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WHAT'S ON AT THE MACLAREN
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Tickets are now on sale at the MacLaren for the Off the Hook Silent Art Auction! This perennial favourite is Friday, November 16, with the preview beginning November 10. Over 130 artworks by more than 120 artists will fill the galleries, and all are available for you to take home with a winning bid.
It's never too early to make a plan for the school holidays! Registration is now open for our winter break camps for kids 3 to 10 years of age! The MacLaren offers art classes for children, youth and adults taught by professional artists. For more information and to register online click here...
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EVENTS
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Off the Hook
Silent Art Auction
Friday, November 16
7:00 to 11:00 pm
Auction Preview:
November 10 to 16
Tickets: $50
The MacLaren's annual Silent Art Auction, Off the Hook, returns for its 22nd year, featuring over 130 works of art by more than 120 artists and Great Finds from local shops and businesses. This annual fundraiser offers everyone the opportunity to bid on and take home an original artwork. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres and desserts by some of Barrie's finest chefs. Cash bar. Visit the Gallery from November 10 to 16 to preview the artworks. For ticket information, click here...
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS... CLOSING THIS WEEKEND!
Diana Dean, Lamentations, 1994, oil on canvas, 168 cm x 229 cm. Collection of the MacLarenArtCentre. Gift of J. Michael Robinson, Q.C., Toronto, 2009
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Found in Translation: Highlights from the Contemporary Collection
Closing Sunday, November 4
Janice Laking Gallery + Gallery 3
Found in Translation features contemporary artworks from the MacLaren's Permanent Collection by leading regional artists and distinguished artists from across Canada. To learn more about this exhibition click here...
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Edward Burtynsky, Container Ports #8, Racine Port, Montreal, 2001, chromogenic print (2/5), 102 cm x 127 cm. Collection of the MacLarenArtCentre. Gift of the artist, 2002
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Divided Horizon: Highlights from the Photography Collection
Closing Sunday, November 4
The Carnegie Room
Divided Horizon features work by four contemporary photographers— Edward Burtynsky, Akira Komoto, Mark Ruwedel and Les Szurkowski— from the MacLaren's Contemporary Collection who investigate the human imprint on the natural world, with particular emphasis on the horizon line. To learn more about this exhibition, click here...
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John Hartman, Sheila's Tickle and the Outer Middle Channel, 2011, watercolour on paper, 91 cm x 127 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto
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John Hartman
Shore Line Over View
Closing Sunday, November 4
Joan Lehman Gallery and Molson Community Gallery
Shore Line Over View illuminates the ways in which regional artist John Hartman translates his lifelong engagement with Georgian Bay. Each stage of the creative process is addressed in this project, from photographs and preparatory drawings to sketch books and completed artworks. To learn more about this exhibition, click here...
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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Leopold Plotek, Hue and Cry, 2011, oil on canvas, 152.4 cm x 177.8 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Han Art Gallery, Montreal. Photo: Michael Towe
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Leopold Plotek
Hue and Cry
December 6 to February 18
Janice Laking Gallery
Opening Reception: December 6, 7:00 to 9:00 pm
This solo exhibition consists of fourteen canvases by Moscow-born, Montreal-based artist Leopold Plotek from the past ten years, a largely figurative phase of the artist's career. For more information click here...
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Unknown photographer, A.M. Gorky, n.d. Sovfoto Archive. Permanent Collection of the MacLarenArtCentre
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Workingman's Dead: Lives of the Artists, Selections from the Sovfoto Archive
December 6 to February 18
Gallery 3
Opening Reception: December 6, 7:00 to 9:00 pm
The Sovfoto Archive at the MacLaren is comprised of 23,000 vintage photographs formerly kept at the Sovfoto Agency in New York, the international outlet for official press photography of the Soviet Union. Soviet-born Canadian artist Leopold Plotek has selected photographs of artists filed in this propagandist image bank, including venerated figures such as author Maxim Gorky, poet Anna Akhmatova and composer Dmitri Shostakovich. To learn more about this exhibition click here...
