* Basic – $50.00 per year
* Supporter – $100.00 per year
* Friend – $300.00 per year
Any donation is welcome -- and tax-deductible.

Mail in a check with the form you can download by clicking here, or pay online by clicking the Donate button below.

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.

Click HERE to see the current ArtsALIVE! Flyer.

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.

2015-16 - over $28,000 was granted to the following activities!

Shakespeare: 25 Macbeth workshops with 2 HVSF Teaching Artists, plus 1 performance in April of Midsummer Night's Dream - Faculty: Candy Wilmot; students served: 100+

Pottery Wheel Techniques workshop with Simon Leach - Faculty: Judi Offenberg; students served: 44-70 (invited)

Trip to see Fun Home on Broadway - Faculty: Hefferon/Friedman; students served: 72

Trip to Lower East Side Tenement Museum - Faculty: Marc McAlley; students served: 23

Aizuri String Quartet Performance and workshop (with Caramoor Center for the ARTS) - Faculty: Steve Morse; students served: 175

Forensic art - Faculty: Camporese/Plutzker; students served: 83

Viva Flamenco and Latin Rhythms - Faculty: Jennifer Cocuzzo; students served: 95

Whisper room purchase sponsored by ArtsAlive! - Faculty: Amy Geiger; students served: 100

Trip to Museum of Modern Art - Faculty: Hefferon; students served: 17

Jacob Burns Trip - Hamlet Live - Faculty: Jeanetta Bryant; students served: 85

Trip to see Slut - The Play - Faculty: Hefferon/Weiss/Zlotnick/Guarini; students served: 90

Annual Trip to Lincoln Center (live concert, classical) + BB King (jazz) - Faculty: Amy Geiger; students served: 51

John Jay Chorale trip to National Choral Festival at Carnegie Hall - Faculty: Steve Morse; students served: 44

Jacob Burns Trip - Song of the Sea - Faculty: Diane Nerwen; students served:

Slut - The Play - Faculty: Zlotnick and Guarini; students served: 41

Playing with Poetry - poetry workshops with Jeffrey McDaniel - Faculty: Lauren Carrigan; students served: 100

Trip to see La Gringa in NYC - Faculty: Brooke Pennica; students served: 45

Tip to see Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time on Broadway - Faculty: Mahlke/Von Steenburgh; students served: 100

Refreshments for Rite of Spring art exhibition - Faculty: Diane Nerwen; students served: n/a

Trip to Whitney Museum - Faculty: Hefferon; students served: 40

Arabic Music concert/workshops - Faculty: Jeff Richardson; students served: 100+

Forensic Art - Detective Mancusi - Faculty: Paul Plutzker; students served: 39

Visit to Museo del Barrio - Faculty: Maria Vales; students served: 25

Garden Seating Area - Group will work with craftsman to design and build chairs and tea tables near new admin building on JJHS campus - Faculty: Jill Valeas; students served: 12

See past years on this page.