Image: Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound
The Tom Thomson Art Gallery in Owen Sound is preparing to open ‘Forecast: June to January’, a two-part exhibition series that runs from June 27, 2026, to January 2, 2027. Presented as an exploration of bioclimatic attunement, the show is built around the idea of bodily resonance with weather cycles and pairs works by Tom Thomson with selections from the gallery’s collection.
According to the gallery’s newsletter, the exhibition is organized as a salon-style hanging, with artworks arranged to trace the progression of the seasons in step with the exhibition’s own duration. The installation uses that extended span to create a seasonal framework for looking, linking the experience of changing weather to the passage of time in the gallery itself. Visitors are invited to reflect on how perception of weather has evolved in a shifting climate.
The exhibition draws on Tom Thomson’s observations of weather, presented as evidence of his close attention to nature’s rhythms. The newsletter singles out ‘Grey Day’ from around 1913 as the image used to illustrate the project, and identifies the work as oil on canvas on wood panel. The piece is credited as a bequest from Gloria M. and James E. Smith in 2025. No further interpretive claims about Thomson’s intentions are given in the source material, but the gallery’s framing places his weather studies at the center of the exhibition’s concept.
The gallery presents ‘Forecast: June to January’ alongside selections from its collection, rather than as a single-artist survey. That approach suggests a dialogue between Thomson’s work and other holdings, with the seasonal hang serving as the main curatorial structure. The newsletter describes the series as a way to connect art viewing with weather awareness, using the gallery’s collection to stage a slow unfolding across the months.
Tom Thomson Art Gallery’s newsletter, ‘ARTEFACTS’, lists the exhibition under its “Exhibitions on View” section, alongside other summer and fall programming. In the same issue, the gallery notes that its hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with admission by donation and a suggested $10 entry fee. The institution also identifies itself as being located in Owen Sound, Canada, on 1st Avenue West.
The timing of ‘Forecast: June to January’ places it across summer, autumn and winter, giving the show a long, continuous public run from its June opening date into the first days of 2027. The gallery’s promotional text underscores that this is a two-part exhibition series, not a brief display, and that its display strategy is meant to move in tandem with the weather it addresses. It opens June 27, 2026, and closes January 2, 2027, at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery in Owen Sound.
