2014 Annual Report - June 3 - FINAL · 2016. 12. 4. · Gardiner Museum Annual Report │ 6 FEATURE EXHIBITIONS Entrance to Midcentury & Still Modern: Ron Thom and the Allied Arts

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The Gardiner Museum. Photo: Eduard Hueber

The Gardiner Museum’s 30th anniversary acted as a wonderful focus for the year’s activities, and a perfect opportunity to remind people of the remarkable accomplishments of the Museum’s founders, George and Helen Gardiner. It also gave the Museum the opportunity to look to the future with activities and exhibitions that demonstrated the relevance of clay today, and how it is inspiring the next generation of Museum supporters. A highlight of the celebration was the Anniversary Weekend that took place on March 8 and 9. This memorable event combined broad public engagement and events for long‐term supporters, and was a fitting way to mark the actual date of the Museum’s founding. As part of the Anniversary Weekend, a lobby exhibition entitled A Tribute to George and Helen Gardiner was unveiled. Its subtitle, “The little collection that grew”, referred to a modest comment made by Helen Gardiner when describing the collection. The exhibition demonstrated that the Gardiners were bold and ambitious collectors whose enduring vision is beautifully illustrated by the foundation purchases that they made many years ago. Another highlight of the anniversary celebrations was the International Lecture Series, which brought speakers from around the world to the Museum, including Paul Atterbury, Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere, and Timothy Wilson. This lecture series highlighted the Gardiner’s role as a place where ceramic connoisseurs expect to meet the most knowledgeable experts in diverse areas—from Kakiemon to Minton—and be stimulated by their insights on the continuing importance of their individual specialties. The Joy of Collecting Focus Gallery exhibition displayed a fascinating range of objects, and linked them to the equally compelling stories of the objects and the donors who collected them. It was a charming exhibition that spoke to the “passion” as well as the “joy” of collecting, and showcased the incredible objects that so many generous donors have contributed to the Museum’s collections over the years. This exhibition was echoed by the anniversary publication, 30 Object 30 Insights, a brilliant overview of some of the most important pieces in the collection with essays as surprising and unique as the objects themselves.


Following the Anniversary Weekend in March was Spring Awakening in April. The Museum bloomed with imaginative floral arrangements and ceramic works by some of the city’s most creative artists and designers. In the summer, the excitement moved to the Gardiner Plaza with a series of vibrant musical events targeted at a younger audience. The Plaza is a great place to socialize in the summer and this series marked the beginning of the Museum using the space to engage with a broader community. The Plaza also made possible a new tradition of summer education that offered clay programs to children from priority neighbourhoods. The climax of the anniversary year was the sold‐out 30th anniversary gala. The theme was “the 18th century comes alive”, and it featured classic performances by Opera Atelier and imaginative contemporary versions of traditional material, as well as an updated version of an 18th century banquet. It was an elegant evening that exemplified how the Gardiner Museum can both venerate the past and connect it to contemporary life. The major exhibitions that ran during the year positioned ceramics as vital to our understanding of the world around us. An exhibition about renowned Canadian architect, Ron Thom, revealed the importance of ceramics to his total design aesthetic, and also demonstrated how ceramic objects gain depth of meaning and a wider audience when they are shown in context and linked to, in the case of this exhibition, architecture, decorative arts, and furniture design. The featured summer show, Camp Fires, was a provocative exhibition of the works of three of Canada’s most noted artists who work in clay—Leopold Foulem, Paul Mathieu, and Richard Milette—and was memorably marketed with the slogan “clay is (so) gay”. The final exhibition of the year, Piece by Piece by Clare Twomey, was a massive installation of casts made from three of the Museum’s 18th century European Porcelain figures. Every day during the exhibition, more casts were made on site and added, and the exhibition grew to the amazement of viewers. The show never technically closed, but rather, the objects were “liberated” by one of the largest one‐day audiences ever at the Museum, with each visitor taking a piece away with them. It was a poignant gift to the community, and a symbol of the spirit of the Gardiner Museum as it headed towards its 31st year.

