The Jamaica BID is bringing Public Art to Downtown Jamaica, through the Artsite Commissioning Program.

The Jamaica BID ArtSite is looking to activate spaces throughout both Jamaica and Jackson Heights, Queens through a series of temporary public art installations. ArtSite will award 8 artists with a commission of $4,500 each to create temporary public art in these communities. Artwork and mediums can range anywhere from murals to performances that illuminate Jamaica and Jackson Heights as vibrant cultural hubs and illustrate how art can transform a community.

A key goal of ArtSite is to empower local artists to engage on a local level, understanding that they can be a catalyst for change. QCA, along with its partners, the Jamaica Center BID in Jamaica and the 82nd Street BID in Jackson Heights, seek to create a self-sustaining supportive art culture in these communities.

ArtSite aims to establish an ecosystem of local artists and art producers to create new work that reflects the diverse cultural stories particular to the communities of Jamaica and Jackson Heights. By allowing the artists to partner and create a dialogue with the local business community, we can reinvent the external perceptions of these two communities as sources of inspiration and epicenters of the new America canon of dance, theatre, music, art, etc.

Blog: https://www.queenscouncilarts.org/blog/
Website: www.queenscouncilarts.org/artsite
Application: https://qca.submittable.com/submit/116661/artsite-2018

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Shop in the #JamaicaBID district this weekend for Fab Stealz and Dealz during Sidewalk Sale Days – Friday, June 1st thru Sunday, June 3rd.

The Jamaica BID Sidewalk Sale Days Program is a weekend of deals and fabulous finds on Jamaica Avenue! These are the only dates and times businesses are permitted to display merchandise outside, including hanging items from awnings and/or canopies.

Merchandise, racks, tables and /or hangers cannot extend more than three [3] feet from the building. Sidewalk Sale Days are only permitted along Jamaica Avenue from Sutphin Blvd. to 169th St. including Union Hall Street.

Businesses displaying merchandise outside of Non-Sidewalk Sale Days will be ticketed, or possible confiscation of merchandise.

Permit Street Activity Program
Sanitation Approval Letter
Sidewalk Sales Day Calendar 2018

Jamaica Center BID
161-10 Jamaica Avenue – Suite 419
Jamaica, NY 11432
[email protected]

AHRC NYC is a family governed organization committed to finding ways for people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities to build full lives as defined by each person and supported by dedicated families, staff and community partners. AHRC NYC empowers those with developmental disabilities to live their passion lives.

The Jamaica BID is collaborating with AHRC NYC  with "People Power" a BID initiative proposed to businesses in Downtown Jamaica with hiring individuals with intellectual developmental disabilities.

The BID invites you to take a close look at what AHRC New York City has to offer bright and talented people who join their diverse team, and a look at the benefits for hiring persons with disabilities.

The Job Fair will take place, Thursday, May 17th 11am to 3pm at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center, located at 153-10 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432

Jamaica Performing Arts Center
153-10 Jamaica Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11432

Shop in the #JamaicaBID district this weekend for Fab Stealz and Dealz during Sidewalk Sale Days – Friday, May 4th thru Sunday, May 6th.

The Jamaica BID Sidewalk Sale Days Program is a weekend of deals and fabulous finds on Jamaica Avenue! These are the only dates and times businesses are permitted to display merchandise outside, including hanging items from awnings and/or canopies.

Merchandise, racks, tables and /or hangers cannot extend more than three [3] feet from the building. Sidewalk Sale Days are only permitted along Jamaica Avenue from Sutphin Blvd. to 169th St. including Union Hall Street.

Businesses displaying merchandise outside of Non-Sidewalk Sale Days will be ticketed, or possible confiscation of merchandise.

Permit Street Activity Program
Sanitation Approval Letter
Sidewalk Sales Day Calendar 2018

Jamaica Center BID
161-10 Jamaica Avenue – Suite 419
Jamaica, NY 11432
[email protected]

The Jamaica BID in collaboration with LinkNYC Local is offering FREE LinkNYC Local Advertising to Jamaica Avenue Retailers.

Use your local link Kiosk closest to your location to target and attract new customers, promote events, engage with the community, overall "Maximize your Brand.

For more detailed information, feel free to contact Valerie Stevens at 718.526.2422 or email [email protected]

If you missed workshop on Saturday, April 28th, no worries, there is a workshop, Saturday, May 5th. The Jamaica Center For Arts & Learning, implemented the workshops to help artists from all disciplines better understand grant application processes for getting funds for creative projects. You will learn, and receive tools needed for innovative and creative art projects. See details below:

Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning presents

Professional Development & Fundraising Workshops
For Artists from All Disciplines

Part I: April 28 (9:30 am - 3:00 pm)

Panelist: Nicky Paraiso, Programming Director – The Club
La MaMa Moves! Curator

Part II: May 5, 2018 (9:30 am - 3:30 pm)

Opening - Saina, honored artist from Republic of Sakha, Siberia - traditional dance and singing workshop. 
Panelists: Marietta Ulacia, Executive Director Afro Latin Jazz Alliance
Andrea Thompson, Development Director Afro Latin Jazz Alliance
in the Miller Gallery at JCAL (161-04 Jamaica Avenue)

The two-day workshop series offers an overview of application processes in a congenial joyful atmosphere. Guest Panelists: April 28 Nicky Paraiso and May 5, Marietta Ulacia & Andrea Thompson will offer practical training and insight into the process of grant writing from creating a narrative and budgets plus marketing and artist samples so artists can see their creative ideas come to fruition in today’s very competitive creative sector.

The workshops are organized to help artists from all disciplines better understand grant application processes for getting funds for creative projects. We will be using a simple grant application as an example of and what is expected of any artist when applying for funding or approaching a presenter.

This two-part workshop is funded in part by Mertz Gilmore Foundation.

If you want to learn more about the Making Moves Dance Festival please follow the link: https://www.jcal.org/making-moves-dance-festival-a

JCAL
161-04 Jamaica Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11432
Contact: [email protected]
Phone#: 718.658.7400

Shop in the #JamaicaBID district this weekend for Fab Stealz and Dealz during Sidewalk Sale Days – Friday, April 20th thru Sunday, April 22nd.

The Jamaica BID Sidewalk Sale Days Program is a weekend of deals and fabulous finds on Jamaica Avenue! These are the only dates and times businesses are permitted to display merchandise outside, including hanging items from awnings and/or canopies.

Merchandise, racks, tables and /or hangers cannot extend more than three [3] feet from the building. Sidewalk Sale Days are only permitted along Jamaica Avenue from Sutphin Blvd. to 169th St. including Union Hall Street.

Businesses displaying merchandise outside of Non-Sidewalk Sale Days will be ticketed, or possible confiscation of merchandise.

Permit Street Activity Program
Sanitation Approval Letter
Sidewalk Sales Day Calendar 2018

Jamaica Center BID
161-10 Jamaica Avenue – Suite 419
Jamaica, NY 11432
[email protected]