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PRESENTATION BY THE MACLAREN ART CENTRE CONCERNING AN OVERVIEW OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE ORGANIZATION
Lisa Daniels, Director/Curator and Michael MacMillan Board Chair/President of the MacLaren Art Centre provided a presentation concerning an overview of its organization’s services.
Ms. Daniels discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• An overview of services provided by the MacLaren Art Centre;
• The milestones celebrated by the art centre;
• The focus and future of the art centre;
• The benefits the art centre provides to the community such as the following:
o Building a stronger community;
o Provides innovation and citizen driven services;
o Fosters a healthy city through art;
o Strengthen ties and partnerships with people service agencies to reduce barriers and increase access and inclusion.
• An overview of the organization’s financial base;
• A comparative scan of art galleries in other municipalities and their operating budgets;
• The economic impact and tangible benefits to having an art exhibition; and
• The future plans of the organization and opportunities to support downtown Barrie.
• The alignment of priorities and potential opportunity to partner with the City to deliver services and share goals to build a healthy economically strong community.
Members of Council asked a number of questions of Ms. Daniels, Mr. MacMillan and City staff and received responses.