Kelvin Browne Executive Director and CEO

COVER: Clare Twomey: Piece By Piece Photo: Sylvain Deelu


Board of Trustees (2014) Ms. Karen Sheriff, Chair Dr. Lorna Marsden, C.M., Vice Chair Ms. Isabella Smejda, Treasurer Councillor Kristyn Wong‐Tam Mr. Jim Andersen Mr. James Appleyard Prof. Kenneth Bartlett Dr. Stephen Brown Prof. Michael Chazan Mr. Dick Cousland Ms. Susan Crocker Ms. Laura Dinner Senator Nicole Eaton Ms. Clare Gaudet Mr. Peter Grant Mr. Howard Grosfield Prof. Matt Kavaler Mr. Michael Liebrock Mr. Jon Packer Mrs. Esther Sarick Ms. Victoria Stuart Mr. Bev Tudhope Mr. Raphael Yu Ms. Lorna Reevely, GVC President Senior Management Team (2014) Kelvin Browne, Executive Director & CEO Rachel Gotlieb, Chief Curator Sheila Snelgrove, Executive Assistant and Board Secretary (to December 2014) Sophie Vayro, Executive Assistant and Board Secretary Katy Liu, Controller Karine Tsmouis, Curator Siobhan Boyd, Education Manager Antonio Tan, Marketing Manager Lauren Gould, Development & Programs Manager Michael Orlando, Commercial Manager

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FEATURE EXHIBITIONS

Entrance to Midcentury & Still Modern: Ron Thom and the Allied Arts. Photo: Micah Donovan

Midcentury & Still Modern: Ron Thom and the Allied Arts February 13 – April 27, 2014 The show that kicked off the Gardiner’s 30th anniversary year, Midcentury & Still Modern: Ron Thom and the Allied Arts, was a travelling exhibition organized by the West Vancouver Museum in collaboration with Trent University and Massey College. It fit with the Gardiner’s new exhibition focus on showing ceramics in context. Ron Thom was one of Canada's greatest architects, with enduring testaments to his genius, such as Massey College and Trent University, still among the country's most admired buildings. But Thom, like Frank Lloyd Wright and other architects of his generation, believed in creating not just a building for a client, but a whole world—from the landscaping to the interiors, and from the furniture to the ceramics. This exhibition explored Thom's brilliant architecture in the context of his total aesthetic, and allowed the Gardiner to connect with the architecture and design communities through the exhibition content and related programming. Additionally, it was the first exhibition in many years to receive reviews in each of the major daily newspapers, increasing awareness of both Ron Thom and the Gardiner Museum.


Camp Fires: The Queer Baroque of Léopold L. Foulem, Paul Mathieu and Richard Milette exhibition. Photo: Tara Fillion

Camp Fires: The Queer Baroque of Léopold L. Foulem, Paul Mathieu and Richard Milette May 29 – September 1, 2014 Camp Fires: The Queer Baroque of Léopold L. Foulem, Paul Mathieu and Richard Milette explored the concept of "camp" in the work of three important Francophone Canadian ceramic artists who have made camp and gay male culture a central part of their respective artistic practice for more than three decades. Camp Fires deployed the concept of camp, not as a fixed attribute of specific objects, but as an inherently political Queer signifying practice strongly associated with performative identity and subversive appropriation. Its particular relationship with the Baroque and with Queer oppositional adaptation of aristocratic modes of presentation and perception was explored in the curatorial narrative. The artists’ shared perception of being outside of the artistic and social mainstream helped drive them to create an aesthetically powerful and intellectually engaging body of work that is rooted in and critical of conventional art history, ceramic history, and contemporary culture. The exhibition provocatively addressed three sub‐themes essential to understanding their work: Subversive Historicism; Clay as Concept; and Queer Identity and Sexuality. The Gardiner was a Major Event Partner with WorldPride and held a celebration at the Museum entitled Summer Camp. Exhibition‐related programming was also delivered through a lecture series with Human Rights Watch.


