Joseph Avenue Arts & Culture Alliance - JAACA

02/19/2026

🚨 TODAY & TOMORROW — FREE FEBRUARY BREAK ARTS CAMP! 🎨✨
Families across Rochester — if you’re looking for something creative, positive, and powerful for youth ages 8–16, this is it.
JAACA (Joseph Avenue Arts & Culture Alliance) invites you to join us for our dynamic:
🎭 February Break Arts Camp
📍 David F. Gantt Recreation Center
700 North Street | Rochester, NY 14605
🕚 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
(Friday session: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM)
✅ FREE
✅ Professional Teaching Artists
✅ Welcoming Community Space
✅ Just Show Up
This week’s experiences include:
💃 Dance with Nina Dillion
🎨 Arts & Crafts with RIT School of Art Graduate Teaching Artists
🎪 Circus Arts with Ted Baumhauer
🖌 Visual Arts with Rashaad Parker
Youth will explore creativity, collaboration, movement, and self-expression in an energizing, supportive environment led by artists who believe in young people.
This program is presented by JAACA in partnership with RIT School of Art Graduate Teaching Artists and supported by the City of Rochester.
Bring your child. Invite a friend. Share this post.
Let’s fill the room and celebrate the creativity of Rochester’s youth — together.
We extend our sincere gratitude to our generous sponsors: KeyBank, Mary S. Mulligan Charitable Trust, M&T Bank, Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation, The Rubin Family Foundation, Spindler Family Foundation, Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Rochester Area Community Foundation, Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation, Lighthouse Family Fund, The Marilyn Lichtman Foundation, Hubbard Broadcasting, Landsman Development, Neighborhood Housing Restoration, Liz Rennert, Nellie Rosenberg, Roslyn and John Goldman.

02/18/2026

🎨✨ TODAY! JAACA Presents a FREE Afternoon of Arts & Crafts! ✨🎨
The Joseph Avenue Arts & Culture Alliance (JAACA) is proud to bring families together today for a joyful afternoon of creativity at the David F. Gantt Recreational Center!
🗓 Today – 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
📍 700 North Street, Rochester, NY
💙 FREE & open to school-age children and families
In partnership with RIT College of Art & Design, Agape Haven of Abundance, and the City of Rochester, JAACA is activating community space through:
🎨 Face painting
🎈 Balloon animals
💍 Jewelry making
🍪 Snacks
🖌 Hands-on art projects with RIT art education students
No registration required — just come by between 11 AM and 1 PM and create with us!
📸 Families — take photos and tag Joseph Avenue Arts & Culture Alliance (JAACA) so we can celebrate our neighborhood artists and share the joy across our community.
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04/21/2025

FREE Concert! 🌸 "Melodies in Bloom" 🌸
featuring baritone Holden Turner and pianist Gregory Smith
Saturday, April 26 | 3:00 PM
Lake Avenue Baptist Church | 72 Ambrose St, Rochester

Celebrate the arrival of spring with an afternoon of inspiring music! 🎶 Join us for “Melodies in Bloom,” a stunning Artist Showcase presented in partnership with Finger Lakes Opera .

✨ BONUS! Come early for a "Prelude Performance" at 2:15 PM featuring talented young performers from Agape Haven of Abundance—a grassroots nonprofit uplifting youth in the Edgerton neighborhood.

This FREE concert is open to all—bring a friend and bask in the joy of music in full bloom! 🌼 Parking is available for free on both sides of Ambrose St. and Jones Ave.

04/01/2025

Coming up! 🎷 FREE Concert this Saturday, 4/5 at 3:00pm in Lincoln Branch Library featuring the Asiimov Saxophone Quartet 🎷 This powerhouse saxophone ensemble from the Eastman School of Music is known for their bold sound and tight ensemble playing, promising a thrilling musical experience. Don't miss out on this opportunity to experience their incredible performance—FREE!

02/21/2025

👏 Bravo to the Cantante Quartet 👏 recipients of the Celentano String Quartet Award from Eastman School of Music! Did you have a chance to see the Cantante Quartet as part of our Debut Artist series last fall? Stay tuned for more Debut Artists coming this spring, and check out the Cantante Quartet on Friday, March 7 at 6:30 PM in Hatch Recital Hall at Eastman.

The Cantante Quartet, which "exemplifies the best of chamber music at Eastman," will present a concert on Friday, March 7 at 6:30 PM in Hatch Recital Hall.

01/15/2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance (JAACA) is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $25,000. This grant will support JAACA’s 2025-26 season: CommUNITY Arts ROC featuring performances and educational opportunities that will bring together youth, families, and community members with world-class artistry—free for all to attend.

Read the full story here: https://shorturl.at/TqXjA

12/03/2024

✨Let's with JAACA!✨ Visit roctheday.org/josephavearts and share your support this . For 24 hours, our city comes together to champion the organizations that uplift our region. Your gift guarantees that we are able to continue our critical mission to bring free, world-class arts experiences to the Rochester community. You become a leader of "transformation through the arts" when you !

United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes

12/02/2024

🎨☕🍪 Join us for "Cocoa, Cookies, and Crafts!" FREE This Saturday! 🍪☕🎨

Get into the holiday spirit on Saturday, December 7th, at the David F. Gantt R-Center (700 North Street) from 11:00am to 2:00pm—FREE for all ages!

🎄 Festive holiday art-making led by amazing faculty and students from RIT
☕ Hot cocoa to keep you cozy
🍪 Delicious cookies to fuel your creativity

Bring your friends and family for a day filled with joy, creativity, and community cheer. Let’s make some magical memories together! ✨

📅 Save the Date and spread the word!

10/23/2024

🎶 ✨FREE CONCERT! ✨🎶 The spectacular Cantante String Quartet performs Tues. 10/29 @ 3:30 pm in Lincoln Branch Library! A festive fall program combines with family favorites as we enter the final week of October. Join us Tuesday for an incredible performance and leave with your very own cauldron of goodies!

09/17/2024

🤹‍♂️ LAST CHANCE 🎪 SAT @ 1 PM 🤹‍♂️ Join Ted Baumhauer in the Lincoln Branch Library for “Cirque 101” FREE! Become a juggling legend and learn from the best at this year’s Rochester Fringe Festival—all ages and abilities welcome!

The Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance is a nonprofit arts organization whose focus is the support of dynamic art and cultural offerings throughout Rochester in a safe, inspiring atmosphere, free for all to attend.

09/10/2024

✨THIS SATURDAY at 1pm ✨FREE ✨Join us in the Lincoln Branch Library and become a Juggling Legend at “Cirque 101” with Ted Baumhauer! The Rochester Fringe Festival returns to Joseph Avenue with free fun for all ages.

The Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance is a nonprofit arts organization whose focus is the support of dynamic art and cultural offerings throughout Rochester in a safe, inspiring atmosphere, free for all to attend.