Barrington Edwards
Visual Arts Faculty
Barrington Edwards is of Jamaican parentage and the first of his immediate family born in the U.S. Born and raised in Boston Ma. Barrington attended Boston Public Schools and is well acquainted with the system from the perspective of a student. He graduated from Boston Latin Academy in 1990 while it was still housed in the "big yellow monster" at 174 Ipswich St.
He attended Hampton University in Virginia for one year then transferred to the Massachusetts College of Art where he eventually earned both a BFA in Communication Design and a MSAE in Art Education.
He has since worked vigorously in the worlds of art and design, education and community development. Barrington has worked with organizations such as Gang Peace, the Roxbury Multi- Service Center, the Jamaican Progressive Society, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, the Gallivan Community Center and several others.
He has taught at Cathedral High, McKinley Vocational High, and McKinley Middle schools in addition to several summer programs, including Exploration Intermediate Program at Wellesley College.
Barrington is currently a tenured member of the Visual Arts faculty at the Boston Arts Academy. In 2004 he was awarded a Surdna fellowship and traveled to Japan where he studied Japanese art and animation. In 2009 Mr. Edwards, along with the entire BAA visual arts department, was awarded the Massachusetts College of Art and Design Award for Excellence in Art Education. In addition to being a teacher, Mr. Edwards also works as an educational consultant, and artist and activist in the field of entertainment, promoting new and creative venues for the arts.
Future goals for Barrington include acquiring real estate to develop as affordable working studios, retail space, galleries, and community art programs for artists of the inner city.
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