TAP Alliance is a network of Arts in Education organizations collaborating on a series of Teaching Artist professional development seminars and internships as a part of Community-Word Project’s Teaching Artist Project. These seminars and workshops are available to Teaching Artists, currently working at a Alliance member organization. The TAP Alliance is dedicated to expanding and enhancing the Teaching Artist field, by providing quality and effective professional development seminars, workshops and internships through collective impact. The Alliance believes that by working together, we can provide our Teaching Artists with a comprehensive and diverse range of skills, to improve the arts in education field and better serve our constituency.
2025-26 Workshops
Registration links coming soon.
December 11th 2025 (6:00-7:30pm EST) #TAP into Networking: An Interactive Elevator Pitch Workshop I TAP
December 17th 2025 (6:00-7:30pm EST) #TAP into Your Artist Grids I TAP
January 13th 2026 (6:00-7:30pm EST) (Writing) Depth Through Brevity I TAP
January 20th 2026 (6:00-8:30pm EST) iCARE: Financial Literacy Workshop I iCARE
January 24th 2026 (10:00 am – 11:30 am EST) Boundary Setting in a Classroom and Creating Supportive Expectations I TAP
January 31st 2026 (10:00 am – 11:30 am EST) Active Listening and Motivational Interviewing I TAP
February 3rd 2026 (4:00pm – 5:30 pm EST) Tax and Money Tips for Teaching Artists I Empire Tax Prep I NYCAEIR
February 7th 2026 (11:00am – 1:00 pm EST) Universal Design for Learning I Marquis Studios
February 14th 2026 (10:00 am – 11:30 am EST) Teaching, Facilitation, and Coaching: Distinctions and Application I TAP
February 21st 2026 (10:00 am – 11:30 am EST) Working with Student with Complex Social Needs I TAP
February 26th 2026 (6:00 – 9:00 pm EST) Radical Love: An Evening of Music and Poetry in Celebration of Teaching Artist Project I TAP
March 9th 2026 (6:30-8:30pm EST) Teaching for Different Age Groups I TAP
March 10th 2026 (6:30-8:30pm EST) Trauma Informed Facilitation I TAP
March 21st 2026 (10:30am -12:30pm EST) Teaching Artist Entrepreneurship I TAP
March 24th 2026 (6:30-8:30pm EST) Healing Centered Facilitation I TAP
April 9th 2026 (6:30-8:00pm EST) Mapping Out Your Teaching Artist Career I TAP
April 16th 2026 (6:30-8:30pm EST) Teaching Artist Sustainability I TAP
April 21st 2026 (6:00-8:00pm EST) Justice Oriented Practices I TAP
April 28th 2026 (6:30-8:30pm EST) Art as Activism I TAP
ACCESSIBILITY: Teaching Artist Project is an equal opportunity program and is committed to providing opportunities for all of our members to participate in our programs and engage with one another. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity and accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Should you have any accessibility needs for one of our workshops, please reach out to us at tap@communitywordproject.org.
