Creativity is alive in the Boston Public Schools. Come take a look! BPS students have access to a wide range of arts opportunities, both in schools and through our arts partners. Together, arts teachers and community artists help Boston youth to think creatively and critically, discover possibilities, and express ideas. The BPS Visual & Performing Arts Department supports this work through district-wide resources, BPS Arts Expansion, and a host of partner programs.
March is Youth Art Month
Join us at City Hall for BPS Arts' annual month-long celebration of visual arts! PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
Baldwin Early Learning Pilot Academy Boston Arts Academy Charlestown High School Curley K-8 School David A. Ellis Elementary School Dr. Martin Luther King Elementary School Dr. William H. Henderson K-12 Inclusion School East Boston High School Edward Everett Elementary School Ellis Mendell Elementary School, Excel High School Harvard-Kent Elementary School K-6 Hugh R O'Donnell Elementary School James F. Condon School John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science Joseph P. Tynan Elementary School Josiah Quincy Elementary School Joyce Kilmer Lower School Joyce Kilmer Upper School Mary K. Lyon High School Phineas Bates Elementary School Roger Clap Elementary School Sarah Greenwood K-8 School Thomas J. Kenny Elementary School Warren-Prescott K-8 School |
Bloomberg Arts Internship
Due April 26th | Invite Your Student to Apply Here
The Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI) program provides Boston high school juniors with full-time, paid summer administrative employment at arts and culture organizations. Throughout the 7-week program, interns attend cohort meetings where they receive executive coaching, discover post-secondary opportunities, and explore Boston's arts and cultural landscape. Interns will be paid $19+ an hour for up to 30 hours per week from June 2024 - August 2024.
Due April 26th | Invite Your Student to Apply Here
The Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI) program provides Boston high school juniors with full-time, paid summer administrative employment at arts and culture organizations. Throughout the 7-week program, interns attend cohort meetings where they receive executive coaching, discover post-secondary opportunities, and explore Boston's arts and cultural landscape. Interns will be paid $19+ an hour for up to 30 hours per week from June 2024 - August 2024.
Register for Boston Symphony Orchestra's Days in the Arts at BPS
Access the registration form for Summer 2024 here
Cohort 1: July 15-19 | Cohort 2: July 22-26
Access the registration form for Summer 2024 here
Cohort 1: July 15-19 | Cohort 2: July 22-26
The Days in the Arts (DARTS) free summer day camp has been sponsored by the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1969, and has grown into a vibrant collaboration with Boston Public Schools. Middle school students (entering grades 6 - 8 in the Fall of 2024) experience a weeklong immersion in musical, visual, and theater arts with instruction from BPS educators and local artists from the Greater Boston community. In addition, students take special trips to Symphony Hall in Boston and Tanglewood, the BSO’s summer home in the Berkshires, to visit the renowned Tanglewood Music Center.
The Arts Advantage: Impacts of Arts Education on Boston Students
Released in May 2021, this research study highlights the role that increased access to arts education has on student engagement as measured by reductions in absenteeism; increases in parent engagement; and the strengthening of school climate. Read the report here.
"The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather, paintings and poetry, music and fashion, design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation."
MICHELLE OBAMA, FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES
MICHELLE OBAMA, FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES