Ryerson Image Centre

The Ryerson Image Centre, (formerly known as the Ryerson Gallery and Research Centre), is a renovated and remodelled former warehouse building at Gould and Bond Streets on the campus of Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The centre includes gallery, collections, teaching, research and exhibition spaces and shares the building with the School of Image Arts.

Ryerson Image Centre
Location of the gallery in Toronto
EstablishedSeptember 2012 (2012-09)
Location33 Gould Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates43°39′27″N 79°22′45″W
TypePhotography, art museum and education centre
DirectorPaul Roth
CuratorGaëlle Morel
Public transit access Dundas
 505 
Websitewww.ryerson.ca/ric

History

The gallery was officially opened on September 29, 2012.[1]

The new building, designed by Toronto architect Donald Schmitt of Diamond and Schmitt Architects[2] contains:

  • Three public gallery spaces
  • Glassed in entrance Colonnade that hosts the Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall
  • A fully staffed professional research centre with museum-quality environmental controls
  • A climate controlled vault to house the collections, including The Black Star Collection

The centre was in part created to display some of the 292,000 photos from Black Star which it had received as an anonymous donation.[3]

In August 2013, Paul Roth, a former senior curator and director of photography at Corcoran Gallery of Art was appointed as new director of the Ryerson Image Centre.[4] In March 2015, the museum has acquired the archive of Berenice Abbott, which included more than 6,000 photos and 7,000 negatives.[5]

References
  1. Hume, Christopher (September 24, 2012). "Ryerson Image Centre focuses on photography". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  2. "Ryerson Image Centre". UrbanToronto. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
  3. "Black Star photos on show at new Ryerson gallery". CBC News. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
  4. Whyte, Murray (August 7, 2013). "Ryerson Image Centre names Paul Roth as new director". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  5. Adams, James (March 5, 2015). "Ryerson acquires archive of Berenice Abbott". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
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