Camp Fires was originated by the Gardiner Museum, and has since toured to St. Mary’s University Art Gallery in Halifax and the McCord Museum in Montreal.

Clare Twomey: Piece by Piece exhibition. Photo: Tara Fillion

Clare Twomey: Piece by Piece October 4, 2014 – January 4, 2015 Commissioned by the Gardiner as part of its Artist Intervention Series, this performative installation was a Canadian premiere for Clare Twomey, an acclaimed British ceramic artist. A confrontation with the 18th century, Clare Twomey’s Piece by Piece brought that time period to life through a multitude of haunting narratives evoking war and peace, love and hate, death and destruction, and victory and defeat, all perfectly capturing the complexities of the era and demonstrating the conflicting emotions of everyday life. Piece by Piece opened for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche on October 4 with an all‐night performance by the makers, who added to the army of more than 2,000 ceramic figurines—all inspired by the Gardiner’s rare Commedia dell’Arte Harlequin collection. Following the dramatic opening, the exhibit featured an on‐site artist/maker creating additional statuettes daily to add to Twomey’s ever‐growing ghostly white world. Piece by Piece closed the same way it had started—with a large public event. On the closing day of the exhibition, January 4, the Gardiner invited visitors to “join the liberation” in a public intervention in which the Museum gave away the figurines that were frozen in a dramatic tableau. This exhibition was the pinnacle of the Gardiner’s 30th anniversary and changed perceptions of the Museum. It celebrated the founders, George and Helen Gardiner, showed an aspect of the historical collection through a contemporary lens, and engaged a younger audience.


FOCUS EXHIBITIONS Sheridan Prize Winner: Amber Zuber January 9 – March 2, 2014 Amber Zuber was the 2013 recipient of the Gardiner Museum Award, given to a Sheridan College ceramics graduate. Zuber’s work engaged with concepts of identity. Through the making of objects that elicit memory, whether experienced or imagined, her work was an investigation of the self and of our attachments. A Tribute to George and Helen Gardiner and The Joy of Collecting March 6, 2014 – January 11, 2015 These special 30th anniversary focus exhibitions paid homage to George and Helen Gardiner—the Museum’s founders—as well as the significant collectors who have generously donated their collections or exceptional pieces to the Museum, and enlarged the scope and status of the Gardiner. Sheridan Ceramics Graduate Show April 3 – 17, 2014 The Gardiner presented its annual showcase of work by the 2014 graduating class of Sheridan College’s Ceramics program. RBC Emerging Artist Award People’s Choice Award September 9 – October 14, 2014 Presented by the Gardiner Museum, the 4th annual RBC Emerging Artist People’s Choice Award continued in 2014. A national panel of artists, curators, and arts educators nominated the five exceptional artists—Zimra Beiner, Jess Riva Cooper, David R. Harper, Robin Lambert, and Jordan Macdonald. Robin Lambert received the $10,000 award for his work entitled I should like to give you a kiss. For the first time, the Gardiner hosted a panel discussion with all five artists, and worked diligently to increase their profiles. This national award demonstrates the Gardiner’s commitment to supporting emerging artists, and actively engages the public with contemporary ceramics by encouraging both online and in‐person voting.


MUSEUM‐WIDE EXHIBITIONS

Spring Awakening installation by Todd Caldwell. Photo: Tara Fillion

Spring Awakening April 25 – 27, 2014 The public celebration of our 30th anniversary, the 2014 edition of Spring Awakening included larger scale installations, including one on the Plaza in front of the Museum. The Gardiner centred its 30th anniversary celebrations on this weekend, with messages of congratulations offered at the public opening by Councillor Kristyn Wong‐Tam, a representative of the Lieutenant‐Governor of Ontario, and Senator Nicole Eaton. The weekend also included a day‐long seminar on Saturday and special Spring Family Day activities on Sunday.


