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PRESENTATION BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) OF THE MACLAREN ART CENTRE CONCERNING THE MACLAREN ART CENTRE’S 2019 - 2023 STRATEGIC PLAN
Mike MacMillan, MacLaren Art Board President and Carolyn Bell Farrell, Executive Director of the MacLaren Art Centre provided a presentation concerning the MacLaren Art Centre’s 2019 - 2023 Strategic Plan.
Mr. MacMillan and Ms. Bell Farrell discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• An overview on the MacLaren Art Centre as a regional public art gallery;
• A video displaying the programs, exhibits and events held at the MacLaren Art Centre;
• The MacLaren Art Centre’s mission to engage and enrich the community through innovation and contemporary visual arts programming;
• How arts and culture enhance civic pride, and are economic drivers;
• A summary of statistics associated to Museums in Canada;
• The number of audiences, social media, exhibitions, education activities, days open, staff, volunteers supporters and retail operations at the MacLaren Art Centre in 2018;
• 2018 facts concerning the operations of the MacLaren Arts Centre;
• A pie chart illustrating the sources of revenue;
• The 2019 - 2023 Strategic Plan;
• The survey responses and comments from the community;
• The enhanced engagement for the Plan to create a vision and mission statements and strategic directions;
• Three ways to enhance engagement with the MacLaren Art Centre;
• The methods to enhance engagement;
• The alignment between the MacLaren Art Centre and City of Barrie goals; and
• Methods for the community to engage with the MacLaren Art Centre.
Members of Council asked a number of questions to the presenters and received responses.