Thank you for joining us at Honors 2025!

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 GillMelissa Manchester, and Melba Moore, alongside BAA alumni and students including Leah Pires ’25Jason 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.

Save the Date for Honors 2026

Join us on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at MGM Music Hall at Fenway for our signature annual celebration of the arts and educational equity. Honors is BAAF’s largest fundraiser of the year and showcases extraordinary student talent and outstanding leaders across the school’s majors.

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Congratulations to our 2025 Honorees

Dianne Walker

Dance Honoree

David Josef

Fashion Honoree

Eliza Dushku Palandjian

TV + Film Honoree

Ieasha James

Visual Art Honoree

Johnny Gill

Music Honoree

Grace Lee

Civic Responsibility Honoree

Donnie Wahlberg

Lifetime Achievement Honoree

Thank You To Our Sponsors!

Platinum Sponsors

Pamela D. A. Reeve

Delta Air Lines

Red Sox Foundation

Jill & Dean Bosco

Clifton Larson Allen

NBC Boston

The Boston Globe

Thomas G. Stemberg

Charitable Foundation

Katherine Chapman Stemberg &

William Schnoor

Stephanie L. Brown

Copper Mill

Sandy & Paul Edgerley

Kathy & Damon Hart

Denise & Cain Hayes

Main Street Bank

Steven & Susan Pollock

Related Beal

Regan Communications Group

Rockland Trust

Raynya & Omar Simmons

The Patriots Foundation

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Aramark

American Tower

Berklee College of Music

Boston Medical Center

Health System

Kristin Canty

CareQuest Institute

for Oral Health

Carole C. Remick Foundation

EY

Hector & Nivia Piña

Jed Davidson

Michael Douvadjian

InsuranceLab New England

Lorena Silva & Chris Herman

MeetBoston

Cathy Minehan

Party Rental Ltd.

Perkins Eastman

Kristen Standish

Terri & Jeff Rosica

TJX Companies

Reddit

Vitra Health

VizSense

Woods Hill Group

Wilson Butler Architects

Cora Yamagata

ArtsEmerson

Briinspired Designs

Busby Family Trust

Celebrity Series of Boston

Clear Channel

Davio’s

Donnie Wahlberg

E Design

Endless Flair Events

Christy Cashman

Fantasy Dance Floors

Giovanni DeCunto

Handmade By Rita

iHeart Media

JetBlue

Joy Expressions

Lei Stylez Custom Design

Mark Wahlberg Foundation

Martignetti Companies

MGM Music Hall at Fenway

Mel Andrade Designs

New Edition

Park MGM Las Vegas

Party Rental Ltd.

Petal and Vine Florals

Priti Design Co.

Upscale Balloon Designs

WaterKolours Fine Art Gallery

Xarti Arts