membership at jcal

Where Community Meets Creativity

With over five decades of service to New York City, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL) reaches more than 50,000 Queens residents, New Yorkers, and tourists with its programs every year. Your membership is a direct contribution to JCAL that helps ensure those thousands of people have access to affordable, high-quality art and arts education.

About the Membership Tiers

Single Membership

Cost-effective option for individuals

You Get: Discounted parking, Free access to Thursday Night Jazz and Riddim Section, 50% off of other ticketed events, 15% off JCAL Arts Classes, 50% off of quarterly workshops.
Single plus membership

Best individual option for deeper program participation
You Get: Discounted parking, Free access to all ticketed events, 20% off of JCAL Arts Classes, Free quarterly workshops.
Family Membership

Best all-around option for families

You Get: Discounted parking, free access to all ticketed events and workshops for the member and a plus one, 20% off of JCAL Arts Classes for the member, 25% off for multiple class registrations.
Senior Special Membership

Discounted offerings for ages 65 and up

You Get: Discounted parking, 50% off of ticketed events, Free quarterly workshops
Queens Based students and faculty membership

Free for students, faculty, and staff of Queens-based colleges. Must have appropriate "edu" email address.
You Get: 50% off of ticketed events, 50% off of quarterly workshops

Become a jcal member!

Choose your tier below

By joining our membership, you will automatically be added to our members-only mailing list, where you’ll get access to all of your discounts and perks.
We partnered with LAZ parking on Jamaica Avenue to provide deeply discounted parking access for members! We will provide instructions on how to access upon becoming a member.
Through your JCAL Membership, you can get discounted access to our full lineup of JCAL Arts Classes, which are offered each season.
In addition, your membership can provide free or discounted access to our one-off Arts workshops, which we host quarterly at JCAL. Workshops have included West African Dance, Painting, Sewing and much more!
Depending on the tier of membership that you choose, your membership can grant you free or discounted access to events like Thursday Night Jazz, Riddim Section, Making Moves Dance Festival, A Weekend of West African Dance, Strength Courage & Wisdom, and more.
Cancel your membership by reaching out to development@jcal.org. Please reach out with the same email address that was used to purchase the membership.