Our name comes from the organization founded by John Hancock, John Adams, and John Bowdoin in Boston in 1780. The Academy of Arts and Sciences charter statement boasts that the "design of the institution is...to cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honour, dignity, and happiness of a free, independent, and virtuous people." The charter was written by men in wigs who ate mutton for lunch. It is more than noble and every bit unachievable.

Since opening in 2011, Arts & Sciences has produced compelling, award-winning content across multiple platforms: advertising for television and online, music videos, fine art films, original scripted content, and short films for clients like Nike, Facebook, Google, Volkswagen, AT&T, Beats by Dre, Apple, and for music artists Sam Smith, A $AP Rocky, and Coldplay. Arts & Sciences work has been honored at the Cannes Lions Festival, The One Show, The Clios, The D&ADs, The Andys, and the AICP Show at MOMA. Arts & Sciences was included in AdAge's Production Company A-List in 2015, 2016, 2017, & 2019.