12 Trees installation by Norma King Design Inc. Photo: Tara Fillion

12 Trees November 12 – December 14, 2014 The 12 Trees of Christmas returned with the city’s top designers participating, and a theme of celebrating our city. Each designer took inspiration from a different neighbourhood or landmark. The exhibition dates were extended to capture the crowd from the Santa Claus Parade, and the Gardiner increased its presence at the Parade with promotions for 12 Trees: The Toronto Edition and hot chocolate served on the Plaza. 12 Trees continues to be a large draw for visitors who return each year for this holiday tradition and raises over $75,000 annually for the Gardiner.


Jean‐Pierre Larocque, Canadian, Horse with Baggage #1, 2005‐2006, Stoneware with glazes, 101.6 × 81.3 × 55.9 cm, Gift of Diana Reitberger, G14.11.5

The second gift of 17th and 18th century French faience and porcelain from Pierre and Mariel Karch came to the Museum in 2014. A number of these pieces were on display as part of a Focus Gallery exhibition in 2013‐2014. Since the greatest strength of the collection lies in its tin‐glaze earthenware, this gift offers a unique opportunity to build a deep, specialized collection of French faience that fulfills the Gardiner’s definition as a “collection of collections”. This is a scholarly collection that is intimately related to the donors’ academic interests. Selectively, and with an educated eye, they have collected objects that document the history of faience in France. Their collection includes examples of the production of its most important centers—Rouen, Nevers, Moustier, Marseille, and Strasbourg—along with the production of smaller centers such as Moulins and Sceaux, among others. The Gardiner was thrilled that Diana Reitberger donated five works from her collection, the first of several gifts. The Diana Reitberger Contemporary Collection contains major works by many of Canada’s leading ceramic artists, including Robert Archambeau, John Chalke, Bruce Cochrane, Léopold L. Foulem, Steven Heinemann, Jean‐Pierre Larocque, Paul Mathieu, Richard Milette, and Matthias Ostermann, as well as important young and emerging artists, such as Magdelene Dyskstra, Janet Macpherson, and Brendan Tang. Noteworthy international artists represented are Sergei Isupov (American/Russian), Bodil Manz (Swedish), Michael Flynn (British), and Edward Eberle (American). The Diana Reitberger Contemporary Collection complements and enhances the Gardiner’s collections, and will enable the Museum to create one of the strongest collections of contemporary Canadian and international ceramic art in the world. In 2014, the Museum also saw the donation of the second tranche of the Raphael Yu Collection. With over 60 pieces from 36 Canadian artists, this gift illustrates numerous different types of ceramic art, from functional and decorative vessels to sculptures and conceptual pieces, and illuminates various


technical, aesthetic, cultural, and social issues in relation to historical Western ceramics and ceramics from other cultures.

Albion Boys and Girls Club. Photo: Tara Fillion

The Gardiner Museum is about the creativity of clay and the beauty that ceramics bring into our lives in so many ways. Clay is real, remarkable, and relevant in today’s society. Clay is cross‐cultural, ancient, modern, ageless, and real; it inspires creativity. This vision supports the Gardiner’s efforts to offer a beautiful and enlightening experience that responds both to connoisseurs and casual visitors, particularly by communicating the collections in the context of clay process and their continuing cultural relevance. Education Programs The Gardiner welcomed almost 9,000 children to the clay studios last year through school visits, clay courses, and birthday parties. Special exhibitions continue to provide opportunities to engage with new audiences and with returning groups in new ways. For both Midcentury & Still Modern: Ron Thom and the Allied Arts and Clare Twomey: Piece by Piece, focused school sessions were developed that explored the fantastic temporal exhibitions integrated with the permanent collection. Displaying the works in context expanded the curriculum links available to schools. Our clay studios continue to be a major draw for visitors. In addition to the children and young people who visited as a group, the Gardiner also engaged over 4,200 people in drop‐in clay classes in our studios on Wednesday and Friday evenings, and Sunday afternoons. As the studios are running to capacity, the Education Department has begun to creatively engage visitors in a variety of spaces around the Museum including the Plaza and the Lobby.


