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Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning Presents
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
Jamaica Art Center (JAC) 161-04 Jamaica Avenue
Saturdays, 10am – 3pm JCAL School of the Arts classes @JAC studios
JAMAICA QUEENS, NYC - Saturdays at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL) are days for exploring one’s creative side. JCAL’s School of the
Arts offers weekly hour-long classes on everything from ceramics to Hip Hop dance to comic book creation to acting, singing, and so much more. Kids,
teens, adults, and seniors all have options to hone their skills and have fun with dance, music, theatre, digital arts, and visual arts.
JCAL is a multi-disciplinary art center that celebrates creative expression by promoting the works of visual and performing artists, and provides
accessible education programs that encourage participation in the arts. JCAL’s programs for children, teens, and adults include a multicultural series of
music, theater, and dance performances; film screenings and lectures; contemporary visual arts exhibitions; in-school artist residencies; a series of over
50 different arts classes; and free or low-cost after-school and summer programs.
Spring Semester Recital:
Saturday, June 8, 2019 at 4pm
The performance is held at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC).
Students interested in registering for JCAL’s School of the Arts can sign up online at www.jcal.org/schoolofthearts, call 718-658-7400 x144, or visit us
Monday-Saturday 10am-2pm. All classes take place at Jamaica Arts Center (JAC), located at 161-04 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, New York.
The Organization: Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL)
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL) founded in 1972, is a multidisciplinary arts center based in the heart of Southeast Queens, the most
densely culturally diverse community in the United States. Its mission is to offer high quality and accessible arts and cultural programing that expose
communities to all disciplines, encouraging greater understanding and participation in the arts.
JCAL’s cultural campus includes two buildings, the Jamaica Arts Center (JAC) 161-04 Jamaica Avenue and the Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC),
located 1 block away 153-10 Jamaica from JAC helping build a Jamaica Avenue Cultural Corridor.
JCAL, an incubator for creativity, is a 47-year-old multidisciplinary urban arts center built by and for the Southeast Queens community. JCAL programs
represent and serve the diverse communities of Queens (over 185 languages spoken) and NYC. More than 52,000 people of all ages and backgrounds
come through our doors engaging in our children, teens, and adult programs including multicultural series in music, theater, and dance performances;
film screenings and lectures; contemporary visual arts exhibitions; in-school artist residencies; a series of nearly 50 different art workshops; and free or
low-cost after-school and summer programs.
JCAL’s programs are made possible by Mertz Gilmore Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State
Council on the Arts, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, Resort World Casino, American Airlines and individual contributions.
JCAL receives ongoing general operating support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with support from Mayor Bill de Blasio, Queens
Borough President Melinda Katz, the Queens Delegation of the New York
City Council, New York City Councilman I. Daneek Miller, Councilman
Barry Grodenchik, Councilman Rory Lancman, and Councilwoman
Adrienne Adams, New York State Regional Economic Development
Council.
All inquiries regarding this program should be sent to Jamaica Center
for Arts and Learning
Associate Director of Education, Patrick Scorese: pscorese@jcal.org.
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