JCS Visual & Performing Arts

The arts are alive at Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary!

Friday, our arts teachers stepped out of their comfort zones to create and share ideas just like we ask our students to do! It was a great day of collaboration and growth as a Jessamine Arts team. Thank you to EKU's Ilona Szekely for working with us!

Friday, our arts teachers stepped out of their comfort zones to create and share ideas just like we ask our students to do! It was a great day of collaboration and growth as a Jessamine Arts team. Thank you to EKU's Ilona Szekely for working with us!

Last Friday, Broadway artists Mary Kate Morrissey, John Cardoza, and Courtney Reed led masterclasses with some of our Jessamine County students and other students in the area. Students learned about acting through song and received some amazing feedback and time with the artists.

Join our after school orchestra program! You can register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFBsLdtLjLHA9Sz_FjpAAZ8TUGRqwixni4Y8oiweSqwhDAhw/viewform?usp=header

Here's to an amazing year of creating and growing - welcome back, students!

Our JCS arts teachers had a great PLC yesterday at the Jessamine County Public Library. It was great to be back together to work on pacing guides, collaboration, and touring the JCPL creative space. It's going to be a great year and we are so excited to see our students!

✨ EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT - SPACE IS AVAILABLE! ✨ As a part of our Love, Broadway 2025 programming, we have offered our Youth and Young Adult Ensembles masterclass opportunities to learn from the artists they will be performing with. We are happy to announce that SPACE IS AVAILABLE for YOU to join one of our masterclasses! Join us for a co-taught ”Acting the Song” masterclass with Broadway’s JOHN CARDOZA (The Notebook, Moulin Rouge, Jagged Little Pill) and COURTNEY REED (Aladdin, Moulin Rouge, In The Heights, Mamma Mia) on August 22, 2025! This masterclass is an offering for any rising 6th-12th grade young artist. Spaces for this masterclass are extremely limited and will be sold on a first come, first served basis! 🗓️ Registration is LIVE! $60 per student. For REGISTRATION, and to LEARN MORE, visit: bit.ly/lbmaster25

The Brookside Elementary mural project is nearing completion! Special thanks to East Jessamine High School Art and Mrs. Storch for collaborating on this initiative at Brookside, resulting in a vibrant cafeteria for the students to enjoy during lunch. The students are excited to see the final product when school begins!

Tomorrow night!

Is your kiddo or someone you know interested in performing, dancing or learning to spin? Well, now is the time to learn more about the Meridian Cadet Winterguard! This is open to all boys and girls in 3rd through 6th grades.

JCS welcomes Lauren Sommer as our district orchestra teacher! We are excited about continuing this program and we will be sharing additional information soon. Welcome, Ms Sommer!

Exciting times for our district high school bands! Not only have both bands grown in numbers, but they're making great use of the new band towers! We love seeing the growth in our arts programs!

Come out this Saturday and support EJHS bands!

We are just 30 DAYS away from LOVE, BROADWAY 2025! Join us on August 23rd as talented young artists from all over the Central Kentucky region join Broadway artists, MARY KATE MORRISSEY (Wicked, Mean Girls), NOAH J. RICKETTS (The Great Gatsby, Frozen, Beautiful: The Carol King Musical), COURTNEY REED (Aladdin, Moulin Rouge, Mamma Mia) and JOHN CARDOZA (The Notebook, Moulin Rouge, Jagged Little Pill) at Equus Run Vineyards for a night of celebrating musical theatre and arts education! Love, Broadway 2025: A Benefit Concert Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 7:00pm at Equus Run Vineyards Get your tickets to LOVE, BROADWAY today and join us to support the transformative power of arts education! 🎟️ : FOR TICKETS, visit: bit.ly/lovebroadway25

Would you like to volunteer for LOVE, BROADWAY 2025? It takes a village to put on any show, and this one is no exception. We are currently seeking volunteers to help make this special evening a reality! Are you interested in seeing the concert for FREE, all while helping out and supporting arts education? We would love to have you join the team! TO SIGN UP, VISIT: bit.ly/lovebwayvolunteer

💥 BROADWAYWORLD FEATURE 💥 We are gearing up for Love, Broadway 2025: A Benefit Concert and cannot wait to welcome Broadway artists, Mary Kate Morrissey, John Cardoza, Noah J. Ricketts and Courtney Reed to the bluegrass! Alongside Broadway’s leading artists are some of Central Kentucky’s biggest and brightest stars! Have you secured your tickets for Love, Broadway 2025?! Join us Saturday, August 23rd at 7:00pm at Equus Run Vineyards! 🎟️ For TICKETS, visit: bit.ly/lovebroadway25

We have 2 really great classes coming up for your middle/high school student!
Registration is open and spaces are limited.
Click below to register!
https://jessaminearts.ludus.com/index.php?sections=classes

Our students had a great week at our Arts+ Visual art Camp Creative last week! Thank you to Mrs Goggins and Ms Pinney for giving these students the opportunity to create!

How wonderful life is… with JOHN CARDOZA in the world! SURPRISE! This summer we are ecstatic to welcome a fourth Broadway guest artist to the LOVE, BROADWAY stage! JOHN CARDOZA most recently reprised his role as Christian in Broadway's Moulin Rouge the Musical after playing the role on the show's national tour. Prior, John originated the role of Younger Noah in The Notebook both on Broadway and in the show's world premiere production with Chicago Shakespeare Theater. He made his Broadway debut in Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill and has worked regionally with the American Repertory Theater, The Old Globe, Goodspeed Opera House, Theaterworks Hatford, and Stages St. Louis. Join John Cardoza, Mary Kate Morrissey, Noah J. Ricketts, and Courtney Reed on Saturday, August 23rd for our third annual LOVE, BROADWAY BENEFIT CONCERT supporting arts education and programming for JCS Arts! 🎟️ : For tickets, visit: bit.ly/lovebroadway25