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- EIN 11-2478709
- 718-658-7400
- 161-04 Jamaica Ave Jamaica NY 11432 USA
- www.jcal.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts Education, Arts Services, Performing Arts Centers, Performing Arts Schools
Mission: Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL) is a non-profit organization that offers visual, performing and literary arts, arts education and artists’ programs to encourage participation in the arts and to contribute to the cultural enrichment of Queens and the Greater Metropolitan area.
Results: Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning is a multidisciplinary urban arts center located in the diverse community of Southeast Queens. More than 25,000 people of all ages and backgrounds participate in our wide array of education, performing arts, and visual arts programs annually. Today, the Center’s neo-Renaissance building features a 1,650 square foot visual arts gallery, a 99-seat proscenium theater, three painting and three dance studios, a ceramics studio, a computer lab, and a newly renovated music studio. Our 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 nearly 50 different arts workshops; and free or low-cost after-school and summer programs.
Target demographics: children, teens, adults, and artists of all disciplines
Direct beneficiaries per year: 35,000 NYC residents and artists
Geographic areas served: Jamaica, Queens and have programs that reach out the Greater Metropolitan area.
Programs: a multicultural series of music, theater, and dance performances; film screenings and lectures; contemporary visual arts exhibitions; in-school artist residencies; a series of nearly 50 different arts workshops; and free or low-cost after-school and summer programs.