March 2025

Volunteer Week - Spring Classes - Capital Project - Parade Prep!

National Volunteer Week begins April 20, and we are getting the party started in March! If you are looking to make a difference, meet new people, have a little fun, or get in some community service hours, then this is the place to be!

• Volunteer Profiles: Pam Smith, artist • Don Bailey, handyman READ MORE online about their support of MCA and what they find most meaningful as a MCA Board member.

• Spring volunteer opportunities: Patriots' Day Parade, Open Studios Weekend, Summer Camp, Events Committee, etc. - READ MORE online

Upcoming Classes & Workshops

New Season, New Classes & Workshops!

We’re excited to share that the schedule and description of spring classes for kids, teens, adults, and seniors goes online on Mar 10, with registration opening a week later on Mar 17. You’ll find offerings in drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, and more!

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT:

TEEN Ceramics 

PRINTMAKING Seasonal Cards

Kids Crochet workshop - registration open now

3D Printing Intro Workshop + 3D Printing Class

Aging Artfully seniors printmaking class

AND returning sessions of Art Adventures Studio, for kids to create and explore STEAM projects on Friday afternoons! Register for one, two, or all of the classes!

SPRING SEMESTER CLASS LISTINGS ONLINE March 10

Sign up for our Visual Arts newsletter that comes out quarterly with more information about new classes, and returning favorites

Calling All Campers for School Vacation Week Fun!

While it’s cold outside, we’re planning for a super fun season of summer camp!

Registration is open now for weekly themed sessions of arts activities (and more!) for kids in rising gr K-6. Can’t wait til summer? Check out our April school vacation week camp - registration opens March 17 @ 9am

Dance Inn Spring Recital

Join The Dance Inn at their 43^rd annual recital, Boston, You’re My Home

April 4-6

All shows are at Bedford High School. Shows are Friday 4/4 @ 7:30, Saturday 4/5 @ 12:00 & 4:00, & Sunday 4/6 @ 12:00 & 4:00. Tickets will be available online on 3/10 or at the door day of. Purchase tickets HERE.

In the Gallery

NOCTURNAL REVEAL

Photographers in the Night

Catch the last weeks of Nocturnal Reveal: Photographers in the Night, in the gallery through mid March. Come view an amazing collection of nightscapes and works after dark from three acclaimed photographers, gallery hours and more details can be found online.

And coming later this month in the gallery, get a sneak peak of select artwork from Lexington’s Open Studios!

In the Community

Welcome to Kevin McKenna, our newest Board of Directors member!

You can catch up with Kevin and Munroe's Executive Director next Thursday at the Chamber of Commerce gala @ Wilson Farms.

The event starts at 6pm, and is open to the public!

Register here for a fun night of music and dancing, gourmet appetizers, and an open bar.

Community Canvas

HeARTy Congratulations to Munroe’s studio artist, Judith Ellen Sanders, whose artwork, "Love Song," was featured on GBH’s Community Canvas digital mural on Valentine’s Day! 

Capital Project

This coming month we wind up our architectural drawings, final approvals, and get the project ready to put out to bid for a contractor.

The project will establish a new "front door" with an elevator to all floors, and wheelchair accessible/gender neutral restrooms on all floors as well. Additionally, we will be moving to heat pumps which are more ecological and will also provide air conditioning.

Not only will we be maintaining all our parking spaces, we will get 4 more! As we fully kick off this project in May, you can look forward to monthly updates.

Coming in April

Lexington’s 15th Annual Open Studios

April 5 & 6

Come meet the artists of Lexington and neighboring towns with their works in MCA Studios and local artists studios throughout town.

For more info and locations go to lexingtonopenstudios.com 

We’re thrilled to be part of the special Lexington Patriots Day Parade held in commemoration with the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington.

We’re calling for volunteers to help create our float, march alongside it, and welcome parade watchers to MCA’s front lawn viewing area.

Email us for more details about painting, crafting, building, or walking with us ... or if you have an old musical instrument for us to paint a mini mural onto!

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

We have an ambitious year ahead of us with COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING & BUILDING STEWARDSHIP.

Every dollar helps to ensure that our home for community arts thrives in 2025!

Thank you to our community supporters for helping us to bring art to life!