Community/Events

Munroe was established as a community arts center with a mission to serve the Lexington community and the spirit of community arts everywhere.

• Participation. Munroe Center endeavors to be inclusive of all parts of the community.

• Consultation. Munroe aims to consult with community leaders and different institutions, including schools, businesses, societies, and other cultural organizations to learn how to better serve the community.

• Collaboration. Munroe strives to work closely with other community groups to develop the cultural infrastructure of the town and to create projects together.

• Public Art. Munroe ventures to make accessible events that bring people together, give concrete form to peoples' inchoate ideas and feelings, create public space, delight, entertain, and enlighten, and that invoke a spirit of play in a world increasingly given over to competition and standardization.

• Economic Benefits. Community arts provide strong economic benefits to towns. "Nationally, the nonprofit arts and culture industry generates $166.2 billion in economic activity every year—$63.1 billion in spending by organizations and an additional $103.1 billion in event-related spending by their audiences"--Americans for the Arts study.