Dorot Presents: an Outing to the Gardiner Museum!
Wednesday, March 18, 10:15 am
Come join us on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, for a very special outing to the Gardiner Museum, where we will be taken on a customized guided tour throughout all 3 floors of this beautiful, newly renovated museum, inclusive of their current special exhibition, by artist Linda Rotua Sormin: Uncertain Ground.
This year, we are especially blessed to have the added bonus of a personalized workshop led by one of our congregants, Jess Riva Cooper, the artist in residence at that time! Enjoy a half-hour presentation with Jess herself, while she displays some of her collection and demonstrates insight into her process.
We will meet in the Museum’s front lobby no earlier than 10:00 am, as the Museum doors do not open until that time. Tours will begin promptly at 10:15 am. Registration is $20.00/person, which includes admission, our customized tour, and Jess’s personalized workshop/seminar. Lunch is not included. For those wanting to stay for lunch, you are welcome to make your own reservation at the Museum’s wonderful Clay Restaurant. For those looking to grab a bite at a nearby restaurant, please indicate this on the Registration Form, and we will follow up with you.
Registration coming soon!
Please register as soon as possible, as spots are limited.
The Dorot program is generously sponsored by a gift from the Estate of Saundra and Henry Sherman.
ABOUT THE ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE, JESS RIVA COOPER
Jess Riva Cooper is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist whose work integrates clay, drawing, and found materials into sculptural and installation-based forms. Her practice explores mythology, ecology, and transformation, often merging human and botanical imagery into hybrid structures that evoke vulnerability and persistence. Across her work, vegetal forms erupt, creep, and overtake architectural and bodily frameworks, unsettling systems of order while suggesting cycles of growth, decay, and renewal.
Cooper holds a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and an MFA in Ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her research-driven practice has been shaped by residencies at Medalta, the Archie Bray Foundation, Lillstreet Art Center, and the John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry Program, among others. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including the Gardiner Museum in Toronto and Cynthia Corbett Gallery in London, and is held in public and private collections. Through her sculptures, Cooper engages ecological and cultural histories, inviting reflection on interdependence, fragility, and regeneration.
