About our Program:
The Visual Arts Program at Munroe Center offers a wide range of classes for all ages and all levels of experience. Our year-round programming is led by a team of professional artists who develop a curriculum that both teaches fundamental skills while helping students evolve their own unique, creative vision. Classes include painting, drawing, portfolio development, and the fiber arts.
The Visual Arts Program at Munroe Center offers a wide range of classes for all ages and all levels of experience. Our year-round programming is led by a team of professional artists who develop a curriculum that both teaches fundamental skills while helping students evolve their own unique, creative vision. Classes include painting, drawing, portfolio development, and the fiber arts.
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For more information about visual art classes, email Jennifer@munroecenter.org
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Classes:
Meet the Instructors:
Leah Nashel
Leah Nashel is a painter, writer, and multi-disciplinary artist. She graduated from Brandeis University with a BA in Visual Arts, and just spent an awesome summer teaching at Munroe Center for the Arts Summer Camp! She is excited to share her love of creating with more students, helping them develop work that is unique and inspiring to them. |
Laurel Smith
Laurel is a working and teaching artist who has been at Munroe since 2013. She founded and facilitates the Life Drawing studio group, and leads ‘In Your Hands’, the teen studio group. She has been active in the visual arts in Lexington since her grown children were elementary students, and is a member of the ArtWalk committee. Her focus is on building an individual’s art ‘language’ through practice, risk, and play. |
Justine Curran
Justine has been an artist all her life. Her love of color started at a young age and the hallway walls were her palette. Lucky for her she had a mother who appreciated her creative spirit and bought her sketchbooks to fill with her designs. Those messy paintings inspired Justine to pursue a degree in Theatre Arts & Design. After graduating she worked at different theaters and was lucky enough to work at a camp teaching Set Design to young artists. She realized she had a love for teaching and in 2016 started her journey as an Art Teacher. She is inspired by her students everyday! When Justine isn't painting she loves to get outside! You can find her camping, hiking, and kayaking. No matter the adventure she always finds inspiration! On rainy days that keep her inside she loves to snuggle with her two cats and knit. 
Anya Krupnik
Anya Krupnik is an art educator, designer, and artist with a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University. She co-founded Alma Mater, an educational studio in Lexington, where she has taught a wide variety of art classes to children, youth and adults. Anya is passionate about art history and believes that art lessons bring an inspiration that lasts a lifetime. |
Shubhra Chandra
Chandra has lived in Lexington, MA since 1994, after receiving her Master’s degree in Clothing and Textiles from Michigan State University, with a specialization in Women’s Fashion Design and a minor in Theatre Costume Design. She has worked in the fashion industry for large retailers in design, product development and sourcing. She established – Shubhra Designs, LLC and www.shubrah.com in 2008, an online eco-friendly, fashion collection. The designs are a fusion of Indian fabrics with western silhouettes and sustainable fashions. She also advises high school students on their portfolios for college applications. Shubhra has been an active volunteer in the town, serving on the boards of several educational non-profit organizations and also teaching fashion classes via Hayden Recreation Center and Lexington Community Education. 
Jodi Tippett
Jodi Tippett is a long time Lexington resident. She is a fused glass artist and writer. She was greatly inspired by art therapy, after a cancer diagnosis 6 years ago. She has taken classes in creativity, pastels, watercolor, and drawing. Jodi views art as a form of creativity, discovery and exploration. She has worked as a school nurse, and loves working with children. |
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Sarah Pizzi
Pizzi received a BFA in painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA. She has exhibited her work in an open studio in Lacoste, France in addition to various gallery exhibition shows in the city of Savannah including: SCAD deFine Art Student Showcase and SCAD Drawing Works Exhibition, Hunny at Allure Salon, Project Liminal at Indigo Sky Gallery and Welcome to the Jam at the Bull Street College Center. Her work consists of paintings and mixed media installations centering on mental, psychological, and spiritual relationships. Pizzi currently works and resides in Boston, MA. |
Gwen Vitti
Gwen Vitti is a creative thinker and a teacher at heart. She is currently a k-8 visual arts teacher at Brookline Public Schools. Vitti has over 10 years of teaching experience in a variety of different roles. Not only does Vitti have experience, but she is also educated in Art from UMass Boston and has a Masters of Education from Framingham State. Vitti is most inspired by her students, nature, and modern art. Her favorite type of art to do in her free time is to draw or create anything from fiber arts. |
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