The artwork featured in this book are from Alicia – Resilient Roots, Bottomby, Bryan, Caleb, Dale, Ken, Mara, Mark, Palkia, Primo, Reid, Sarah, Sophie, and five anonymous artists. Regional artists were also commissioned to create unique colouring pages. They are Heather Riley, Michael Ciesielski, Omar Chris Canales-Cisneros, Paige Burt, and Linda Koenemund.
The Colouring Book will officially launch at the World AIDS Day 2025: 30 Years of the Gilbert Centre event, taking place at the Southshore Centre on Sunday, November 30, 2025, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Encouraging any media or community to register for the event and obtain a copy of the colouring book!
Registration Link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-gilbert-centre/events/world-aids-day-2025-30-years-of-the-gilbert-centre/
About The Gilbert Centre
The Gilbert Centre is a community-based, not-for-profit, charitable organization that has been providing programs and services as the AIDS Committee of Simcoe County since 1995. In 2015, in part to recognize the reality of people with HIV not developing AIDS and living healthy lives with HIV, the organization changed its name from the AIDS Committee of Simcoe County to the Gilbert Centre for Social and Support Services. The Gilbert Centre, named after our founder Ed Gilbert, not only reflects the changes in understanding and managing HIV but also embraces the expansion of our programming to serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender individuals and families in the Simcoe Muskoka area.
About the MacLaren Art Centre
The MacLaren Art Centre is the regional public art gallery serving the residents of Barrie, the County of Simcoe, and the surrounding area. The Gallery presents a year-round program of innovative exhibitions, education activities and special events.
We acknowledge the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg people, which include the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Pottawatomi Nations collectively known as the Three Fires Confederacy. The local bands consist of the Chippewa Tri-Council, who are made up of Beausoleil First Nation, Georgina Island First Nation, and Rama First Nation. We also acknowledge the Wendat Nation (Huron) who occupied these lands prior to the middle of the 17th century. We are dedicated to honouring Indigenous history and culture and recognize the enduring presence of Indigenous peoples on this land. We are committed to moving forward in the spirit of reconciliation and respect with all First Nations, Métis, and Inuit People.
The Gilbert Centre
525-80 Bradford Street
Barrie, ON L4N 6S7
705-722-6778
www.gilbertcentre.ca
MacLaren Art Centre
37 Mulcaster St.
Barrie, ON L4M 3M2
705-721-9696
www.maclarenart.com
Main Contacts
Dale Boyle
Executive Director
The Gilbert Centre
(705) 722.6778 ext. 105
DaleB@GilbertCentre.ca
Christina Mancuso
Education Officer
MacLaren Art Centre
(705) 721-9696 x 234
christina@maclarenart.com
