The Gardiner Museum is holding an exhibition entitled Midcentury & Still Modern, Ron Thom and the Allied Arts, from February 13 to April 27. A Canadian Architect, Thom designed the University of Toronto's Massey College as well as Trent University.

A number of events will be taking place as part of the exhibition, including a panel discussion on Ron Thom and his legacy, moderated by curator Adele Weder and featuring author and University College instructor Shawn Micallef, former Dean of the Daniels Faculty Larry Wayne Richards, and Associate Professor Brigitte Shim. Tickets are now available for this talk, which takes place on Tuesday, February 11 from 7:00 to 8:00pm.

On Friday, March 28th the museum will be hosting a Mod Mad Party from 6:00 - 10:00pm.

“Few architects have helped shape Canadian architecture as poetically as Ron Thom. From his early days as a west coast artist to his crowning achievements designing Massey College and Trent University, Ron Thom devoted himself to a profoundly holistic approach, wherein the fields of architecture, ceramics, visual arts, furniture and landscape formed a continuum. He was a fan of the Mingei folk craft movement, wherein potters and other artisans opting out of the industrial age found a higher beauty in the hand-made. Of this architect’s long and illustrious career, Ron Thom and the Allied Arts celebrates the most creatively fertile period, 1947 – 1972, with a focus on five west coast houses, Massey College, Trent University, and the ceramic and other arts that inform them. On display will be a selection of Ron Thom’s original paintings, prototypes for furniture and fittings, architectural drawings and sketches, archival and architectural photography, the original hand-rendered 1960 Massey College presentation boards, and the ceramics he commissioned as an integral component of it all.”

– Adele Weder, Curator

For more information, visit the Gardiner Museum's website.