Professional Arts Consortium

The Professional Arts Consortium (also known as ProArts) is an association of six Boston, Massachusetts institutions of higher education which emphasize the visual, applied, and performing arts. The consortium allows for shared resources, such as libraries, between member schools. Students of member schools may also cross-register for courses in any other member school. It also maintains the Boston Arts Academy (BAA), a partnership with the Boston Public Schools. It is made up of Berklee College of Music, Boston Architectural College, Boston Conservatory, Emerson College, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.

History

The Professional Arts Consortium (ProArts) was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1984. Read below to find out more about how ProArts came into being and the diverse programs run by ProArts throughout the years.

  • Spring 2010

Launch of online neighborhood ProArts Connect, found at www.proartsconnect.org.

  • Fall 2004

New ProArts Website, www.proarts.org, launched.

  • Spring 2004

Emerson College hosts interdisciplinary, inter-institutional course entitled, “Invisible Cities, Interventions.”

  • April 2003

ProArts hosts “Defining the Future of ProArts Conference” at the Boston Architectural Center.

  • February 2001, April 2002

ProArts holds “Chairing the Academic Department” conference in collaboration with the Colleges of the Fenway Consortium.

  • June 2001

Boston Arts Academy celebrates its first graduating class

  • September 1998

Boston Arts Academy opens its doors.

  • October 1994

Boston School Committee notifies ProArts that proposal submitted for arts high school, the Boston Arts Academy, submitted in September, has been accepted by the city.

  • January 1993

First “Careers in the Arts” program held at the Museum of Fine Arts.

  • October 1990

Berklee College of Music accepted as sixth member of the ProArts Consortium, effective January 1, 1991

  • May 1985

ProArts sponsors the first of two annual teachers conferences for arts educators in the area.

  • April 1985

ProArts joins Mass Higher Education Consortium (MHEC) with provides substantial savings for members via access to state contracts.

  • June 1984

ProArts Summer, a six-weeks residency program for artistically talented high school students in Massachusetts, sponsored by the Consortium and funded by the State Board of Regents and the Mass Council for the Arts and Humanities. The program is offered again for two more years.

  • May 21, 1984

Professional Arts Consortium, consisting of the Boston Architectural Center, Massachusetts College of Art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Emerson College, and the Boston Conservatory of Music, incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

  • Fall 1983

Cross-Registration begins at all five Consortium institutions. First collaborative course, “Situations in the Contemporary Arts,” offered through MassArt.

  • July 1983

Arts Festival sponsored by the Consortium held on Peddocks Island

  • May 1983

Proposal for developing a summer arts program for high school students submitted to the Massachusetts Board of Regents.

  • Fall, 1982

Berklee College of Music invited to attend meetings of the Task Force and participate in activities.

  • September 1982

Art House, an inter-arts residency program, begins with a director and 50 students from the BAC, MassArt, the SMFA, and Emerson College. The Program is housed in the Emerson dormitory, Fensgate.

  • November 1981

Academic Deans of the Boston Consortium of Professional Arts being meeting to discuss a joint seminar course, “Contemporary Issues in the Arts.”

  • September 1981

The Beaudoin Report or “Consortium Task Force Final Report,” written by D. Bee Beaudoin in conjunction with Task Force members from the Boston Architectural Center, Massachusetts College of Art, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Emerson College, and the Boston Conservatory of Music is completed. The study for an arts consortium recommends goals, area of cooperative activities, and benefits to the member institutions and to the Boston area. (It was noted that the New England Conservatory of Music also participated in formal discussions concerning the Consortium over this period.)

  • September 1980

A Task Force of the Boston Consortium of the Professional Arts, appointed by the CEOs of the Boston Architectural Center, Massachusetts College of Art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Emerson College, and the New England Conservatory of Music meets to study collaborative programs among these institutions.

  • August 1980

The Presidents of the Boston Architectural Center, Massachusetts College of Art, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and the New England Conservatory of Music submit to the City of Boston a proposal that would transform Peddock’s Island in Boston Harbor into an “Art Park.” The concept for the park included an art camp to provide arts training for talented young people, weekend arts festivals, continuing education courses, and conferences. Although supported by many, including the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, the proposal was not accepted.

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