After the Island Caribbean Canadian Ceramics

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After the Island: Caribbean Canadian Ceramics October 9, 2026 – April 25, 2027 Exhibition Hall. Third Floor Included with admission. Free for Gardiner Members Get Tickets Become a Member Clay receives the gestures of the human body. Hands press, scrape, squeeze, and pour it. Forms are fixed by heat, becoming permanent yet breakable. After the Island: Caribbean Canadian Ceramics brings together four Canadian artists with roots in the Caribbean—PJ Anderson, Eddy Firmin, Manuel Mathieu, and Sharon Norwood—who use clay to explore what our bodies inherit, protect, and carry forward. Spanning anglophone and francophone perspectives and different journeys of migration, their work challenges the idea of the island as isolated and self-contained, tracing connections across the region’s histories and geographies. Step inside a scented shelter where fragrance triggers memory. Take the controls of an interactive video game and navigate a life-s

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