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Custom-created journeys assembled by art specialists!

Saturday October 1st

JCAST Highlights of Hispanic Artists celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

In honor of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, we are excited to offer this tour to explore the rich and varied contributions of Latino artists in our beloved most diversified city!
Meeting location: JCAST Headquarters, 50 Dey St (side of building near Senate Place)
Saturday, Oct 1 at 12:00pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/426803620117
Saturday, Oct 1 at 3:30pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/426808314157

Renegade Tour
Explore mystic art with a curated tour curated by Muneca Mullins.

Meeting location: JCAST Headquarters, 50 Dey St (side of building near Senate Place)
Saturday, Oct 1 at 12:00pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/426971201357

Westside & Greenville Curated Tour

Join Susan Justiniano, who is a performing poet and twice-honored Poet Laureate with deep love for the arts, on a tour to her fav spots!
Meeting location: JCAST Headquarters, 50 Dey St (side of building near Senate Place)
Saturday, Oct 1 at 12:00pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/427211931387
Saturday, Oct 1 at 3:30pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/427234809817

Behind the Mural Tour

This two-and-a-half-hour bus tour takes you through the streets of Jersey City to hidden spots where our City’s mural program has commissioned some of its most beautiful walls. Guide Jayne Freeman has been on the mural arts committee since its inception and is considered a local expert on Jersey City street art.
Meeting location: JCAST Headquarters, 50 Dey St (side of building near Senate Place)
Saturday, Oct 1 at 12:00pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/426750711867

JCAST LGBTQ+ ART TOUR

Join curator Catherine Hecht for the annual JCAST LGBTQ+ Tour featuring artwork by local Queer Artists.
Meeting location: Mana Contemporary (888 Newark Ave)
Saturday, Oct 1 at 12:00pm: 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/426471185797

JCAST Arts for the Soul Tour
Jomil Luna takes you through a delightful tour focused on Art that speaks to the Soul!

Meeting location: JCAST Headquarters, 50 Dey St (side of building near Senate Place)
Saturday, Oct 1 at 12:00pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/426479821627
Saturday, Oct 1 at 3:30pmhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/426476953047

In the HEIGHTS Tour
Join us as our guide takes us through all that the Heights has to offer!

Meeting location: JCAST Headquarters, 50 Dey St (side of building near Senate Place)
Saturday, Oct 1 at 3:30pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/427409412057

Sunday October 2nd

JCAST Women in the Arts Tour
Alexa Lima is a huge lover of the arts! She is beyond excited to introduce you to talented female artists that call Jersey City home!
Meeting location: JCAST Headquarters, 50 Dey St (side of building near Senate Place)
Sunday, Oct 2 at 12pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/426740992797
Sunday, Oct 2 at 3pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/426745014827

Greenville FAMILY Tour

Bring the kids along to this curated tour for a fun interactive experience along Greenville with Danielle Haskins as your guide.
Sunday, Oct 2 at 12pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/427386874647

BikeJC Bike Tours

Explore JCAST on two wheels! Our friends at BikeJC will lead tours over the JCAST weekend so you can explore art across all of Jersey City’s neighborhoods! Meeting location: ALL TOUR MEET AT THE GROVE STREET PATH STATION

Heights Tour
Saturday, Oct 1 at 11:30am: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/426943317957

McGinley/JSQ/West Side Tour
Saturday, Oct 1 at 3pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/426947821427

Downtown/Powerhouse Arts District Tour
Sunday, Oct 2 at 11:30am: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/426959345897

South – Bergen Lafayette/Greenville Tour
Sunday, Oct 2 at 3pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/426965113147

BikeJC will also offer an informal tour to several Friday night JCAST art openings around town!
This tour will depart from the Grove St. PATH Station: Friday, Sept 30 at 7pm.