Albion Boys and Girls Club. Photo: Tara Fillion

Education Program Highlight The Community Access Fund, established by the Gardiner ten years ago, welcomes groups from low socio‐economic neighbourhoods to visit with their schools or community groups. It supported a pilot project last summer called Clay on the Plaza, which welcomed the Albion Boys & Girls Club to participate in a full‐day, outdoor cultural experience at the Gardiner. This pilot project was incredibly successful and will be continued in the summer of 2015. Events & Lectures The 30th anniversary was a major celebration for the Gardiner and was marked by several events and programs. The International Lecture Series welcomed a number of world renowned experts in ceramics, with each lecture focusing on a different area of the permanent collection. It kicked off with our Anniversary Weekend from March 8 to 9, when the Museum also offered free admission throughout the weekend along with regular docent tours and Family Day activities. This series was complemented by exhibition‐related events including the Art, Craft & Design in Contact series co‐presented with Craft Ontario that welcomed experts in craft and design to discuss issues related to Ron Thom and the Allied Arts. A partnership with Human Rights Watch led to a series of lectures related to LGBTQ issues in the lead up to WorldPride and linked to Camp Fires. A number of special events focused specifically on engaging a younger audience at the Gardiner. The first Mod Mad Party in March drew inspiration from the era of Ron Thom, which was embraced through the dress of all of our guests. In the summer, the Gardiner took advantage of our outdoor plaza with the Scene on the Plaza series of Friday night events. This was the first time in several years that the Museum had attempted a series of Friday night events, and many of the lessons that were learned will lead to a reimagined series in 2015. Two major special events closed out the year—the 30th anniversary gala entitled The 18th Century Comes Alive and the 12 Trees G Party. The sold out gala was a remarkable evening to celebrate the Museum’s founders Helen and George Gardiner, and to look to the future. The annual tradition of 12 Trees provided the entire Gardiner community with the opportunity to celebrate 30 years as 2014 drew to a close.

30th Anniversary Gala. Photo: Tara Fillion


Community & Exhibition Partnerships Whenever possible, the Gardiner collaborates with a variety of cultural and community organizations. These strategic partnerships help the Museum to provide a more fulsome schedule of events which appeals to visitors with wide‐ranging interests. One of our longest standing partnerships is with Soundstreams Canada. In 2014, the Gardiner and Soundstreams worked together to further integrate our joint programming. The Salon 21 evenings were accompanied by a “Gallery Prelude” led by a Gardiner docent. These preludes are mini‐tours of the permanent collection or special exhibitions, which relate directly to that evening’s performance. This integration was extremely successful in engaging Soundstreams and Gardiner patrons with the activities of both organizations. Our 2014 partners also included the Literary Review of Canada, Glenn Gould School at The Royal Conservatory, Love Art Fair, Art Toronto, Japan Foundation, OCADU Alumni, Canada’s National Ballet School, Opera Atelier, Tafelmusik, Human Rights Watch, Victoria University at the University of Toronto, WorldPride/Pride Toronto, CANFAR, and Toronto Book Fair. The variety of partnerships allowed the Gardiner to reach out to a much wider audience and demonstrated the diverse appeal of clay. Volunteers Volunteers play a key role at the Gardiner Museum. There are over 80 active members of the Gardiner Volunteer Committee, and an additional 30 volunteers participate as special event and Family Day volunteers throughout the year. The Gardiner recognized the work of its volunteers during National Volunteer Week with street level signs reading “We love our Gardiner Volunteers” and a special volunteer appreciation event. The Gardiner developed a new position at the end of the year, the Communications and Volunteer Assistant, who will work closely with the volunteers to ensure they are supported in the vital work that they will continue do in the years ahead.

