Training Programs
TAG is working hard to build and maintain the most comprehensive list of Teaching Artist Training Programs anywhere.
It is part of our long-term roadmap to add these programs to the Asset Map, but in the meantime we hope the list below is useful for those looking for professional development and training opportunities.
- All
- Austin TX
- Boston MA Area
- Chicago IL
- Chicago IL Area
- Cleveland OH Area
- Indiana
- Los Angeles CA
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- National
- New Haven CT
- New Mexico
- New Orleans LA Area
- New York
- New York City
- Northeast Texas
- Oregon
- Philadelphia PA
- San Diego CA Area
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Seattle WA
- South Florida
- Twin Cities Area
- Washington State
Arts Connect All New York
- New York State
- Serving: NY State
- Mentorship program for arts educators (including teaching artists working in schools) who work with students with special needs.
Regional Saturday Symposiums
- New York State Alliance for Arts Education
- NY State
- Serving: NY State
- Four symposiums, each in a different region. 6-hour long course offers professional development for arts educators, including teaching artists, working with students with disabilities.
Conference for Community Arts Education
- National Guild for Community Arts Education
- Philadelphia, PA (2015)
- Serving: National
- Conference features a Teaching Artists Track and preconference day devoted to teaching artists, as well as special rates and scholarships.
The Teaching Artist Training
- National Dance Institute
- New York City
- Serving: National
- Ten-day immersion prgram in the NDI's teaching techniques. Includes workshops, discussions, presentations, and hands-on work with children.
Online Artist Training in Arts and Aging
- National Center for Creative Aging
- Online
- Serving: National
- Free online course takes 12-15 hours to complete.
The Creative Age: National Leadership Exchange & Professional Development Institute on Creative Aging in America
- National Center for Creative Aging
- Washington DC
- Serving: National
- Conference includes a Leadership Exchange, Professional Development Institute, and Networking Events. Sponsored in part by Aroha.
Teachcing Artist Minor
- Minneapolis College of Art & Design (Minor Program)
- Minneapolis, MN
- Serving: Twin Cities
- Undergraduate Minor. Coursework includes pedagogy, community art, and practicum.
Teaching Artist Program (TAP)
- Longy School of Music (Bard College)
- Cambridge, MA
- Serving: Greater Boston Area
- Two semester program required of all Longy students. Practicum sites include schools, community organizations, prisons, and hospitals. Also available are teaching assistantships which place fellows in classrooms. Receipt of certificate upon graduation.
LCE Artist Fellowship
- Lincoln Center Education
- Lincoln Center, New York, NY
- Serving: New York City
- $25,000 fellowship granted to professional artists to develop a place for arts education in their work. One fellow annually will participate fully as a staff member while working on projects. Funded by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Summer Forum
- Lincoln Center
- Lincoln Center, New York, NY
- Serving: National
- Programs over three weeks available in 1-, 2-, 3-, or 5-day labs.
Ingenuity Institutes
- Ingenuity, Inc.
- Chicago, IL
- Serving: Chicago
- Several workshop and class opportunities for professionals involved in arts education for underserved youth in Chicago. Many offerings are appropriate for teaching artists.
Lincoln Center Scholars Alternative Certification Program
- Hunter College
- Serving: New York City
- Three-year initiative between Lincoln Center and Hunter College. Program terminates in M Ed from Hunter College and New York State teaching certification; fully subsidized.