MENDOCINO CO., 9/24/24 – Are you an artist or musician? The Arts Council of Mendocino County and Mendocino County Office of Education are looking for creatives to offer in-class demonstrations and performances at schools throughout the county through its Get Arts in the Schools (GASP) program.
The GASP program seeks to “infuse the arts in the core curriculum and to involve and expose school children to quality, educational, curriculum-based artistic experiences,” according to Alyssum Wier, executive director of the Arts Council.
To encourage participation, grants are available to support artists fees, prep time, materials and travel. In return, the recipient must provide performances, workshops or participate in a residency program at any public schools in the county.
To be eligible, applicants must be professionals in their field, have prior experience presenting an art program/project or classroom setting, live in Mendocino County and be a current member of the Arts Council. If you aren’t a current member, you can join upon applying.
Interested artists without experience teaching or presenting in classrooms may be eligible for mentoring programs through the Arts Council upon applying for a GASP grant.
Art disciplines that are available include the dance, music, theater, media arts, visual arts, art history, indigenous arts, literary arts and multidisciplinary arts such as printmaking, bookbinding and fiber arts.
Applications are due Nov. 15 and can be found online here.
How would I go about applying for a grant?
Hi Delina. Thank you for reading the Mendocino Voice. A link to the application process is at the end of the article.