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Wellesley Resident Named BAA Honors 2020 Co-Chair
Wellesley resident Sue Brady Hartigan, on-air personality, iHeartRadio will co-chair the annual BAA Honors celebration on May 2, 2020.
Boston, MA (October 15, 2019)—Boston Arts Academy Foundation today announced that Sue Brady Hartigan, on-air personality, iHeartRadio and Lee Michael Kennedy, president and CEO, Lee Kennedy Co., Inc., will co-chair its annual BAA Honors celebration on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at the Rose Kennedy Ballroom, InterContinental Boston. Event proceeds will support Boston Arts Academy, Boston’s only public high school for the visual and performing arts.
“We are delighted that Sue and Lee will co-chair BAA Honors in 2020,” said Denella Clark, president of Boston Arts Academy Foundation, which raises essential funds for Boston Arts Academy’s specialized arts curriculum and provides free access for 469 students each year. “It’s wonderful to have the participation of two well-known Bostonians at this celebratory event for our community, helping to raise awareness and support so that we can continue to provide access to arts education for future generations.”
Sue Brady Hartigan is a radio host on 100.7, WZLX, Boston’s Classic Radio. She also co-produces The Public Affairs Show for WBMX-Boston and is a contributor for Boston Common. She is involved with various organizations throughout Boston, including Boston Children's Hospital, The Ellie Fund, ArtbeCAUSE, The Vernon Cancer Center, Boston Athletic Association, The Bruins Foundation, Boston Medical Center, Red Sox Foundation, Back On My Feet, Rosie's Place, The Esplanade Association, Shriner's, St. Jude's, Walker School and Susan Komen. She is a strong advocate for mental illness affecting children and is the proud daughter of a veteran.
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“As a performer myself, I’m proud to be a part of this event that celebrates the amazing Boston Arts Academy students, alumni and faculty,” said Brady Hartigan. “My career in radio started at 15 years old when Boston Radio Legend Sunny Joe White hired me to work for Kiss 108FM, so I am thrilled to support the passion for the arts that is so clearly visible in each and every student at Boston Arts Academy.”
Lee Michael Kennedy is president and CEO of Lee Kennedy Co., Inc., a full-service construction firm providing feasibility analysis, preconstruction, construction management and general contracting services to the Academic, Interiors, Healthcare/Life Sciences, Commercial Development, Historic Restoration, Hotel/Residential and Retail markets. Kennedy supports many community and social causes, including the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester where he serves as Chairman of the Board, Claddagh Fund, College Bound Dorchester and Neighborhood House Charter School. He is also involved in organizations such as Urban Land Institute, Boston Architectural College and UMass Boston’s Board of Visitors.
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“I had an incredible time at BAA Honors last year and I’m excited to co-chair this year’s event,” said Kennedy, who is leading construction of the school’s new $125 million facility at its Fenway location to be completed in September 2021. “I’m looking forward to another fantastic event celebrating all forms of art with hundreds of supporters who share a passion for the arts throughout the city of Boston.”
BAA Honors’ media partner is NBC Boston triopoly: NECN, NBC10 Boston and Telemundo Boston, dedicated to celebrating Boston’s love for arts education, diversity and inclusion.
For more information, please visit https://bostonartsacademy.org/baahonors/.
About Boston Arts Academy
Founded in 1998 as the city’s only public high school for the visual and performing arts, Boston Arts Academy (BAA) has distinguished itself among urban public high schools as a leader in innovative and effective student-centered education. Consistently recognized locally and nationally for its achievements, BAA exemplifies the power of an arts-rich education, as more than 1,600 BAA graduates have found success in college through the arts. In fact, for the past four years, at least 97% of BAA graduates are accepted to college, with most being first-generation college attendees. BAA’s dynamic program prepares graduates to be critical thinkers, effective communicators, collaborators and creators. Students come from all 23 Boston neighborhoods to receive the formal arts training and academic instruction that will make them Boston’s next generation of artists and cultural leaders. This is the only such opportunity within the Boston Public Schools.
In October 2018, the BAA community broke ground on a new $125 million facility at its Fenway location, which will expand from 121,000 square feet to 153,500 square feet upon its completion in 2021. Among many highlights, it will include new and much-needed enhanced theatres, career center, academic classrooms, dance studios, music practice rooms and fashion technology studios and workspace. When BAA opens its new school building, the number of students enrolled will increase to 500, and eventually grow to 650 over the years.
About Boston Arts Academy Foundation
Established in 1999, the Boston Arts Academy Foundation (BAA Foundation) is an independent non-profit organization that raises essential funds from private philanthropic sources to augment the BAA school budget. Boston Public School dollars support BAA’s academic offerings. The BAA Foundation annually raises $5,000 for each of BAA’s 469 students to keep the “arts” and other critical student supports in Boston Arts Academy.
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