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December 2025
Jobs • Youth Holiday Market • Winter Classes • New Exhibit & More!
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Let’s Get Shopping, Support Young Artists and Makers!
This Saturday, Dec. 6
1-4:00 pm
The Youth Art Holiday Market is back this Saturday, with 35 young artists, crafters, and entrepreneurs selling their wares!
Choose from ceramics, paintings, candles, bookmarks, greeting cards, & more!
Shoppers can also pick up a special tote bag to collect their purchases that features MCA's colorful horse sculpture.
These are the programs that we think a community arts center should be hosting. If you have enjoyed any of our free public events this year, please consider supporting the MCA to help us keep up this momentum for Lexington and our neighbors!
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Happening Now: Winter Class Registration
Winter class and workshop registration is in full swing!
Kids, teens, and adults can choose sessions in ceramics (handbuilding and wheel), printmaking, drawing and painting. Classes begin January 5.
Consider gifting an art experience to a loved one this holiday season!
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New Adult Classes
Narrative Handbuilding (Ceramics)
Exploring Watercolors
Tetra Pak Printmaking
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JUST for Kids!
Playful Printmaking
Comics Club
Art Adventures Studio
Creative Art Lab
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Workshops
ALL AGES Stamp Cardmaking - This Sat. December 6 @ 1:30pm & 3pm
Adult & Teen Gelli Print Cardmaking - This Sat. December 6 @ 1:30pm
Stitch Sampler - Sat. January 17 @ 10am
Folded Victorian Valentines - Sat. January 24 @ 10am
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CONSTRUCTION
UP CLOSE
It has been a busy month - ductwork in the attic, stormwater retention pipes, and demo of the chimney!
Updates about the whole project will continue to be posted on our website, social media, and in these monthly newsletters.
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IN THE GALLERY
panAFRICAproject
Now – February
We are honored to welcome Lou Jones a storied Boston photographer whose panAFRICAproject exhibit portrays a contemporary visual portrait of modern Africa through large, stunning photographs.
Details about this show can be found online.
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OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
Join the MCA team for 10 hours a week in a role that helps to keep the machine well oiled. We offer a fun atmosphere with friendly staff.
Sample tasks include responding to general emails, applying for annual permits, submitting CORI-SORI requests, communicating with event volunteers, and ordering supplies. The ideal candidate is someone who is detail oriented and forward thinking.
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SUMMER CAMP MANAGER
MCA seeks a dynamic individual with strong organizational and interpersonal skills for July & August.
MCA Summer Arts Camp offers nine weeks of classes and art-focused activities with unique weekly themes for children in grades K-6. It also includes a four-week CIT program for campers in grades 7-9.
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VOLUNTEER WITH US!
Help to greet, or setup/cleanup, or help out in the card-making room at this Saturday's Youth Holiday Market.
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If you can wield a paintbrush or cut out a giant wooden 6, we'd love your help with this year's New Year's sculpture!
Sign up here for any of the above tasks!
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Remember Your Special Pet
Fellow animal lovers, if you are grieving a lost pet or struggling with an ailing one, if you have fond memories of childhood pets, please consider stopping by Lexington's Pet Memorial Tree on the MCA front lawn. Inspired by the secret pet memorial tree in Central Park, come hang an ornament to honor and celebrate the unbreakable bonds we make with our all our furry, scaly, feathery family.
Look for fliers around town for more details, and updates online.
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Share the Warmth
Donate a new or gently used winter coat to the Lexington Lions Club Annual Coats for Kids and Families drive.
MCA has a collection box for coats inside the back door, just off the parking lot, now through Jan. 10.
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Holiday Performances
This Weekend!
Fri. Dec. 5, Sat. Dec. 6, & Fri. Dec. 12
The Dance Inn brings their vibrancy to the stage for the annual Holiday Show at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, and Cary Hall in Lexington.
Details are online.
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Fri. Dec. 5 @ 6:30pm, & Sat. Dec. 6 @ 1:00pm
Lexington School of Ballet will perform The Nutcracker Suite, a benefit for Boston Children’s Hospital in the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum's Library Auditorium in Lexington.
For tickets and more info, call (781) 861-9349.
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LexLux Illumination Night
Sat., Jan. 10 @ 4:30pm
Depot Square Park
Join us for interactive light displays, projection mapping, light photography, hot cocoa, and more!
Take a peek at what last year looked like, as organizers prepare for this year . . .
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February School Vacation Week Art Camp
Feb. 16-20
For kids in gr K-8, featuring a variety of art activities - drawing/painting, ceramics, and makerspace projects too.
Sign up now!
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Winter Office Closure
The MCA office will be closed the last two weeks of December for a winter holiday break. Munroecenter.org remains available and staff emails will be picked up intermittently during that period.
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There’s still time to make a difference with a year end contribution to the MCA.
Many thanks to everyone who has already made a contribution this year in support of the MCA’s ongoing mission to provide high quality arts education and fun community events for all abilities.
This year we are working extra hard to provide a home for the arts that is accessible and ecologically sustainable.
if you have read this far, you know how important the arts are to people of all ages. Thank you for your support, because it truly does take a village.
Email us with any questions, or donate online.
| | Wonder what we've been doing this year? All our newsletters are archived on our website. | | | |
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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! | |
Email us to find out how you can partner with us to sponsor an event, or sponsor a student
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