KLartsalive!

The faculty submit proposals to ArtsALIVE! which then obtains matching financing from BOCES Arts-in-Education grants. The money you give goes directly to these programs.

2011-12:

• What better way to study Romanticism in the AP European History course than to visit the Caramoor Museum? This is the 11th year Mr. Morales-Thompson will bring his classes to meet with Scott Ellison, the head of the Caramoor Educational Department, where an exciting day will include a tour through the museum’s artwork, a musical performance by Andrew Armstrong, an accomplished pianist, and hands on horticultural work. Students report that the entire day is one terrific learning experience.
• Visiting Filmmaker Ross Kaufman will present his award winning documentary, Born into Brothels, a short work, Wait for Me and share his filmmaking process with 59 students in grades 10-12. The students are from Take Two and Digital moviemaking Classes taught by Ms. Nerwen and Ms. Veleas. The students are especially looking forward to the question and answer period with this renowned filmmaker.
• Mid Hudson Valley Shakespeare
• Annual VIP Spring Trip to Lincoln Center offers an opportunity for 65 of Ms. Amy Geiger’s students to travel to NYC and experience a concert with the NY Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, to participate in a backstage tour of the Lincoln Center complex and to attend an evening performance at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Students are taken on a musical journey exploring the work of saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter’s music beyond The Sound Barrier. The music directly connects to our JJHS curriculum and the NYS Learning Standards for the Arts. One of the highlights of this program is the live rehearsal in progress that the students get a glimpse of!
• Improvisation Training Workshop for the JJHS Improv Club: An Improvisational Teaching Artist provided background information on the Improvisational art form, guided students through theatre games and exercises, and introduced them to short form and long form Improvisation. Under the Artist’s guidance, students created scenes, acted them out, and learned how to critique scenes. Throughout the program, emphasis was placed on Improvisation as a collaborative art, and thinking on one’s feet. Ms. Jane Willis is the advisor for the Improv Club.
• A Forensic Art and Science Workshop was presented to 50 students in their science classes by Mr. Mancusi, a forensic artist.
• Seussical the Musical
  

2010-11:

• The First Annual JJHS Film Festival and Career Panel in Partnership with the Katonah Museum
• Upright Citizens Brigade with Zach Willis: Improvisational Theatre Games – 5 presentations
• Lincoln Center Performance and Backstage Academic Tour - 70 students
• The theatrical production of Calculus, the Musical was brought to JJHS calculus students and presented at JJHS
• Aldrich Museum – Student Docent Program
• Scholarships:
  Senior Recognition Award: initiated in 2004 and presented at the June graduation ceremonies, the ArtsALIVE! award "recognizes a dedicated artist or advocate of the arts who has displayed creativity and/or initiated an artistic or literary approach to an area of study while at John Jay High School."
• Careers In The Performing Arts" Symposium:
  Amy Geiger, JJHS Performing Arts Faculty Member
• Writers in Residence: Approximately 80 students attended four presentations/workshops with four visiting authors:Chris Spain, Wendy Staub, Laura Corrie, Eve Yohalem.
• The Importance of Being Earnest: AP European History field trip to the Roundabout Theater Company's production.
• Race to Nowhere: KLSD Screening and Panel Discussion
  in partnership with all 6 KLSD schools, the Bedford, Lewisboro Pound Ridge, Drug Abuse Prevention Council and Family University
• Upright Citizens Brigade Tour Company: Improvisational Workshop
• Musical Theatre Dance Workshop for all JJHS Students/Dancers and Non-dancers
  Ms. Anne Marie Galler presented a series of three after school dance workshops for students in grades 9-12
• Henry Fair - "Industrial Scars":
  J. Henry Fair, internationally acclaimed photographer, presented his visual arts to help APES students and all JJHS Art Department students understand the human impact on the earth created by industrial waste, agricultural waste, deforestation and coal ash.

* Basic – $40.00 per year
* Supporter – $100.00 per year
* Friend – $300.00 per year
Any donation is welcome!

Two Facebook pages! One for general information, the other is a place for John Jay alumni and current students involved with the arts to meet, discuss life after high school – college, careers, surviving in the world, etc. Visit the group and request membership if you're an alum, current student, or arts-oriented parent.