World Pride staff with their Camp Fires t‐shirts Photo: Tara Fillion

The Gardiner’s Lauren Gould and Volunteer at summer event. Photo: Tara Fillion


Clare Twomey feature in October 3, 2014 edition of the Globe and Mail newspaper

One of the Gardiner’s primary goals is to increase awareness of the Museum, our exhibitions, and collections. There was a greater focus on marketing and advertising in 2014 in order to achieve this goal, and with the assistance of an Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund grant, the Gardiner was able to strategically invest in this area. Audience research in early 2014 showed that there had not been a marked increase in awareness of the Gardiner in the general population, therefore the Museum actively tried to increase this throughout the year. The Midcentury & Still Modern: Ron Thom and the Allied Arts exhibition successfully garnered a great deal of media attention with reviews in each of the major daily national newspapers, including The Toronto Star. A creative tagline for Camp Fires was created—“clay is (so) gay”—and was used in advertising and on branded t‐shirts and buttons. It attracted a lot of attention, and was successful in increasing familiarity with the Gardiner among those who are already active culturally. The exhibition Clare Twomey: Piece by Piece resulted in some further media attention, particularly during the artist’s time in Toronto, and showcased the Gardiner as a museum that can put a contemporary lens on its historical collections. Our e‐news schedule was revised to one monthly summary sent to our entire subscription base of approximately 4,500, and another dedicated monthly e‐news to all of our Gardiner members, to which approximately 800 people subscribed. This was a change from the many event specific e‐blasts that had been sent out in the past, as the Gardiner began to become more active on social media. There were a number of increases in our web engagement in 2014 from the previous year. Our Facebook fan base grew by 38% and the number of Twitter followers jumped by 50%.


A strategic initiative funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage led to the development of the “3Pass”, which encourages visitors to purchase a single pass to enter the Gardiner, the Bata Shoe Museum, and the Textile Museum of Canada. In the future, funds generated through these sales will be used to promote the 3Pass to a wider audience, including tourists.

The Gardiner Museum’s Board is comprised of academics, business leaders and professionals, collectors, and fundraisers. The Board reflects the community that the Museum serves and will continue to evolve as the Museum successfully reaches and engages a broader audience. Recent additions included Bev Tudhope, Susan Crocker, and Nicole Eaton, who joined the Board in June 2014, as well as Michael Liebrock and Raphael Yu, who joined in September 2014. Stephen Brown resigned in 2014. The Museum remains focused on building the fundraising strength and diversity of its Board to ensure that it achieves its fundraising objectives and properly reflects the community it serves. The Board ensures the well‐being of the Museum by establishing policy, making sure that the Museum's mandate is carried out through its operational plans, and monitoring the Museum's financial performance. The Board is supported by six committees including Curatorial, Audit, Budget and Finance, Governance, Investment, and Long‐Range Planning. The Board meets a minimum of four times per year. The Board also supports the well‐being of the Museum by introducing persons of influence and members from their own communities to the Gardiner, and by helping to attract appropriate community representation, resources, and support.


The Gardiner Museum is grateful for the generous and essential financial support it receives from individuals, corporations and foundations. These donors are instrumental in helping the Gardiner maintain the exhibitions, collections and programs that contribute to the vitality of Toronto by engaging an increasing diverse population and helping to create community through shared experience. NAMED ENDOWMENT FUNDS Named funds are established to provide a lasting legacy to the Gardiner Museum. The Museum is proud to celebrate the enduring commitments of the individuals named below. Lindy Barrow Fund Ann Walker Bell Fund Robert & Marian Cumming Donner Canadian Foundation Fund Kent & Douglas Farndale Fund Helen E. Gardiner Fund Philip Smith Foundation Ellis Waltraud Hentschel Brian Wilks Fund Diane Wolfe Fund Raphael Yu Centre of Canadian Ceramics

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. Alison & David Appleyard Patricia Bartlett‐Richards Julia Bass Hamilton Judy & Phelps Bell Ann Walker Bell Ellen & Brian Carr Meredith Chilton Robert and Marian Cumming Diane Dyer Kent & Douglas Farndale Douglas G. Gardner Lorna Marsden & Edward Harvey Alexandra Montgomery Michael Pearson & Joy Tyndall Diana Reitberger Isabella Smejda & Ambrose Roche Russell David Smith & Carl Lee Shain Dennis Weiss Brian Wilks Raphael Yu Anonymous

