Welcome Back!!

Welcome back VA! We hope you had an excellent summer enjoying the outdoors, making art, reading, working, and relaxing! We are excited about this school year and all the new things it brings. There is a new schedule which will allow many of you upper house va to participate in programs outside of school. We have a new intern from MassArt, Ms.Sullivan. Across the school we will be focusing on Seriousness of Purpose and what it looks like in our classes. More to come on all these things and more! Get ready for a rigorous and challenging year together!

Sidekick theft awareness design competition

Mayor Menino's office along with the Boston Police Department held a competition for a Boston Public School student to design a Sidekick theft awareness poster. The winning design will be printed, hung in every Boston Public School, as well as on the MBTA transit system. The Boston Arts Academy Visual Arts department is proud to announce that Ricardo Reid, a 10th grade Visual Artist, has won the design competition. Mayor Menino, Boston Police Commissioner, Transit Police Chief, along with other members of the Boston Police, the 10th grade Visual Art class, and members of our school community all attended a ceremony celebrating BAA's participation and Ricardo's winning design. Please congrtulate Ricardo on his great accomplishment next time you see him!

Maya Lin Opening

On May 8th Ms.Marsh and Mr.Edwards embarked on a journey to Storm King, a sculpture park located in Mountainville New York, with 5 visual art 9th graders: Amber Torres, Althea Bennett, Andy Beltre, Mimi Phan, and Ras Kassa Ramsey. They bravely crossed the Hudson River at special invitation to the opening of Maya Lin's newest piece, "Waves". Students experienced the entire sculpture park and had the distinct honor of meeting Maya Lin. Please ask these 5 students to share their experiences from their trip!

Artist Philemon Hlungane Visits the 9th grade Visual Artists

On Thursday April 16th the 9th grade visual artists had a special opportunity to talk with and see the work of South African Artist, Philemon Hlungane. Philemon makes his art at Artist Proof Studio in South Africa, and is in the U.S. doing an artist residency in New York City. He came to the 9th grade class and shared some of his story and his prints with us. He asked the students why they like art, and he shared with them that he can't help but be an artist, it is in his blood. Alida Straut agreed and shared that several of her family members are also artists. It was a fun and exciting conversation for anyone present; including Philemon's thrilling use of scissors, ask anyone who was there! The 9th grade thanks Philemon for coming to BAA to share his work!

VA Senior Show 2009

Come support our VA Seniors as they exhibit their works of art in the Sandra and Philip Gordon Gallery (on the first floor of BAA)!!

Senior Exhibition 2009
April 30th-May 22nd
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 30th, 5-7pm

Sandra and Philip Gordon Gallery
Boston Arts Academy
174 Ipswich Street
Boston, MA 02215

Gallery Hours
Monday-Friday 8am-4pm

COLLEGE BOUND!!

Congratulations to our Visual Arts Seniors on their acceptances to college!!

Reno Rosales: UMASS Boston with a John and Abigail Adams Scholarship (Full Tuition Scholarship!)
Josephine Yu: UMASS Boston
Rochester Institute of Technology
California State University at Northridge
Gallaudet University
Yamira Serret: Amherst College (Full Tuition Scholarship!)
Hampshire College (Full Tuition Scholarship!)
Bard College
Smith College
Vassar College
Tufts University (Full Tuition Scholarship!)
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Antonio Barbosa: UMASS Boston
UMASS Dartmouth
UMASS Lowell
Jared Harrison: Becker College
Johnson and Wales University
Julia Andreasson: Massachusetts College of Art and Design with a $1000 Scholastic
Portfolio Scholarship Award
UMASS Boston with a John and Abigail Adams Scholarship (Full Tuition
Scholarship!)
Johnny Eng: Becker College
Johnson and Wales University
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
Jade Thacker: Massachusetts College of Art and Design (Full Tuition!)
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston with an $18,000 Rosoff Award
School of Visual Art
Pratt
Art Institute of Boston
Tufts University
Emily Rusk: Pratt at Munson-Williams-Proctor
UMASS Dartmouth
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Sarina Mazzella: UMASS Boston
UMASS Lowell
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Ali Ozedmir: Art Institute of Boston
Massachusetts College of Art and Design with a $10,000 Rosoff Award
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

We are so proud of our seniors for all their accomplishments! Please congratulate them when you see them!

VA students and teachers paint with BSO String Quartet

On February 24, 2009 10 Visual art students painted alongside a live Boston Symphony Orchestra String Quartet. More photos and information to follow! Congratulations!