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A positive update from Minden artist Mary Anne Barkhouse
May 14, 2020Mary Anne Barkhouse: The Interlopers, installation view, MacLaren Art Centre, 2018. Photo: André BeneteauYou may remember The Interlopers (2018), which featured the work of celebrated regional artist Mary Anne Barkhouse. This exhibition spoke to the...
Farihah Aliyah Shah Recipient of the John Hartman Award
February 27, 2020 Farihah Aliyah Shah. Photo: Antonio Giacchetti (left); John Hartman in his studio. Photo: Joseph Hartman (right) The MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie is pleased to announce that the 2019 recipient of the John Hartman Award is Farihah Aliyah Shah....
Barrie Native Friendship Centre members explore regional landscape in a MacLaren Art Centre VanGo Access workshop
February 24, 2020Participants in a MacLaren VanGo Access workshop at the Barrie Native Friendship Centre (left). Artwork by Conrad Fox (top right) and Evelyn Bolton (bottom right). Photos: Tyler DurbanoConnecting people to art and art to people is what the MacLaren...
MacLaren Art Centre showcases recent paintings by Rama Artist Bewabon Shilling
February 21, 2020Artist talk by Bewabon Shilling at the MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie. Photo: Tyler GraceIn the quiet, grey light of the MacLaren Art Centre's Janice Laking Gallery, an exhibition of paintings by Rama artist Bewabon Shilling suggests a landscape “wilder...
Love at the Art Gallery
February 6, 2020 In this in-depth Q&A, newlyweds Jess and Tristan give a peek into their beautiful, intimate wedding at the MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie this past summer. From living 2000+ km apart, to saying “I do” in the company of their multinational family...
MacLaren Art Centre throws its first Art Party on Wednesday night!
January 24, 2020Art-making workshop at the MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie. Photo: Christine GillespieA new series of art events hosted by the MacLaren Art Centre is adding a creative choice to Barrie’s downtown entertainment scene, with sold out attendance for its pilot...
Bring your family and friends to the Art Gallery this holiday season!
December 12, 2019 Reception for Bewabon Shilling: Between the Forest and the Sky, December 6, 2019, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie. Photo: André Beneteau The MacLaren Art Centre invites community members to bring their family and friends to the art gallery this holiday...
Off the Hook: Silent Art Auction | Thank You!
December 4, 2019Off the Hook: Silent Art Auction, MacLaren Art Centre On November 15, 360 people attended the MacLaren Art Centre’s 29th annual Off the Hook: Silent Art Auction, which raises support for essential Gallery programmes. This year, over one-hundred...
Inspiring Young Artists: MacLaren VanGo
October 22, 2019 Students participate in Distant Horizons, a new VanGo programme inspired by the artwork of Canadian artist Tom Thomson. “I loved how this program engaged the kids (you could hear a pin drop when the instructor started to explain...
MacLaren Art Centre invites visitors to go behind-the-scenes during Doors Open Simcoe County
September 19, 2019 MacLaren Art Centre, 37 Mulcaster Street, Barrie. Photo: Christine Gillespie This Saturday, September 21, the MacLaren Art Centre is offering the public a behind-the-scenes look at some of its key collections spaces for Doors Open Simcoe...