$5K Grant
for Senior Art Program
ArtSpan at
Munroe
Center for the Arts is thrilled to announce our receipt of a $5,000 Arts and Culture grant from Crossroads Community Foundation. This will fund the continuation and expansion of the Senior Arts Program, established in collaboration with
Lexington's Council on Aging. The Senior Arts Program provides arts courses and workshops at the
Senior Center and Adult Supportive Day Care Program. See the Lexington Minuteman article.
Lexington ArtWalk
ArtWalk 2008--thank you for helping to make it a great success!
The Munroe Center for the Arts and the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society invited 30 Lexington cultural and retail groups to participate in creating two weeks of exhibitions, fun, and performance in Lexington's town center, from May 17 to June 1. Click on the ArtWalk icon above for more information!
ArtCycle Parade gathered at the Visitors Center Lawn, Saturday, May 17 at 12:00 NOON. Click here for info: ArtCycle. It paraded down Massachusetts Avenue.
The Lexington ArtWalk Reception featured speaker Jerry Beck, founder of Lowell's Revolving Museum and a piano jazz trio produced by Jeff Leonard at the Lexington Depot, May 17, 5-7 PM.
New Board Members
Peter Kelley
Thomas V. Griffiths
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Calling All Lexington Artists:
Lexington Open Studios
May 2&3, 2009.
Call us now to sign up!
LSB Holds Children's Hospital Fundraiser
MCA--Dec 12. Lexington School of Ballet held a "Nutcracker Sweet Tea" fundraiser and toy drive for Children's Hospital. Students from 4-9 years old made Nutcracker holiday crafts, enjoyed a tea party, and watched Nutcracker dances performed by older students. All proceeds and hundreds of toys benefited the hospital.
In the Gallery
We are pleased to host A Ceramic Invitational, an exhibition by artists of the Ceramics Guild of the Lexington Arts & Crafts Society curated by Sally Santosuosso (an MCA artist). January 12 through February.
 Pao-Fei Yang. Winter in the Woods. Saggar-fired ceramic tiles, 16-1/4" by 24".
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Click on the image to make a tax-deductible donation (or mail us a check!). Thank you!
Schools & Arts News
ArtSpan
Registering now for Winter 2009, January 12-March 13 . Registration is also open for our February Vacation Program: Lights, Camera, Action! and our April Vacation Program: Myths, Legends and Lore! Click here for more info!
Grants & Donations
Thank you to Elsa Sullivan, Pam and Bob Adams, Julian Miller, Mollie & Gary Garberg, Jill Gasperini, and Christian Herold for very generous recent contributions to Munroe. Thank you also, Epp Sonin, Sarah Noyes, Hannah Hammond-Hagman. A special thank you to Dave Carmichael for the in-kind donation of snow plowing in November & December, the latter month tying for record snowfall in the area! Also thanks to Andrew Tinklepaugh for in-kind donation of accounting work.
A Gift for the Arts & Lex Scholarships
Clear out your attic by giving to Munroe's A Gift for the Arts tax-deductible donations program. We'll take many items you may have around the house and turn them into funds for educational programming, community events, and sprucing up Munroe.
20% of profits from A Gift For the Arts goes into a fund for scholarships for Lexington residents of all ages to attend Munroe Center programs.
Please do not bring items to Munroe; we cannot store anything here and we can only take certain items. CLICK HERE for more information about A Gift for the Arts, call, or email Gift@MunroeCenter.org. |
