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