Teaching Artist Project

Teaching Artist Project (TAP) is a comprehensive training and internship
program for working artists who desire to incorporate social justice
and social emotional learning into their teaching practice. Our program
is committed to the professional development of teaching artists through
a social justice methodology that translates creative process into
educational practice.

TAP workshops will be in-person for our 2024-25 cycle. Our 8 month
Signature Program will run from October 2024 to May 2025 including
internships and externships, which will be in-schools and in arts
administrative offices. Some of our community building and art sharing
events will remain virtual and scheduled in advance.

TAP supports Community-Word Project’s global mission to facilitate
culturally responsive, multidisciplinary art programs for students,
teaching artists, and communities to develop and amplify their voices
and creative skills. Formerly known as the Teaching Artist Training and
Internship Program (TATIP), Teaching Artist Project was the first of its
kind and remains today the only comprehensive training program for
working Teaching Artists. Teaching Artist Project alums have gone on to
serve over 250,000 students throughout the world.

Through the 8-month long Teaching Artist Project training, participants will:

• Expand teaching through experiential, inquiry and reflection processes
• Investigate social justice education, pedagogies and philosophies
• Explore creative processes and critical thinking
• Implement strategies for classroom management 
• Acquire and utilize teaching methods for multiple learning types and levels
• Create collaborative arts lessons
• Build community with artists, teachers and organizations across New York City
• And much more!

TAP is committed to the professional development of teaching artists through a social justice methodology that translates creative process into educational practice. Our program will run from October 2024 to May 2025. The majority of TAP weekend workshops, and all internships, will be held in person in New York City. You must either live in NYC, or make arrangements to be in person regularly throughout the duration of the program. 

Each session centers our creative process and identity through experiential workshops that includes, but is not limited to,  process based facilitation, power & privilege, teaching artist sustainability & entrepreneurship, and internships focused on applicable classroom skills, building a portfolio of work, administrative skills and experience. The focus of each session can be found in our program overview. We will have information about future summer and fall programming available soon.