July 2024

Upcoming events, winners, and weeders?

Wednesday

July 24

6:30 - 8:30pm

Join us for some lemonade or Lemonade Rosé at a casual summer social event.

Enjoy the music of Billy Novick & Bob Nieske, and chat with them and others about creativity and artistry.

Register online

Registration is not required but helpful to organizers in planning

Summer & Fall Events

Summer means outdoor art!

MCA Tenant Artist, Amantha Tsaros & Annie O'Donnell have transformed our piano for some plein air practicing & our Little Free Art Library has a constant turnover. Bring some art! Take some art!

Lex250 - Summer!

This Saturday: Battle Green @ 11am

Join the kickoff weekend for the Lex250 anniversary events with Parker's Prelude.

July & August: MCA will be participating in a painted horse sculpture project, with a combo artist & community paint party. Read more, and sign up here to participate

In the Gallery

The 6000 Circle Project 

facilitated by Women's Caucus for Art, MA Chapter

This show's theme is "The Mother Cycle" which interprets mothering in a variety of ways, mediums and themes. More information online

Gallery is open during regular business hours.

Join us in remembering ArtWalk artist, Gracia Dayton who passed away last February. Her work will be at the Galaray House through the end of July.

Across Lexington!

ACROSS Lexington: The Rick Abrams Memorial Trail Network, a project of the Greenways Corridor Committee, is a network of marked trails and paths for walkers, runners and trail bikers.

The routes use existing public ways to connect the town center with various historic sites, schools and conservation areas.

You can find MCA just off the A & B trails. Maps are just inside our back door or online.

Create the Vote!

We are looking forward to partnering with MassCreative next month for an hour-long workshop to learn about voting, the arts, and advocacy.

This event is designed for youth of voting age. More details coming in the August newsletter!

Bikeway Block Party

Save the date: Sunday, Sept. 15, 11-4

There will be 5 parks all along the bike path that will be filled with arts and entertainment. The schedule is full, and we are working on logistical details and building the volunteer crew for the day (email us if you want to help!).

Pictured here: Grüvemeiners - musicians AND cyclists!

Porchfest!

Save the date: September 28

MCA has just signed up to host bands! If you are interested in hosting, performing, or volunteering, contact the Lexington Council for the Arts, or visit lexingtonporchfest.org

Summer Camp Spotlight!

30 years + 3 weeks of arts and friends and fun

Summer classes have started this week too. Watch for the fall class offerings in the August newsletter.

Congratulations!

Survey Winners

Many thanks to everyone who participated in the recent survey to let us know a little more about what you are looking for in a community arts center.

Winners in our prize drawing for 1 of 4 pieces of original art are:

Adeline Mega

Debbie Glantz

Jennifer Lisle

Angela Kontoff

Shirt Design Winner

Many thanks to everyone who submitted a design, and to this year's chosen designer,

Ruby Trinh!

pictured here with Camp Manager, Nadia Ivanenko

Thanks from MCA + hundreds of campers this summer!

Volunteer Opportunity

Love Gardens & Hate Weeds?

Us too!! The Black Swallow Wart has overwhelmed us and we could use some extra hands and trowels to knock the pollinator and border garden back into shape (and where did this Ailanthus altissima come from?!)

Email us if you have any free time to spend in our garden, and desire to make the world a better, non-invasive place.

Hard to believe that The Friends of the Council on Aging has been publishing Lexington LifeTimes for seven years and has just come out with their fourteenth issue! The Summer 2024 edition features the works of 15 Lexington writers, poets and artists over 60 - you can find copies at MCA, or online.

Wonder what we've been doing this year? All our newsletters are archived on our website!