ART ASAP: The Art Bus targets under-served students living in the seven-county metro area, offering them quality After School Arts Programming. Youth exposed to poverty, violence, or addiction will be empowered using creative and constructive outlets through the art-making process. The Art Bus, a Metro Transit Authority bus that has been transformed into a mobile art studio, travels to the students where they live. By transporting quality art supplies and professional teaching artist-mentors to affordable housing complexes, we build meaningful relationships based on common bonds of culture, creativity, and circumstance.
Learn about our mission and what we do.
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Meet our fantastic team of Artist Mentors.
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Register and learn more about a typical day on The Art Bus.
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Specific Goals
ART ASAP is committed to serving underserved children and youth who would not otherwise have access to an arts education. Our collaborative and innovative program is guided by the objective of providing sustained quality arts programming that empowers youth with tools of positive self-expression, increases engagement in learning, and instills a sense of accomplishment.
• To achieve consistent attendance throughout the project
• To create quality works of art throughout the project
• To create a portfolio of art works through a series of specific assignments
• To develop genuine artist-mentor relationships with participants through common bonds
• To achieve high attendance rates at the exhibition, creating a sense of community pride
Learn more about our 2018 fundraising initiative to provide arts education to youth from low income families: Kids Make Art on the Art Bus
• To achieve consistent attendance throughout the project
• To create quality works of art throughout the project
• To create a portfolio of art works through a series of specific assignments
• To develop genuine artist-mentor relationships with participants through common bonds
• To achieve high attendance rates at the exhibition, creating a sense of community pride
Learn more about our 2018 fundraising initiative to provide arts education to youth from low income families: Kids Make Art on the Art Bus
In the News
ART ASAP: The Art Bus wins $10,000 Arts Learning Grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council in 2016!
ART ASAP: Won the Wells Fargo grant in 2017!
ART ASAP: We won 2nd place for funds raised by Small Nonprofits, and received a $7,500 grant from the Bush Foundation in 2016!
See more news on our blog!
ART ASAP: Won the Wells Fargo grant in 2017!
ART ASAP: We won 2nd place for funds raised by Small Nonprofits, and received a $7,500 grant from the Bush Foundation in 2016!
See more news on our blog!