Boston Arts Academy

Boston Arts Academy
Boston Arts Academy building
School building
Address
Map
11 Charles St.

,
02122

United States
Information
School typePublic high school
Founded1998
School districtBoston Public Schools
DeanTyrone Sutton, Arts Dean
Joy Bautista, Academic Dean
HeadmasterAnne R. Clark
Grades9-12
Enrollment437 (2015-16)[1]
Classes offeredAcademics, The Arts
Hours in school day8
AffiliationsProArts Consortium
Websitebostonartsacademy.org

Boston Arts Academy (BAA) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA is Boston's first and only high school for the visual and performing arts and is a partnership between Boston Public Schools and the ProArts Consortium.[2] ProArts, a group of six arts colleges and universities in the Boston area, pushed the city to open the school, which was founded in 1998. The Consortium continues to support the school with performance space, music lessons and free college-level classes to BAA students.[3]

BAA won the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Schools of Distinction in Arts Education Award for the 2009–2010 school year from the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network.[4]

Construction of new facilities at 174 Ipswich Street commenced July 1, 2018, leading to relocation of both Boston Arts Academy and the Boston Arts Academy Foundation.

Original building of the Boston Arts Academy partially demolished, January 2019
  1. ^ "Boston Arts Academy". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  2. ^ Boston Arts Academy: Overview Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Professional Arts Consortium Retrieved February 16, 2011
  3. ^ Grace Rubenstein, "How to Grow Students' Opportunities Through Private Partnerships" Edutopia, The George Lucas Educational Foundation. (October 2006). Retrieved February 15, 2011
  4. ^ "National Schools of Distinction Winners" 1998 - 2011 Archived October 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Retrieved February 15, 2011