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NECC visits the Museum of Fine Arts

 
A group of students, staff and faculty in a group photo, standing and smiling at the camera.
NECC staff, students and other participants as a group at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Photo by Editor-in-Chief Lidia Ramirez

Northern Essex Community visits the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA. On Feburary 20, students, staff , and extra participants joined together for an exciting and educational visit to one of the most famous muesum’s. 

A man stands in front of a large painting and talks about it to a crowd at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Photo by Editor-in-Chief Lidia Ramirez

Coordinated by the Associate Director of Lawrence Campus and Community Relations, Giselle Peguero Grullon and funded by the White Fund, the trip was led by former Lawrence High School Art teacher David Meehan. 

A man with a microphone speaks to a group of people on a bus.
Photo by Editor-in-Chief Lidia Ramirez

“Through the White Fund Enlightenment Series, NECC proudly brought our students, staff, and members of the Lawrence community to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to experience something truly special paintings from the White Fund collection currently on display at the MFA.

A crowd of people look at art on the wall at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Photo by Editor-in-Chief Lidia Ramirez

This visit was more than a museum tour. It was a moment of connection and pride. Seeing works that belong to our community displayed in one of the world’s leading art institutions. 

Bringing Lawrence residents into that space reinforces the mission of the White Fund: expanding access, deepening cultural engagement, and ensuring that world-class art is not distant, but shared.

When our community sees its legacy represented on such a stage, it affirms that these spaces belong to all of us.

A group of people walk through a corridor with a large green plant in the Museum of Fine Arts
Photo by Editor-in-Chief Lidia Ramirez

When asked, “Do you think that students are more engaged unto their cuccicular activities and academic works by visiting the Museum of Fine Arts?” 

Two women stand in the Museum of Fine Arts and look at a painting on the wall.
Photo by Editor-in-Chief Lidia Ramirez
A group of people look at a painting in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Photo by Editor-in-Chief Lidia Ramirez

Meehan responds, “You can see how it relates to what you’re studying in school. It’s not the same as the pictures you see when reading in the textbooks, it’s better because you can see it in person.”