Thank you to the 450+ guests and generous sponsors who joined us for Honors 2025, Boston Arts Academy Foundation’s signature annual event and largest source of unrestricted funding for Boston Arts Academy. Inspired by the Kennedy Center Honors, this celebration recognizes leaders across the school’s arts majors—Dance, Fashion Design & Technology, Music, Television & Film, and Visual Arts—as well as Honors in Civic Responsibility. Together, our community helped raise $1.4 million to support public arts education and ensure that Boston Arts Academy students continue to access educational equity and life-changing opportunities for generations to come. 

 

Guests enjoyed unforgettable performances by legendary artists Johnny Gill, Melissa Manchester, and Melba Moore, alongside BAA alumni and students including Leah Pires ’25, Jason Price ’17, and current BAA performers. Our deepest gratitude to Pamela D. A. Reeve for serving as Co-Chair with Denella J. Clark, to Raynya Simmons for emceeing, to the full Honors 2025 Leadership Circle, and to the BAAF Board of Directors for making this extraordinary evening possible.