Annual Campaign: Help Build a Creative City
The MacLaren is Building a Creative Future for Our Community by offering art classes, tours and workshops for children and youth, fostering local talent, and providing unique experiences through our collection, our exhibitions and our public art projects.
Your gift to the MacLaren creates opportunities for thousands of children, youth and families to participate in programmes that enrich and expand their lives. As Simcoe County's regional public art gallery, the MacLarenArtCentre adds to the social, intellectual and creative fabric of this community. The MacLaren is also an architectural and cultural landmark in Barrie. It serves our community as a tourist destination, an economic driver and a catalyst for downtown revitalization, contributing to the success and vitality of this city while enhancing the quality of life in Barrie and surrounding communities.
Over 50% of the MacLaren's annual operating funds come from the generous support of individuals, local businesses and community organizations. These gifts enable us to provide meaningful visual arts programming for all members of our community. In 2009 we engaged over 43,000 people through our programmes, including 16,000 young people. To find out more, see the annual campaign brochure or open the attachment below.
