The Tom Thomson Art Gallery is pleased to announce its spring line-up of exhibitions, opening on April 3 and running to June 19, 2016. Opening Reception will take place on April 3rd from 2 to 5 PM.
In Spirit
The spiritual realm comes alive through the works of Heather Murray, John Latour and Tim Laurin. In Spirit examines absence, loss and the potential of the past to continue to assert influence over us now, yet their work also reminds us that histories are constructed on memories and that the truth may not be universal. In Spirit is a co-presentation between the TOM and the Art Gallery of Burlington. Please join us for the Curators' Talk at 1 PM with the TOM's Director and Chief Curator, Virginia Eichhorn and The AGB's Artistic Director and Chief Curator, Denis Longchamps.
Diana Thorneycroft: Herd
Diana Thorneycroft presents a series of carefully staged photographs and a sculptural installation that invite the viewer into a world of the extraordinary, the magical and of intuitive knowledge. Herd explores hybrid transformations and symbolic possibilities that are powerful yet ambiguously mysterious.
Diana Thorneycroft is a Winnipeg artist who has exhibited various bodies of work across Canada, the United States and Europe, as well as in Moscow, Tokyo and Sydney. She received her BFA from the University of Manitoba in 1979 and her MA from the University of Wisconsin in 1980. She has received numerous grants and awards, including the 2016 Manitoba Arts Award of Distinction and her work has been the subject of national radio documentaries and a CBC national documentary for television.
Thorneycroft's work has been included in the 2002 Phaidon Press publication Blink, which presents the work of 100 rising stars in photography. Canadian Art Magazine selected Thorneycroft's photographic series Group of Seven Awkward Moments as one of The Top 10 Exhibitions of 2008.
The Arlene Kennedy Collection, curated by Collections Curator David Huff, rounds out our three new exhibitions. Arlene Kennedy worked professionally as a director, curator, and educator promoting the visual arts in Ontario for many decades. Since 2005, she has co-owned Circle Arts, a commercial gallery in Tobermory and has lived on the North Bruce Peninsula since 2006. An enthusiastic art collector for years, her own private collection now overflows beyond her available wall space. This exhibition is a selection of art works by nationally-known artists who have had personal connections to, or made work about, the region that Kennedy has collected over the years, and has now recently donated to the Gallery.
