| Carl Beam: Dreaming Ourselves as Each Other - September 28, 2018 to January 5, 2019 |
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Anong Beam, an artist and curator of the M'chigeeng First Nation, curates an exhibition of never-before seen early works by her father, Carl Beam, that critically address the Canadian Indigenous experience and the influence of Jewish culture and history on his future work.
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| Medium: Exploring photography in the Gallery's Collection - September 28, 2018 to January 5, 2019 |
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People have been using photography as an artistic medium through which to share their views since its invention. The Tom Thomson Art Gallery is fortunate to have a complex and varied number of photographs within the larger Permanent Collection. The photographs displayed here are only a small sample, but provide a broader sense of the many ways in which photography can be a vehicle of artistic expression.
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| The Thomson Room - November 21, 2018 to December 31, 2019 |
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A small exhibition showcasing highlights of the Gallery’s Collection of Tom Thomson works.
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| Snowed In - November 21 to February 23, 2019 |
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Guest Curated by Joan Hawksbridge
A snow day is the pop-up holiday that happens in winter as a result of road closures and school bus cancellations; and it is usually a happy occasion. The day off often results in the pursuit of favourite home-based activities. It involves being warm and dry, perhaps with a fire, a book, some music and comfort food.
If able, we hope that you will find your way to our place here at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery, to explore images that bring to mind these experiences and memories of happy times at home in the winter. To suggest this transition from winter to the warm indoors, you will walk through a brief snowy landscape to our selection of interior rooms - spaces filled with flowers, food and lots of colour. Our Collection has a wide choice of stimulating and comforting images to keep you happily indoors this winter.
There are paintings and works on paper, as well as a number of three dimensional pieces that take you through many rooms. Some may seem familiar. Some are of a different era. And one or two may seem unusual, or even strange. They will transport you to new encounters with the indoors, and may extend the boundaries that you consider conventional. All will help expand your own walls that might be limiting your space as you wait out the storm.
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| Saving Face: Art in Front of the Hockey Net - December 7, 2018 to March 30, 2019 |
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Saving Face: Art in Front of the Hockey Net honours and celebrates the art of the goalie mask. Teaming up with former NHL goaltender and hometown hockey hero Curtis Sanford, this exhibition features several painted goalie masks from Sanford’s career, along with those of other professional players. Highlighted in the show are painted goalie masks and commercial models of masks through various stages of production, demonstrating the complexity of the airbrushing process. The show highlights the cutting-edge work of leading industry professionals including Vince Goodeve, Gerald McLaughlin, and David Gunnarsson. The exhibition will feature a large-scale mural by local artist Billy Goodkat. This mural will allow visitors to immerse themselves into the universal goaltending experience of being the only thing standing between the puck and the net. The exhibition also features a large Community Spirit Wall showcasing the work of area youth (both in age, and at heart) who have designed their own goalie masks on paper.
The Gallery gratefully acknowledges the generous support from operational funders, sponsors, members and donors it has received to make this large community focused exhibition possible. Thank you to the Gallery’s Presenting Exhibition Sponsor McArthur Tire, the Gallery’s Community Partners and Exhibition Supporters including the Owen Sound Attack, Sunbelt Rentals, Cobble Beach, Voodoo Airbrushing, Vince Goodeve Studios, Billy Goodkat and Have1.com. Thanks to all goalie mask lenders of the exhibition, including Geoff Couture, Vince Goodeve, Gary Kurt, Curtis Sanford, Steve Silverthorn, and Gerald McLaughlin.
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| Willy Waterton: Salt of the Earth - January 11 to March 16, 2019 |
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Salt of the Earth: People of Bruce & Grey Counties is a captivating touring photography project highlighting over 40 years of portraiture work by local photographer Willy Waterton depicting honourable and hard-working people in Grey and Bruce Counties, celebrating these individuals through their images and stories, and sharing them with the entire region.
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| Prints in the Collection - March 2 to May 25, 2019 |
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Part of ongoing Collection explorations series. These small displays focusing on a specific material, style or methods using works contained in the Collection to focus the viewers on a specific topic.
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