New Boston Arts Academy

Demo Complete for New Boston Arts Academy

Demolition of the former postal warehouse along Ipswich Street in the Fenway is now complete to make way for the new Boston Arts Academy. The upcoming 153,500 square foot school will feature a 500 seat auditorium and a smaller black box theatre and both film screening  Other amenities will include 4 dance studios a grand orchestra hall and other music rooms, a visual arts studio, a photography room with a dark room, an exhibition studio and a computer graphics workroom. 

City Breaks Ground on New Boston Arts Academy

Mayor Walsh along with representatives from with the Boston Public Schools (BPS), and the Boston Arts Academy (BAA) broke ground on the upcoming $125 million state-of-the-art facility last week. As part of the renovation, the school will expand from approximately 121,000 square feet to 153,500 square feet.

The new building will feature a bold glass façade, theatre marquee, and rooftop green space along with a massive auditorium with a balcony and catwalk.  Also included will be a smaller black box theatre and both film screening and storage rooms. Four dance studios will be constructed on site, as well as a grand orchestra hall, a choral room, recording studios, piano labs, ensemble rooms and dozens of music practice rooms. A visual arts studio will include separate studios for 2D and 3D art, a photography room with a dark room, an exhibition studio and a computer graphics workroom. For fashion instruction, a large clothing construction lab will be built alongside a styling and design studio.

Construction is expected to be complete in 2021.

$124.8 million new home in the works for Fenway’s Boston Arts Academy

Boston Arts Academy, a public school located across from Fenway Park that caters to the arts, will build a brand new $124.8 million building that will replace its’ aging campus. The existing building, a former postal warehouse, is set to be torn down after the 2018 Boston Red Sox baseball season and subsequently replaced with the new five-story building.

Amenities at the new building will include a massive auditorium, a smaller black box theater, four dance studios, a grand orchestra hall, a choral room, art studios and a clothing construction lab. Boston Arts Academy will conduct operations within swing space at Dorchester Academy in Fields Corner during construction of the new building. Boston’s City Council has unanimously backed the school’s plan. Boston Arts Academy looks to secure funding for the new building in early 2018, and move into the Fields Corner swing space in time for the 2018-2019 academic year.