About two weeks ago, I took some time out of my lovely Saturday to help a friend of mine with a little project, the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, a non-profit organization in Jamaica, Queens NY. There's a variety of programs, that kids as young as 5 to young adults. JCAL holds classes every Saturday. These include a variety of dance classes; Ballet, hip-hop, jazz, and tap. Music Classes: singing, guitar, and keyboard lessons. Drama Classes for the one's interested in learning the mechanisms of Acting. They even hold classes on Martial Arts. JCAL also holds a lot of Visual Arts classes, for those young kids who want to learn how to draw, paint, ceramics, and the basic mechanics of art in general.
This organization is a great facility for lovers of Art, I think it's a beautiful way to showcase the importance of the Arts in young kids lives. This organization begin readily available for kids in the area, is just an example of how creative and imaginative kids can get. I love the Arts, I was an active member in High School, I did Band, Choir, and Drama Club. I can't stress enough the importance of this program. JCAL is a wonderful example of encouraging kids to go out and have fun.
A gallery, where photographers may hold a showing of their work.
Inside the gallery
A little history on African Art
Inside a Acting Class
Young Ballet Dancers
Hip-Hop Class
A lesson on Hip-Hop happening
Inside look at a singing class, here a student is learning how to read notes on a scale, the very basics of reading music.
An instructor engaging in ballet class with her students
Ballet students learning a routine
Learning the mechanics of ballet
A look inside the Dance Studio
That's a wrap! Photographing at JCAL was a wonderful experience, it was packed with a bunch of young students, excited to learn about music, dance, or even art. Thank you Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning for letting me take photos here.
The Arts are forever!!!
Take a look into their Website: http://www.jcal.org/
