Teaching Artist Institute
November 7-8, 2025, 10-4pm
April 17-19, 2026, 10-4pm
$252
Includes:
- Approximately 26 hours of workshop learning
- Lunches for all five days
According to the International Teaching Artists Collaborative: Teaching artistry is a global practice in which artists expand their creative skills to engage directly with communities and schools, using their craft as a powerful tool for local change. While the practice varies across countries and contexts, it is unified by shared foundational principles, values, and methods, offering a unique and transformative approach to addressing diverse needs through the universal language of the arts.
Now in its fourth year, Wharton Center is thrilled to offer an expanding Teaching Artist Institute, allowing participants to join a year-long cohort of learning with other Teaching Artists across the state. Formatted for brand new teaching artists as well as those who are working in the field, this Institute will broaden your skill set, offer feedback for your current practices, and give you plenty of networking opportunities.
We have expanded the Institute to two weekends of learning–this gives participants a chance to use skills in their current work, get feedback, create questions, and then come back together as a cohort. We will welcome multiple facilitators this year, to encourage a broad view of the field. Specific topics to be explored are lesson planning, creating your brand/pitch, and the logistics of planning/scheduling in-class partnerships.
New this year: Payment Plan
Pay all at once or with a payment plan: 5 payments of $50.40 starting October 6 (or first day of payment), and one on the 6th of every following month.
Questions? Contact Kelly Stuible-Clark at stuible3@whartoncenter.com or (517) 884-3166.