School Partnerships

Step Into Art programs reach over 300 Boston children each year through partnerships with schools all across the city. We partner with five Boston Public Schools to offer a variety of rich learning experiences for third-grade students featuring art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, French and American paintings from the MFA, Boston, and the portraiture of Kehinde Wiley. We also have built a unique, longstanding sixth-grade partnership program with Mother Caroline Academy in Dorchester engaging students with portraits from the Harvard Art Museums and emphasizing studio projects inspired by contemporary Black artists. Our sixth-grade program for 2023-2024 features textile artist Gio Swaby and her solo exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum. All of our programs actively engage children with great works of art from Boston-area museums and provide new opportunities for creativity and self-expression through art-making and writing. Read more about our third-grade and sixth-grade partnership programs by clicking on the links below.

3RD GRADE PROGRAM

Featuring the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, or the
Portraiture of Kehinde Wiley

  • RICHARD J. MURPHY K-8 SCHOOL, DORCHESTER
  • CURTIS GUILD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EAST BOSTON
  • WARREN-PRESCOTT K-8 SCHOOL, CHARLESTOWN
  • HALEY PILOT SCHOOL, ROSLINDALE
  • LEE ACADEMY PILOT SCHOOL, DORCHESTER

6TH GRADE PROGRAM

Featuring the Harvard Art Museums or the Peabody Essex Museum

  • MOTHER CAROLINE ACADEMY, DORCHESTER