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David Bolduc, Rodchenko, 1999, watercolour and graphite on paper, 76 x 56 cm. Collection of the MacLarenArtCentre. Gift of Ethan Bolduc, 2003
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David Bolduc
Round the Block: Works from the MacLaren`s Collection
December 6 to May 26
Joan Lehman Gallery
Round the Block features four 1999 monochrome watercolours from the MacLaren`s Permanent Collection by the late David Bolduc (1945 - 2010).
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ART CLASSES & CAMPS
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MacLaren offers year-round art classes for children, adults and youth. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn from professional regional artists!
For more information about all of our art classes and VanGo school programmes please click here...
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Winter Break Camps
Need a break from turkey and too much TV? Our Cool Yule camps and New Year's Camp are hands-on fun for kids 3 to 10 years of age. For more details and to register online click here...
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RETAIL SERVICES
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The Gallery Shop
Looking for that perfect holiday gift? The Gallery Shop is open during Gallery hours and carries a beautiful array of handmade jewellery, pottery, glass and homeware items, many by local artisans. Can't decide? Select a MacLaren Gift Card in any amount for use in the Gallery Shop, Radio Café, Framing Services or for art classes.
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Art Leasing Programme
Do you have bare walls? Hang art in your home or business through our Art Leasing Programme! The MacLarenArtCentre strives to bring art to everyday life in our community. Art leasing takes this goal a step further by offering a diverse selection of framed works of art by practising professional artists available for placement in your office or home.
For more information about the Programme, or to make an appointment to view available artworks please click here...
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VOLUNTEERS
Kim Kieller (centre) with Dan and Trish Revell.
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In the Spotlight:
Volunteer Kim Kieller
President, MacLaren Board of Directors
Kim Kieller has been a dedicated member of the MacLaren Board for five years, serving twice as Board President! This past June, Kim was honoured with a five-year pin in recognition of her outstanding service to the MacLaren. Now with Barriston Law, Kim has practised family law since 1986. Kim is also an elected member of the Ontario Association of Family Mediators and a member of the ADR Institute of Canada. She is certified in both general and family law arbitration and her current focus is on negotiation, counsel, mediation and arbitration work.
Kim is married and a parent of two boys, Matt and Christian, and has been an active member of her community, serving on the Board of the Women's and Children's Crisis Centre (as it was then known) and the M.S. Society of Simcoe County, among many others.
Thank you, Kim, for your generosity, leadership and commitment to the MacLaren and the Board of Directors.
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THANK YOU
John Hartman, Map of Georgian Bay, 2011, watercolour on paper, 38 cm x 41 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto
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A special thank you to The Sarjeant Company for generously sponsoring the MacLaren's fall exhibitions, Found in Translation, Divided Horizon and Shore Line Over View.
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Terry Fallis speaking at the MacLaren Legacy Dinner
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Tom McBride with Tom Hards, Joan Lehman and Marshall Green
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2012 MacLaren Legacy Dinner
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2012 MacLaren Legacy Dinner in honour of Tom McBride, with guest speaker Terry Fallis. The evening was a tremendous success, raising essential support for children and youth programmes at the MacLaren. Special thanks to M.C. Marshall Green and speakers Tom Hards and Joan Lehman, who paid tribute to Tom McBride. Thank you also to our sponsors for making this evening so memorable: (Gold Sponsors) Jones Deslauriers Blevins Insurance Group, Inc., SunLife Financial; (Silver Sponsors) Ares Law, BDO, CI Investments, Hariri Pontarini Architects, Michael Gleason of Peggy Hill & Associates Realty, Inc., Michael Smiley Fine Jewellery; (Media Sponsor) The Barrie Examiner; (Speaker Sponsor) Royal Bank of Canada; (Wine Sponsor) Craig Russell.
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STAY CONNECTED
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Watch for MacLarenArtOnline! This new interactive feature on the website will make artworks from the MacLaren's Permanent Collection available online.
Also, podcasts of interviews with exhibiting artists are available for download or can be streamed.
The MacLaren's Facebook page and Twitter feeds are a hub for creative online engagement!
Online registration is also available for most classes on www.maclarenart.com.
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