Get Arts in the Schools Program (GASP)

The Get Arts in the Schools Program is an arts education partnership founded in 2005 by the Arts Council of Mendocino County (ACMC) and the Mendocino County Office of Education (MCOE). GASP funds artist workshops and live performances in Mendocino County schools during the school year. The goal of the program is to infuse the arts in the core curriculum and to deliver quality, educational, curriculum-based artistic experiences to K-12 students throughout Mendocino County.

GASP is a partnership of the Arts Council of Mendocino County and the Mendocino County Office of Education, with additional support of the Community Foundation of Mendocino County’s Hudson Family Fund. Traditionally, the GASP program serves over 3000 students throughout the county, introducing classrooms to professional artists and delivering hands-on visual, performing, literary, interdisciplinary and multimedia arts projects to students at all grade levels.

Experienced arts educators and arts organizations of Mendocino County are encouraged to submit project and guest artist proposals to the Arts Council of Mendocino County in the Fall of 2023. The deadline will be announced in August or September, 2023. Applications for the 2022-2023 school year are now closed as we have received more qualified application requests than we have funds available.

Artists should discuss their projects with classroom teachers in advance of submitting an application to the Arts Council. A Teacher Request Form from the teacher indicating acceptance of the project should accompany the project proposal.

GASP 2022-2023 Application (pdf) GASP 2022-2023 Application (doc)

GASP 2022-2023 Guidelines (pdf) GASP 2022-2023 Guidelines (doc)