Montreal-based artist Karine Giboulo, brought to life by over 500 miniature polymer clay figures that tell stories about our most urgent social issues, from the pandemic to the climate crisis. It will delight visitors of all ages!
Spring Clay Classes are open for registration and filling up fast! Secure one of the remaining spots and get creative with clay in our studios this season.
Experience the Gardiner's world-renowned collection, in person and online. From Chinese porcelain to contemporary Canadian ceramics, discover the people and histories behind the objects.
Everyone can love clay! Become a Gardiner Friend and enjoy the benefits, including unlimited admission, advanced clay class registration, invitations to exhibition previews and special events, discounts on lectures and classes, and more.
The Gardiner Museum thanks the generous individuals, corporations, foundations, and government funders who make it possible for the Gardiner to celebrate the art of clay.
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
Exhibition Sponsors
Karine Giboulo: Housewarming (2022 – 2023)
Co-Presenting Sponsors Mary Janigan & Tom Kierans David Staines & Noreen Taylor
Thanks to The Raphael Yu Centre for Canadian Ceramics
Shary Boyle: Outside the Palace of Me (2022)
Exhibition Partners Hal Jackman Foundation Michelle Koerner
Exhibition Sponsors The Hon. Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Rosamond Ivey Partners in Art Rosemary Phelan Diana Reitberger The Michael Young Family Foundation
Exhibition Touring Partner Canada Council for the Arts
EDUCATION AND PROGRAM SPONSORS
Community Access Fund 2022 The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation The Citrine Foundation of Canada The Koolum Foundation The Langar Foundation
Community Arts Space 2022: Fragments and Fictions
Lead Sponsor TD Bank Group
Next Generation: Emerging Artists Who Work in Clay
Lead Supporter RBC Emerging Artists Project
Program Partner Sheridan College
GARDINER MUSEUM CURATORIAL RESIDENCY (2022) Generously supported by the Rebanks Family
GARDINER MUSEUM ARTIST RESIDENCY (2022) Generously supported by Dr. Pamela Goodwin
ACQUISITIONS FUND Esther Sarick
EVENT SPONSORS International Ceramic Art Fair (2022)
Presenting Sponsor The Hilary & Galen Weston Foundation Lead Sponsor Hal Jackman Foundation
Supporting Sponsors David Binet The Hon. Margaret McCain
Contributing Sponsors Tamara Rebanks & James Appleyard
SMASH: TERRA (2022)
Artist Sponsor Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Event Sponsor Torys LLP
Talking Earth, A Performance by Santee Smith (2022)
The Barry and Laurie Green Family Charitable Trust The Lindy Green Family Charitable Foundation
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:
Lindy Barrow Len Dutton Doreen Gryfe David Houlton William Johnston Pierre Karch and Mariel O’Neill Karch Jeannie Mah Raphael Yu Aleck Zhang
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 Staines C.M., O.Ont & Noreen Taylor C.M. Esther Sarick Jay Smith & Laura Rapp Laura Dinner & Richard Rooney Lorna Marsden, C.M. The Hon. Margaret McCain Mary Janigan & Tom Kierans Rebanks-Appleyard Family Rosemary Phelan The Michael Young Family Foundation
CURATOR’S CIRCLE $5,000 – $9,999 Anne & Tony Arrell Catherine Bratty Clare Gaudet & Mitch Wigdor John Hunkin & Susan Crocker McClure Family Fund Rosamond Ivey Brian Wilks The William & Nona Heaslip Foundation
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $2,500 – $4,999 Daniel Bain David W. Binet Jim Andersen & Michelle Marion Minhas Mohamed Norma Croxon Scott Lauder Victoria Stuart The Murray Frum Foundation
PATRON CIRCLE $1,500 – $2,499 Adele & Norman Shamie Anthony & Helen Graham Bonnie Zelman & Philip Plotnick Botho & Susan von Bose Brian & Ellen Carr Brian Greenspan & Marla Berger Catherine & Hon. William Graham David & Ilze Wright Elizabeth Hartley Ellen & Murray Blankstein Frances A. Shepherd Gail & Ian Brooker Godyne Sibay Grace Westcott & Peter Grant Howard Barton & Sally Hannon Joan Hewitt Judy & Phelps Bell Lynda Hamilton Margaret Bangia Michael C. Liebrock Neil Guthrie Patricia Fischer Ronald M. Haynes Susanne Boyce Walter Pridham William J. Wyatt
YOUNG PATRONS CIRCLE $300+ Anjali Hospattankar Anjli Patel AnnaLissa Altidor Anne Robinson Audrey Zhang Azadeh Houshmand Bingbin Cheng Brianne Cullen Sherk Connie Xi Flora Do Gemma Paynter Gurpreet Ahluwalia Isha Damania Jigen Shah Julia Campbell Julie Riches Katerina Maragos Kenneth Kerr Kulin Matchhar Liam Randhawa Lisa Cheng Lori Goldberg Marina Krtinic Michael Lockhart Robert Binet Sadhisha Ambagahawita Sarah Minhas Shilpa Joshi Victoria Alves
NAMED ENDOWMENT FUNDS
Named Funds are established to provide a lasting legacy at the Gardiner Museum. We are proud to celebrate the following donors in perpetuity and to thank all those who contributed funds in support of our Endowment.
Ann Walker Bell Fund Brian Wilks Fund Courtois Fund Diane Wolfe Fund Donner Canadian Foundation Fund Helen E. Gardiner Fund Karen & Stephen Sheriff Fund Kent & Douglas Farndale Fund Meredith Chilton Curatorial Endowment Fund Philip Smith Foundation Raphael Yu Centre of Canadian Ceramics Reitberger Family Fund Robert & Marian Cumming Fund Waltraud Hentschel Ellis Fund
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 & Harry Beck 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 Russell David Smith & Carl Lee Shain Shirley Wigmore* Theresa & Philip Day
DOUGLAS G. GARDNER OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER AWARD
This award is presented annually to a volunteer who exemplifies a passion for ceramics, a welcoming attitude, and a love of knowledge-sharing.
Adele Shamie, 2020 Bette Ounjian, 2021 Ruth Wolff, 2022
Donation information a/o January 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