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The MacLaren Art Centre is once again inviting you back inside!
GET READY FOR A FANTASTIC SEASON! Has your life been lacking a bit of culture? Well, good news! The MacLaren Art Centre is once again inviting guests back inside to enjoy their brand-new fall season, full of wonderful exhibitions and engaging programs for all ages....
In-Person Family Sundays Back On At The MacLaren
Pre-Register in Person: First Come, First Served Every Sunday is Family Sunday at the MacLaren Art Centre, and it can be done face-to-face once again. The MacLaren Art Centre recently reopened its doors to visitors and that means the downtown Barrie gallery can begin...
Barrie’s MacLaren Art Centre reopens to public after COVID-19 shutdown
Pandemic isolation difficult for Victoria Harbour artist Victoria Harbour artist Michael Farnan is overjoyed to see his work hanging in a public gallery once again, ready to be enjoyed up close by patrons of Barrie’s MacLaren Art Centre. Farnan is one of the first...
Doors swing open at MacLaren Art Centre as gallery welcomes back visitors
NEWS RELEASEMACLAREN ART CENTRE*************************The MacLaren Art Centre reopened to the public on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, with new hours. We are excited to welcome the public back into the gallery with an engaging fall season of exhibitions and programs....
MacLaren Announces New Executive Director
MacLaren Art Centre announces new Executive Director The MacLaren Art Centre’s Board of Directors is excited to announce the appointment of Lisa Daniels as its new Executive Director. Daniels began a gradual, hybrid transition (remote and on-site) into the role on...
Candlelight Vigil for Roberta Place
Thursday, March 11, 2021 marked the one-year anniversary since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. In a display of solidarity, 20 health organizations across the province asked the public to remember those who have died from the virus by...
International Women’s Day: Q&A with artist Angela Aujla
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! What better way to celebrate than by highlighting one of the inspiring and influential women in our community? We caught up with Innisfil artist and Sociology professor Angela Aujla to hear her thoughts on what intersectional feminism...
Evocative public art project to transform downtown spaces with light
Barrie buildings are soon to become art canvases as part of an intimate new outdoor public art project Wintertide. An initiative of the MacLaren Art Centre, this three-part series will utilize downtown windows to show projections of works by regional artists as well...
Kate Schneider Recipient of the John Hartman Award
Kate Schneider and John Hartman. Photo: Kyle MillsThe MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie is pleased to announce that the 2020 recipient of the John Hartman Award is Kate Schneider. Kate Schneider is an artist and educator of settler ancestry living in Tkaronto (Toronto)....
Scarborough artist Erika DeFreitas examines obscured histories
Installation view of Erika DeFreitas: everything she inspires remains, belongs to light, MacLaren Art Centre, 2020. Photo: Andre Beneteau A new exhibition at the MacLaren Art Centre is highlighting recent works by Scarborough-based artist Erika DeFreitas. everything...