Photo: Eduard Hueber


GARDINER FRIENDS The Museum is generously supported by annual Friends of the Gardiner who make a truly meaningful contribution each year. Founder’s Circle Tony & Anne Arrell Ralph M. Barford Foundation The Blakely Family Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner The Sheriff Family Curator’s Circle Rani Advani Jim Andersen & Michelle Marion Gail & Ian Brooker Ellen & Brian Carr Susan Crocker Thor & Nicole Eaton Clare Gaudet & Mitch Wigdor Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin The Laundy Family Bill & Molly Anne Macdonald The Hon. Margaret McCain Lorna Marsden & Edward Harvey Rebanks‐Appleyard Family Esther & Sam Sarick Bev W. Tudhope Brian Wilks Director’s Circle Lindy Barrow Earlaine Collins Dick & Deirdre Cousland Helen Galt Hon. William Graham & Catherine Graham The Grosfield Family Naomi Kirshenbaum Kenneth Rotenberg Russell David Smith & Carl Lee Shain Isabella Smejda & Ambrose Roche Victoria Stuart Anonymous (3)

Patron Circle Kenneth & Gillian Bartlett Patricia Bartlett‐Richards Ann Walker Bell * Judy & Phelps Bell Ellen & Murray Blankstein Walter M. & Lisa Balfour Bowen David G. Broadhurst Kelvin Browne & Michael Allen Barbara Charters Gerry Conway & K.V. Srinivasan Wanda & Geoff Crickmay Jeanie Davis Theresa & Philip Day Judith Finlayson & Robert Dees Kathy & George Dembroski Barbara Goldring Goring Family Foundation at the Toronto Community Foundation Al & Malka Green Lynda Hamilton William E. Hewitt R. Bruce Keilty Tom & Milou Kelley Noreen Kincaid Larry & Colleen Kurtz Kathryn E. Langley Hope Scott Lauder Katy & Alfred Liu Jerry & Joan Lozinski Amy & John Macfarlane Maurice James & Barbara Moscovich The Peter and Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation John & Sarah Nagel Paul & Nancy Nickle Pace Family Foundation Jon Packer Nancy & Walter Pridham Diana Reitberger Roseann Runte Libbi and Paul Scully Norman & Adele Shamie Frances A. Shepherd E. Brett Sherlock Joey Silver Nathan and Lily Silver Family Foundation Maurice & Sheila Snelgrove Michele & Ryerson Symons Anne Tawadros Noreen Taylor Botho & Susan von Bose Julia West & Richard Wernham


Meg Wilson Mickey Winberg Ruth & Gary Wolff David & Ilze Wright Raphael Yu Sustaining Alison & David Appleyard Florence Sharpe Barwell Elizabeth Beecham Suzanne Davis Leila Fiouzi Julia & Robert Foster Douglas G. Gardner Roger Garland Lauren Gould James F. & Diane M. King Angela Lam & Alex Macdonald Zahava Lambert Margaret Light Mary Liitoja Marcia Lipson I. McDorman Garth Norbraten Toshi Oikawa Julia Ouellette Bette Ounjian Brayton Polka Lisa A. Ritchie Richard G. Sayers Dr. Malcolm Silver Jane & Stephen Smith Martin Stollar Anne Tawadros I. Van Cauwenberghe Morden Yolles Linda Young Anonymous (5) EXHIBITION SPONSORS $50,000+ RBC Foundation TD Bank Group $20,000 to $49,999 Lindy Barrow Partners In Art Metropia $5,000 to $19,999

Bell Canada, in honour of Karen Sheriff Camrost‐Felcorp The Max Clarkson Family Foundation The Dalglish Family Foundation The Hal Jackman Foundation Les & Wendy Mandelbaum Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Senator Nancy Ruth Verity Deborah White IN‐KIND SUPPORT À La Carte Kitchen Inc. Adagio Valet Chair‐man Mills Corp. Christmas Tradition Décor‐Rest Furniture Ltd. Do Right! Music Dominion Seed House Farrow & Ball, Manufacturers of Traditional Papers & Paint Four Seasons Hotel Hermès Mill Street Brewery Motoretta Mountain Equipment Co‐op Moveable PACART Samba Elégua Steam Whistle Brewing Southbrook Vineyards Tippet‐Richardson Limited EDUCATION & PROGRAM SPONSORS $20,000+ Great‐West Life, London Life, Canada Life The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation RBC Foundation The W. Garfield Weston Foundation $2,500 to $19,999 Stephen Brown & Brenda Woods Robert and Marian Cumming The Giving Tree Foundation of Canada The Langar Foundation Bill & Molly Anne Macdonald Pace Family Foundation Thomas A. & Georgina T. Russo Family Foundation Scotiabank Group