Friday/Saturday

JCAST Kids: The Art of Play

The Art of Play with the Educational Arts Team centers the importance of creative play in everyday life for both children and adults. The show features a visual art exhibition and various community participatory art-making experiences – including painting, pottery, poetry and storytelling. Workshops and performances will be facilitated by the Educational Art Team Teaching artists.
Meeting location: 300 Morris Pesin Drive
Friday, September 30 at 6pm
Saturday, October 1 at 12pm

Saturday

JCAST Kids: Fall-A-Palooza

CANCELLED
Fall-A-Palooza draws hundreds from all over Jersey City for a day of fun family activities.
 It combines traditional carnival games with youth performances from local performing arts studios and Community Art Projects as part of the Jersey City Art and Studio Tour (JCAST), and a kids craft village.

Meeting location: Lincoln Park
CANCELLED

Friends of Liberty State Park’s Caven Point Nature Art Drawing Activity

LSP Walk Together Caven Point inspired “Family Nature Art Drawing Activity” presented by Friend of Liberty State Park & Jersey City Parks Coalition Families, Children & Adults Welcomed!

Meeting location: 300 Morris Pesin Drive
Saturday, Oct 1, 10am RESCHEDULED TO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 10AM
Reserve a spot here

Saturday/Sunday

Theda Sandiford’s “Clutch My Pearls: Come Participate!”

Theda Sandiford returns to her social practice at Nimbus Arts Center during JCAST weekend. Drawing inspiration from various beading traditions, join in the fun of mixing different bottle caps to make strings of colorful oversized beaded necklaces. Your creation will become a part of an upcoming installation celebrating personal adornment.
Meeting location: Nimbus Arts, 329 Warren St
Saturday, Oct 1, 12pm-6pm
Sunday, Oct 2, 1pm-6pm

St Paul’s Avenue Live Mural Painting

For the first year, JCAST 2022 will feature a live outdoor mural party with a community painting component. The community mural looks to encourage resident participation alongside more than a dozen professional artists
Meeting location: 201 St. Paul’s Ave
Saturday, Oct 1, 12pm-8pm
Sunday, Oct 2, 1pm-5pm

Commuter Gallery: The Jersey City Mural Arts Youth Program Group Exhibition

The Jersey City Mural Arts Youth Program Art Exhibition will feature the original artworks of the 2022 JCMAP Youth Program participants.
Meeting location: 15 PATH Plaza, Journal Square
Saturday, Oct 1, 4pm-9pm
Sunday, Oct 2, 12pm-5pm

Sunday

Friends of Liberty State Park’s Caven Point Nature Art Drawing Activity

LSP Walk Together Caven Point inspired “Family Nature Art Drawing Activity” presented by Friend of Liberty State Park & Jersey City Parks Coalition Families, Children & Adults Welcomed!

Meeting location: 300 Morris Pesin Drive
Sunday, Oct 2, 10am
Reserve a spot here

Jersey City Parks Coalition 5th Annual JCAST Kids Celebration and Nature Journaling Workshop

Join the Jersey City Parks Coalition & W.S.C.A (West Side Community Alliance) as we explore the natural habitat at Lincoln Park. Live animal presentations with Urban Quack JC. After the workshop take a self-guided tour of the Barat Foundation’s Animodules “Agents of Peace” colorful art sculptures & family art activity, presented by the JCPC & West Side Arts & Music.
Meeting location: Fireman’s Memorial Statue across from the Lincoln Park fountain
Sunday, Oct 2 at 11am: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jersey-city-parks-coalition-jcastkids-nature-journaling-at-lincoln-park-tickets-423876575247

Tiny Greenhouse: A Children’s Art Studio

JCAST Kids Open House
Play and create art in Tiny Greenhouse’s space! We will have a fun art activity, raffle for a painting created by our tiny artists, light refreshments and artwork for sale by our teachers! Come join us in celebrating our young artists and teachers!
Meeting location: 498A Jersey Ave
Sunday, October 2 from 11am-3pm

JCAST Kids: Greenville Arts Crossroads

Bring the lil’ ones for a Child friendly activities: “A is for ART ” Workshop plus “Lil’ Guys Yoga,” “Green Gorilla Chalk Art,” healthy treats, and ambient sounds by Baby Mozart and World Music.
Meeting location: 166 MacAdoo Ave
Sunday, Oct 2, 12pm-4pm