Northern California Arts Project

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■ Northern California Arts Project (NCAP) is committed to supporting educators as they assist all students in meeting their full potential academically, personally, and professionally. NCAP does this through its professional learning and leadership development programs.

Located in the Department of Art & Art History at California State University, Chico, NCAP offers research-based professional learning aligned with the California Arts Standards, the California Arts Education Framework, as well as California’s standards in Career & Technical Education, Career & Technical Education, English Language Development and Common Core Content Literacy for Technical Subjects.

NCAP provides professional learning programs for educators in the northern most counties in California.

  • Butte
  • Colusa
  • Del Norte
  • El Dorado
  • Glenn
  • Humboldt
  • Lake
  • Lassen
  • Mendocino
  • Modoc
  • Nevada
  • Placer
  • Plumas
  • Sacramento
  • Shasta
  • Sierra
  • Siskiyou
  • Sutter
  • Tehama
  • Trinity
  • Yolo
  • Yuba

Co-Director
Dr. Teresa Cotner, teresacotner@gmail.com

Co-Director
Dr. Michelle McConkey, mmcconkey@csuchico.edu

P: (909) 537-7542
F: (909) 537-7545

California State University, Chico
Art & Art History Department
400 West First Street
Chico, CA 95929-0820

CSMP Region: 1, 2, 3

NCAP Regional Programs

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The Urban, Rural, and Remote Network

NCAP’s Urban, Rural, and Remote Network is an opportunity to connect as TK–12 arts educators in the North State. This FREE web-based network provides a space for arts teachers in dance, media arts, music, theatre and visual arts to share professional knowledge and practices geared towards specific needs in our region.

Time: 4:15 – 5:15 PM

Dates:

  • October 14, 2025
  • December 2, 2025
  • February 10, 2026
  • April 14, 2026
Registration Form
Flyer

Questions? Please email mmcconkey@csuchico.edu or teresacotner@gmail.com.

NCAP’s Arts Education Network

The NCAP Arts Education Network convenes online once per quarter supporting PK–12 through post-secondary dance, media arts, music, theatre, visual arts, and CTE AME educators to further equitable, standards-based arts education that promotes students’ artistic literacy. In these unprecedented times the Networks forge new opportunities for teachers and administrators in the arts to connect, collaborate, exchange ideas, share experiences, and stay informed of regional and statewide arts education issues and topics. Network session time will be 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Please contact Inservice Coordinator Armalyn De La O, adelao@csusb.edu.