The JCCC Department of Fine Art, Photo & Film and the JCCC Art History Department are joining forces to lead a student study tour of New York City at the end of spring semester from May 25 - June 1, 2022. The trip gives JCCC students the opportunity to see, for the first-time, major works of art and culture that they have studied only in slide form. Students are excited about this educational and culturally enriching opportunity, and request your support at any level.

Trip leaders include Dr. Allison Smith and Mark Cowardin. Since 2007, Dr. Smith, Chair of JCCCs Art History and Humanities department, has led student study tours of the art and culture of Europe. Since 2005, Cowardin, Co-Chair of Fine Art, Photo & Film, has taught sculpture at JCCC, and exhibited his own work nationally.

The two are pairing up to lead students through some of the most influential art institutions in the world.

Besides the visual arts, the trip includes performing arts experience as well. With your help, students will be able to attend the 8-time Tony Award winning musical Hadestown.

Additionally, students will take a train from Grand Central Station, along the Hudson River Valley, to the spectacular Dia Foundation to see artwork by some of the most significant artists of the 20th century. In the evening, theyll experience a harbor cruise.

Thank you for supporting JCCC art and art history students through this crowdfunding project by donating whatever you can. Simply click on the Give Now button below and/or spread the word by sharing our page with your friends and family. We appreciate your generosity!

DONATION SUGGESTIONS

Give $20 - funds admission price for one JCCC student into a world class museum such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Modern Art.

Give $40 - funds admission price for two JCCC students into a world class museum such as the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Solomon Guggenheim Museum, and the New Museum of Contemporary Art.

Give $60 - covers the travel and admission into the Dia Beacon, which is a spectacular museum situated in an enormous former Nabisco box-printing factory 1.5 hours north of NYC. Dia Beacon presents Dias collection of art from the 1960s to the present.

Give $75 - covers the expense for one JCCC student to enjoy a Harbor Lights Cruise around New York City at sunset along the Hudson River and into New York Harbor.

Give $125 - covers all museum entry expenses for one JCCC student for the Art & Culture of NYC trip.

Give $200 - pays the admission for one JCCC student to attend the award-winning Broadway show Hadestown, which intertwines two mythic tales that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone as it invites you on a hair-raising journey to the underworld and back.

To learn more go to the following: http://blogs.jccc.edu/asmith165/