WHAT’S HAPPENING
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THURSDAY NIGHT JAZZ
October 2019 - June 2020, 8:00 PM (one set) $10/General Admission
Jamaica Arts Center. 161-04 Jamaica Avenue
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The 2019-2020 season series features some of today’s finest international emerging jazz musicians. Opening gig in October is the three-time Grammy Award winner Tivon Pennicott, with season include the best vocalist from Cuba Melvis Santa; the new Avant-garde voice Anna Webber; rising start drummer Jeremy Dutton; amazing improviser and pianist Luis Perdomo; Latvian singer Arta Jekabsone; Jamaican trumpet Giveton Gelin; vibraphonists Chris Dingman; and Thana Alexa, a Croatian jazz singer.
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
FALL SEMESTER
September 14 - December 7, 2019
Saturdays at 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, theater, digital arts, and visual arts.
SATURDAY FAMILY MATINEES
October 2019 - June 2020
Saturday 2:00 PM
$5 for all
The Saturday Family Matinee Series provides the family with much-needed quality theatrical and musical experiences. The series aims to introduce young kids to the magic of live performance with shows suitable for the whole family.
CELEBRATING A CREATIVE JAMAICA
Annual Fundraiser
Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 7 - 10 PM
at Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica, NY
Join the Board of Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning for a spectacular evening filled with live performances and special guests.
Honoring
Obba Babatundé, Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee
Marilyn Booker, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
and Jumaane D. Williams, Public Advocate of the City of New York
EXHIBITIONS
OPENING RECEPTION: October 10, 7:00 PM
ARTIST CO-OP 2018
ON VIEW: October 10, 2018 - January 10, 2019
WHERE-IN:
ARTWorks Two Fellow Artist Show
Oct 10 - Nov 9, 2019
Artist Reception:
Thursday, Oct 24, 2019, 6 - 9 PM
Where-in: 2019 ARTWorks, Inc Two Fellow Artist Show presents the work of Ifeatuanya (Ify) Chiejina and Julian Louis Phillips. The exhibition culminates their creative endeavors and celebrates the work that they have created during their artist-in-residence at JCAL.
ARTIST CO-OP
2019
November 21, 2019 - January 25, 2020
Once a membership based program, JCAL's Artist Co-Op has been reborn as the center's annual exhibition featuring emerging and mid-career artists from around the borough of Queens and NYC. The goal of the exhibition seeks to reflect the diversity, talent, and quality of work in the Visual Arts of Queens.
ARTWORKS
Group Show 2019
September 12 - October 5, 2019
Opening Reception:
Thursday, Sept 12, 2019, 6 - 9:00 PM
The inaugural exhibition culminating the first year of the ARTWorks, Inc., a professional development program of an artist residency & training seminar series.
VOLUMES:
Milford Graves
July 12 - August 24, 2019
This exhibit documented Graves'
research into the rhythms of the human heart that so inform his music. The exhibition is organized by the Queens Museum, curated by Sophia Maria Lucas. The installation was originally produced in conjunction with the Queens International 2018, is part of the Jamaica Downtown Jazz Festival at the Jamaica Arts Center.
MOODS and EXPRESSIONS
August 23 - September 30, 2018
MOODS AND EXPRESSIONS, A Caribbean Sensation that celebrates Caribbean artists living in metropolitan, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, with some of whom were seen in the documentary film “Plight Of The Caribbean Artists.”
_NEWEXPERIENCE
May 10 - July 18, 2018
Digital art and design exhibit in partnership with the Cynda Media Lab and the Fashion Institution of Technology.
LOVE & PEACE
Feb 15 - April 30, 2018
EMMETT WIGGLESWORTH
Resident of Jamaica Queens for more than 20 years, Emmett Wigglesworth is a muralist, painter, sculptor, fabric designer and poet who has been creating for over six decades.
EXPERIENCE JAMAICA CENTER FOR ARTS AND LEARNING (JCAL)
A Multidisciplinary Performing Arts & Visual Arts Center
JCAL is a non-profit organization that dedicated to offer quality visual, performing and literary arts, arts education and artistic programs to encourage participation in the arts
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161-04 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica, NY 11432, USA
(718) 658-7400
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