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Readings from The Owl Pen

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MacLaren Art Centre

Barrie, ON

Directions: The MacLaren Art Centre is located 90 km north of Toronto in downtown Barrie. From Highway 400 north, take the Dunlop Street E exit. Travel on Dunlop Street through downtown until you get to Mulcaster Street. Turn left on Mulcaster. The MacLaren is located on the southeast corner of Mulcaster and Collier Street.

Access

Free.

Offered in English.

Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.

About

Join us for a special reading of The Owl Pen (1947), a heartfelt memoir written by Kenneth Wells and illustrated by artist Lucille Oille chronicling their life on a rustic farm in Oro-Medonte. Drawn from the MacLaren’s Permanent Collection, a selection of Oille’s engraved prints is presented in the exhibition Lucille Oille: Uninterrupted Eden.

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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 has a permanent collection of 27,408 works of art held in trust for the public and presents a year-round programme of world-class exhibitions, education activities and special events. Housed in an award-winning building in downtown Barrie, this cultural and architectural landmark combines a renovated 1917 Carnegie library with a dynamic contemporary addition designed in 2001 by Siamak Hariri. The complex includes multiple galleries, an education centre, a garden courtyard, café, gift shop and framing department.

Contact

Tyler Durbano

education@maclarenart.com

(705) 720-1044 x 234