The Tom Thomson Art Gallery exhibition spaces will be reopening to the public on Saturday after three months of building renovations.
On April 5, an Opening Reception will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. and is free for all to attend. The reception will unveil three new exhibitions in the TOM, all of which are connected by the theme of context and environments that shape experiences: Safekeeping, Soft Futures and Nicholas Hornyansky: An Everyday Utility.
The event follows significant renovations and improvements to the buildings HVAC systems, which the Gallery says will allowing it to continue to borrow significant artworks from other major institutions which require environmental stability reports.
"Environment is the space around each one of us, and it’s both immediate and vast, influential and influenced," said Aidan Ware, Director and Chief Curator in a release. "At its heart, the replacement of our HVAC units was about the environment - creating the conditions that support conservation so that future generations will continue to know and enjoy Tom Thomson and the many other artists’ works that the TOM holds in public trust... All three exhibitions are intertwined with notions of what our context is; the environments that are the spaces between us and the spaces that hold us - physical, social, spiritual, and political - reminding us to look at challenges together and with hope."
To learn more about the new exhibitions, visit the gallery's webpage.