The gallery provides an extensive programme of exhibitions and events both internally generated and toured from other art collections. New exhibitions open every three to four weeks. Exhibitions vary between national, local and regional artists - established and emerging.
Over the years Percy Thomson Gallery has presented some prestigious exhibitions such as: 'Drawn from Italy: Mantegna to Kauffmann', featuring some works that are over 500 years old, one of only three venues to host The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa’s touring exhibition; 'Dutch Etchers In a Golden Age - Rembrandt and His Peers'; 'A Micronaut in the Wide World. The Imaginative Life and Times of Graham Percy'; and every two years the Gallery hosts the premier portrait competition, the national Adams Portraiture Awards.
The local Stratford Art Society exhibits work from its members twice-yearly.
