Let Your Creativity Bloom this Spring - Classes/Workshops/Events

Patriots' Day Month 2025

What's happening - inside & outside the building!

This Saturday

We are getting there! Last weekend we had lots of people dipping in and out to share an hour or more of time to help create THE BEST parade float. There is still much color to add, and we would love some help between 11am - 4pm this Saturday to finish up the "pomping". Stop by studio 104 on the ground floor!

Likewise, if you are reading this we would like to invite you to walk with us as part of our community on Saturday, April 19 (the BEST way to enjoy a parade!) and represent the arts - carry one of our musical instruments, wear an art apron, or your dance costume! (2 miles) Sign up here

Take a Class

Spring semester classes begin on April 7 and a few spaces remain in several sessions and workshops.

Choose from drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, and more! Go to our class page for info and to register now!

No time for a class? Explore our spring workshops: ceramic wind chimes, Lego block printmaking, meditative stitching, and clay songbirds, too!

ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS

Art Adventure Studios, returns with fun Friday afternoon STEAM-based activities for kids in grades K-5. Our talented LHS teen mentors lead creative 3D art projects on LPS half days, register for one, two, or all three of these class dates: April 18, May 2 & June 6. Register now.

Calling all Campers, sign up now for April school vacation week (4/21-4/25) for kids in gr. K-8 and summer camp weekly-themed sessions too! More details here.

Light Painting! Come explore photography, art, and science, through the technique of light painting in this April school vacation week multi-afternoon workshop with amazing visual artist/night photographer Shehab Hossain of Imaginoor Photography. Open to kids in gr. 2-4, register now.

Meet Local Artists

This month our Munroe Community Snapshots interviews feature two teachers with special events and classes happening in April. Read more here.

Judith Cooper - MCA Ceramics teacher, with a home studio to visit during Lexington Open Studios too!

Shehab Hossain - teaching Light Painting during April school vacation week

We’re excited to be a host site for the 15th Annual Lexington Open Studios! Come meet the artists of Lexington and neighboring towns with their works in MCA Studios + local artists studios throughout town.

Also read about the force behind our kids light painting class during April vacation week! Both are Lexington residents.

Can’t wait til April? Get a sneak peak of works by Lexington Open Studios artists now in the MCA gallery, just upstairs on the second floor.

Lexington Open Studios

April 5 & 6

11am - 5pm

We are looking for greeters at Munroe this weekend. Please email us if you have some time (Student Community Service Hours available!)

Celebrate Big!

Saturday, April 19

This year’s Patriot’s Day parade will be super-sized! Our parade entry will celebrate 40 years of teaching arts education at the MCA, bringing together our creative friends, students, and teachers to walk in the parade.

Join us IN the parade or AT our hospitality tent on the front lawn.

Please plan for road closure of Mass. Ave. at 12 noon to possibly 5 or 6pm this year.

Saturday, April 5 Lexington will be having a 250th Gala - did you know? Join us there!

More Patriots' Day information can be found on the Town website.

Celebrate Local!

When you think about artwork, it is typically what goes inside the frame. But we want to give a shout out to our local framer who is a solid artist himself. We are delighted to have Walden Framer as one of our supporters, and local artists.

Capital Project

Things are feeling real now as we move forward with approval from our Select Board + Historic Districts Commission for our final design.

We are in the final design stages, and in April the project will go out to bid to find a contractor who will build our new main entry and elevator!

Coming in May

Seasonal Suites is back at Munroe on Friday, May 9, with an evening of live music, tap dancing, and sweets! Watch our social media for more info., as well as next month's newsletter.