Asian Delights

July 16 - August 8
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 15, 6-8 pm
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art

This retail exhibition will feature the work of 15 ceramic artists who have been influenced by Asian culture. Artists include Truus Roest Chapman, Lynn Fisher, Tracey Lyn Hannun, Ted Hodgetts, Harlan House, John Ikeda, Kasumi Lampitoc, Fumiko Maehara, Audrey Mah, Kayo O'Young, Richard and Carol Selfridge, Jane Wilson, Eric Wong and Alex Yeung.

The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art in Transition

The Gardiner Museum is currently undergoing an exciting period of change! The $15 million transforming expansion has begun, and will culminate in the fall of 2005 with a stunning new third floor and elegant new spaces to accommodate the Museum's growing collections, exhibitions and educational programs. Although the Museum is currently closed for renovation, it has partnered with other cultural institutions to continue to present extraordinary exhibitions, and offer a full schedule of programs during this transition period.

June 16 through August 13, 2004 the Italian Cultural Institute and the Gardiner Museum will present Homage to the Etruscans, recent work by Nino Caruso, Italy's most renowned contemporary ceramic artist.

We will also present Picasso and Ceramics, a landmark exhibition jointly realized by the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and the Gardiner Museum in partnership with the University of Toronto Art Centre September 28, 2004 through January 23, 2005. This spectacular exhibition will feature work from the Picasso family's own collection as well as objects from some of the world's best public collections including the Musée d'Orsay, the Museu de Cerámica in Barcelona and the Louvre.

Our clay studios, museum shop and offices currently reside at a wonderful temporary home at 60 McCaul (just south of the AGO and the Ontario College of Art and Design). The building is covered with images of objects from the Museum's permanent collection and bustling with school groups, clay pit drop- in participants and adult clay classes.

The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art is the only ceramics focused museum in Canada. Founded in 1984 by George and Helen Gardiner, it houses their internationally renowned collections of Ancient American ceramics, Italian Renaissance Maiolica, 17th c. English delftware, 18th c. English porcelain, and as well as gifted collections of 19th c. Minton, Chinese and contemporary ceramics. In 2004, the Gardiner will undergo a strategic renovation and expansion of its physical space and facilities to house its ever-growing collections and increasingly popular educational programs.

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Sarah Douglas-Murray
Marketing and Public Relations
Phone: 416-408-5076
Email: sarahdm@gardinermuseum.on.ca

Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art
(Temporary Home)
60 McCaul Street
Toronto, Ontario M5T 1V9
Phone 416-586-8080
Website: www.gardinermuseum.on.ca