Hyde Park Art Association

The Hyde Park Art Association runs the Menino Arts Center, a community arts center on the second floor of the George Robert White Building in Hyde Park’s Logan Square. The center hosts art exhibitions in three galleries, workshops for children and adults, concerts and poetry readings, and it offers affordable studio space. Programming runs 12 months a year and is aimed at everyone from young people to adult artists and artists-in-the-making.

The association sees itself as part of Boston’s wider arts scene and is open to collaborating on events with other Boston arts groups. Its members show work in juried exhibitions both at the center and off-site, including at the Mayor’s Office Gallery at Boston City Hall, and the galleries also host shows by outside groups such as the Monotype Guild of New England. A 2nd Thursday poetry reading series features guest poets, and evening concerts feature guest musicians.

What to Know

• Membership brings workshop discounts and the chance to submit work to member exhibitions.
• The building has a wheelchair ramp and a small elevator to the second-floor center.
• The space is donated by the George Robert White Trust.
• Gallery visits outside regular hours can be arranged by appointment.