THE ARTISTS IN THE SCHOOLS PROGRAM places professional touring companies and actors, musicians, visual artists, dancers, poets and storytellers in the schools. Each performance or visiting artist presented in the schools has been approved for appropriate quality and content. Prior to each performance or visiting artist in a school site, teachers receive study guides, which contain descriptions of the performance, curriculum connections, pre- and post-performance activities, discussion questions and information specific to the art form.

During the 2007-2008 school year, 129,641 students and teachers participated in 1,379 arts experiences presented by 106 performing companies and artists at 195 K-12 regular and exceptional, magnet, arts attractor, alternative, and charter school sites.

In-school programming covers a wide array of special projects. These projects include Artist Residencies, Literacy and the Arts, the District-wide High School Poetry Jam, Arts in Alternative Schools, Water Conservation Arts Program, Magnet School Programs, many special projects, and community/school projects.