MacLaren Art Centre

The MacLaren Art Centre is an art gallery and museum, located in Barrie, Ontario, Canada.[2]

MacLaren Art Centre
Exterior facade of the MacLaren Art Centre
Location3475 Albert Street,
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates44.39010°N 79.68502°W / 44.39010; -79.68502
TypeArt museum
Visitors37 Mulcaster Street, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Executive directorCarolyn Bell Farrell[1]
CuratorEmily McKibbon (Senior Curator)[1]
Websitemaclarenart.com

It is named in honour of Maurice MacLaren, who bequeathed his Victorian home, Maple Hill, to the Barrie Gallery Project in 1989. The MacLaren Art Centre later moved to the former City of Barrie library, a Carnegie building, and added to it; the new gallery opened in September 2001. The building was designed by Siamak Hariri of Hariri Pontarini Architects.[3] The first piece in the gallery's collection is the Spirit Catcher, a sculpture by Ron Baird, first displayed at Expo '86 in Vancouver, and donated by the Peacock Foundation.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Staff". maclarenart.com. MacLaren Art Centre. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  2. "MacLaren Art Centre gets Lucid - ClickPress". Clickpress.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  3. "Architecture for Art's Sake - Canadian Architect". Canadianarchitect.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. "Simcoe County Breaking News - Simcoe County's Online Newspaper - Simcoe.com". Simcoe.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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