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BAA Public Meeting - Named Spaces
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss honorary names that have been proposed for various spaces in BAA's new building, including names connected to philanthropy.
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The Boston Arts Academy & Boston Arts Academy Foundation are hosting a public meeting to discuss the naming of spaces within the new building.
Attendees can expect an explanation of the naming conventions and the current recommendations. In addition, some history of individuals and their contribution to BAA's students and ongoing support will be highlighted as well.
For example, former Mayor of Boston and now U.S. Secretary of Labor, Marty J. Walsh, played a large role in BAA's leap into architectural modernity while serving as Boston's mayor.
Read More about Marty Walsh & BAA
U.S. Secretary of Labor Martin J. Walsh ensured that Boston Arts Academy received its own school building, in the Fenway, at its original site, with a 500-seat professional theatre. Excluding the theatre, he has helped secure funders who have provided BAA Foundation with $2,243,668 in monetary funding and $139,625 in In-Kind funding.
When he was mayor, Marty visited BAA several times and took a special interest in our school program. He sees BAA as having the potential to be the best public arts high school in the country, and he talks about BAA as an integral part of his vision for a vibrant arts community in Boston.
Marty Walsh is a son of Boston and comes from an immigrant family. He loves our students because he believes in them; and firmly believes a building is just a building; it is the people and the programs in the building that make the building work.
As Mayor, Marty believed that artistic, academic, and civic talent was equally distributed throughout the neighborhoods of Boston; and he also knew that opportunity was not. He knew that the Boston Arts Academy had been presented with many substandard solutions to its space needs over the years and believed we needed a home of our own.
From the theatre to the stage to the fitness center, there are multiple opportunities to have a name on a place which will help ensure that the school's legacy remains intact and the students are supported for generations to come.
We hope you can join us, learn about the process, and lend an ear. There are exciting and amazing things happening as we look to the Grand Opening of the new BAA school building!
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