EVENT SPONSORS $20,000 Lindy Barrow The Hon. Margaret McCain $5,000 ‐ $20,000 À La Carte Kitchen Inc. Amex Canada Inc. The Black Family Foundation Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. Kathy & George Dembroski Leon Frazer & Associates Gardiner Museum Board of Trustees Linda Haynes & Martin Connell Holt Renfrew & Co Ltd Rosamond Ivey & John Macfarlane Lisa & Paul Kirk Lorna Marsden & Edward Harvey Gretchen & Donald Ross Michele & Ryerson Symons TD Bank Group Julia West & Richard Wernham $1,250 ‐ $4,999 AXA Canada Inc. Judy & Phelps Bell Ellen & Brian Carr Susan Crocker Shane Dunworth‐Crompton Ecclesiastical Insurance Clare Gaudet & Mitch Wigdor HUB International HKMB Limited Brian King Beth Nowers & Jack Curtin Deb Perna & Eric Siegrist Lynda Reeves Esther & Sam Sarick Isadore & Rosalie Sharp Frances A. Shepherd The Sheriff Family Bev W. Tudhope Brian Wilks Russell David Smith & Carl Lee Shain EUROPEAN PORCELAIN GALLERY TRANSFORMATION DONORS $20,000+ Pierre Karch & Mariel O'Neill‐Karch Anonymous

$5,000 ‐ $19,999 Tony & Anne Arrell Rebanks‐Appleyard Family Lindy Barrow J.P. Bickell Foundation Rudy & Catherine Bratty Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Gardiner Volunteer Committee The Laundy Family Lorna Marsden & Edward Harvey Rob O'Dowda Esther & Sam Sarick Isadore & Rosalie Sharp Isabella Smejda & Ambrose Roche Brian Wilks Anonymous (4) $500 ‐ $4,999 Judy & Phelps Bell Gail & Ian Brooker Stephen Brown & Brenda Woods Ellen & Brian Carr Alison A. Fisher Douglas G. Gardner Barbara Goldring Hon. William Graham & Catherine Graham HUB International HKMB Limited Tom & Milou Kelley Roy & Marjorie Linden Amy & John Macfarlane Bette Ounjian James & Heather Peterson The Harry Taylor Seymour Family Norman & Adele Shamie Gwen Sherman Deb Perna & Eric Siegrist Ivor Simmons & Renee Simmons Russell David Smith & Carl Lee Shain George & Mary Turnbull Family Foundation at the Toronto Community Foundation Botho & Susan von Bose Julia West & Richard Wernham Mary Yurkow 30 OBJECTS, 30 INSIGHTS DONORS Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner The Hannon Family in Memory of Janet Hannon The Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation The Peter and Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation The Radlett Foundation Michael & Tamara Root Alan Shimmerman


GOVERNMENT FUNDERS Canada Council for the Arts Government of Canada, Department of Canadian Heritage Ontario Arts Council Province of Ontario City of Toronto MEDIA PARTNERS The Globe and Mail The Grid Strategic Objectives Toronto Life Xtra! *Fondly remembered This list is current and reflects gifts made in 2014. The Museum makes every effort to accurately publish our donor listings. If there is an error please call us at 416‐408‐5076.

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2014 Annual Report - June 3 - FINAL · 2016. 12. 4. · Gardiner Museum Annual Report │ 6 FEATURE EXHIBITIONS Entrance to Midcentury & Still Modern: Ron Thom and the Allied Arts