Friday Nights at the Gardiner This Summer

Gardiner Museum partners with Toronto’s most innovative and influential cultural players with New Summer Series: DOORS at 6pm

Toronto, ON June 25, 2015—This summer, the Gardiner Museum launches DOORS at 6pm, a series of Friday night cultural experiences free with half-price gallery admission that will animate the Museum inside and out with performances by Toronto’s best emerging homegrown talent working in art, music, film, food, theatre, and literature.

In partnership with some of the city’s most innovative and influential cultural players—including TIFF, Wavelength, SummerWorks Performance Festival, TO Jazz Fest, and The Writers’ Trust of Canada—DOORS at 6pm, taking place from June 26 to July 24, celebrates the vibrancy and diversity of Toronto’s cultural scene, running the gamut from award-winning LGBT writers to experimental psych rock band Fresh Snow.

In addition to a new weekly roster of performances, each event will feature a food truck parked on the Gardiner plaza, local craft beers and award-winning wines served on the outdoor patio, and a clay station where guests can get their hands dirty.

Cultural Hub All Summer Long

“This summer, the Gardiner will be a cultural hub where the most exciting up-and-coming local artists working across disciplines can come together and share their work with the community,” says Kelvin Browne, Gardiner Museum Executive Director and CEO. “Inspired by the Museum’s featured exhibition, the RBC Emerging Artist People’s Choice Award, DOORS at 6pm showcases the city’s best young creative talent.”

Friday, June 26: The Writers’ Trust and TO Jazz Fest

The Writers’ Trust of Canada will present the 2015 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers, followed by readings by winner Alex Leslie and Honour of Distinction recipients Casey Plett and Vivek Shraya. As part of TD Toronto Jazz Fest, world-class saxophonist and composer George Garzone will perform new works with the Berklee College of Music Quartet.

Friday, July 3: Metro Youth Opera and Afiara Quartet

Soprano Lindsay McIntyre and pianist Natasha Fansblow of Metro Youth Opera will perform a dramatic vignette, followed by a concert featuring The Odin Quartet, The Ton Beau Quartet, and the acclaimed Afiara Quartet.

Friday, July 10: Foraging with Food Dudes*

Food Dudes chefs Matt Blondin and Adrian Niman present a fully-foraged menu with wine pairings from Southbrook Vineyards. *This is a special ticketed event. Tickets: $125 (including 7 courses and 6 wine pairings). Purchase online at livetest.gardinermuseum.com/event/foraging-with-food-dudes or call 416.586.8080.

Friday, July 17: Summerworks Performance Festival

Summerworks Performance Festival launches their new season with performances that blur the lines between theatre, music, and performance art, offering a preview of some of the 60+ performance pieces featured in this summer’s Festival.

Friday, July 24: TIFF and Wavelength

TIFF presents a screening of short films by some of the most talented Canadian filmmakers and emerging artists of the past year. Toronto music tastemakers Wavelength present a concert by experimental rock band Fresh Snow.

For full individual program information visit: http://livetest.gardinermuseum.com/doors.

ABOUT THE GARDINER MUSEUM
Located in the heart of Toronto at 111 Queen’s Park Crescent, the Gardiner Museum is Canada’s only ceramics museum, and one of the world’s great specialty museums. The Gardiner is committed to making a contribution to the medium of ceramics, as well as the community it serves, and is an inviting destination that inspires and connects people, art and ideas through clay. The Gardiner’s permanent collection comprises several extraordinary collections from sophisticated, dedicated collectors, making it one of the most significant centres of ceramics in North America. The breadth of the Museum’s holdings include pottery from the Ancient Americas, rare examples of Meissen, Du Paquier and Chelsea porcelain, Chinese blue and white porcelain, Japanese and Japanese-inspired porcelain, to contemporary ceramics—including an exceptional donation from contemporary ceramics collector, Raphael Yu. For more information, details on exhibitions, events, workshops, clay classes, and more, please visit: livetest.gardinermuseum.com.

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Rachel Weiner
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Gardiner Museum
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