February 2022
Artwork by Jeanine Sobell Pastore
Grow the Love


Nurture yourself as you seek to nurture others.

Read below to find out what seeds we have planted
Valentine's Day
Enter to win a Valentines-making gift basket! Details online. Drawing this Friday, Feb. 4th @ 4pm.
Download our free Valentine's Day activity book - 10 pages of fun for all ages (great for quarantine time too).
Camps & Classes
Join us for a week of fun! There is still some space in February vacation week, with morning ceramics for grades 2 - 5, and afternoon ceramics for grades 6+

Summer camp registration opens tomorrow with 9 weeks of fun making art, and playing outside. Visit our website to read more about the schedule and weekly themes.

VOLUNTEER & COUNSELOR positions available - email us to learn more
Join us for our brand new Playwriting Workshop!

In this 2 hour zoom workshop, playwright Brit Christopher will guide you in developing dialogue and monologues while crafting believable characters.

2 hours - let yourself go!

Visit our Workshops web page for more details & registration information.
Spring Semester Classes

Stay tuned for spring offerings in theatre, ceramics, and visual arts to be listed on our Classes web page next week!
Faculty & Artists
Mardi Gras music from around the world

Tues. March 1 - 7pm

Catch cello teacher, Cam Sawzin with Grammy and Emmy-winning composer and guitarist Claudio Ragazzi, and pianist Nando Michelin for what is sure to be a fabulous performance.

The Music From Bach - Pinkham

THIS SUNDAY, February 6 - 5pm

Join Epp Sonin of our Lexington Music School as she hosts a fundraiser for the Four Strings Academy, with the artistry of Cynthia Meyers (flute), Robert Sheena (English Horn), and Henrich Christiansen (Organ).

Follen Church - free, donations accepted
Missing Pieces, by Adrienne Sloane

Part of the Surface Design Association's Winter Online Exhibit, Being-With
Creative Opportunities
Patriots' Day Annual Parade

Learn a bit about building parade floats, fairy houses, or giant flowers as you spread your creative wings!

Next month we will gather in the art room to create MCA's entry into the Patriots' Day Parade on April 18th.

Sign up here to get more information as it becomes available.
ArtWalk Painted Posts

Next month we are bringing back the painted post project. Posts will be available in 3 - 6ft. lengths.

Posts will be available at the end of March, for installation in early April. Find a cozy warm corner, a cuppa tea, and get your sketchbook and colored pencils working in the meantime!
Fairy House Tour
May 28 & 29

Think ahead to warmer weather, and mark your calendar to visit some fairy houses.

Stay tuned for our workshop schedule for how to make your own fairy house, coming out in early spring, with ongoing details on our Fairy House web page
From arts scholarships, to free community programs, to building accessibility into a 1904 building, your gift helps us to bring the arts to generations of Lexingtonians and neighbors.