Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab

09/02/2026

Attn: Visual arts TAs - from Allied Arts Foundation
🎨 OPEN CALL: 2026 LLEWELYN G. PRITCHARD ARTIST AWARDS

Allied Arts Foundation is accepting applications for three $5,000 unrestricted awards from visual artists who consider teaching a meaningful part of their artistic practice—whether through K–12 education, community arts programs, higher education, or other forms of teaching and learning.

��Who can apply?
• Visual artists of any medium
• Artistic medium and teaching discipline can differ
• 18+ and living in Washington State
• Early- or mid-career artists
• Not currently enrolled as a student�
• No teaching certificate required

💰 3 awards of $5,000
�📅 Deadline: September 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM�
💻 Apply at alliedartsfoundation.org/artistgrants

A $20 application fee helps us administer the program, but fee waivers are available—please contact [email protected] if the fee would prevent you from applying.

09/01/2026

📼 TAT Lab Rewind: 2012–13 edition
A few scenes from TAT Lab at Seattle Rep, where we started!

We’ve been digging through our photo archives and finding some gems from the early years. Here’s a little glimpse of TAT Lab more than a decade ago.

TAT Lab alums: recognize anyone?

08/28/2026

📣 Teaching artists and arts/cultural educators across Washington State: Save the dates!

TAT Lab’s Community of Practice is back for a new season. These free, online “office hours” are a place to bring your teaching questions, challenges, or works in progress and talk them through with peers and TAT Lab faculty.

🌐 Zoom/online | Free
👉🏽 Save the dates and register: https://www.arts.wa.gov/tat-lab/

💬 Each session is shaped by the people who join us! Conversations might explore lesson planning, learning goals, assessment, building partnerships, culturally responsive teaching, and more.

Community of Practice is free and open to teaching artists and arts/cultural educators in ALL creative disciplines across Washington State. No prior TAT Lab experience required, and TAT Lab alumni are always welcome!

📷 Text on graphic reads: TAT Lab Community of Practice. Free online office hours for teaching artists and arts educators across Washington State. Upcoming sessions: Sept. 23 and Nov. 4, 2026; Feb. 10 and April 20, 2027. All creative disciplines welcome.

08/27/2026

📼 Vintage TAT Lab: 2011–12 edition
A look all the way back to the very first TAT Lab cohort! As we get ready to welcome a new group of teaching artists into TAT Lab this year, we’re looking back at some of the folks who helped start it all in 2011–12. Some of these TAT Lab grads are even staff and faculty now - can you find them?

😃 Here’s to another year of learning and growing together.

TAT Lab alums: recognize anyone?

08/13/2026

Know anyone who has working condition instruments they’re looking to part ways with? Music Educators in the NCWMEA region are accepting instrument donations to support students in the fire-affected areas. See below for details:

🥁🎺🚨 Instrument Drive 🚨🎻🎷

Know anyone who has working condition instruments they’re looking to part ways with? Music Educators in the NCWMEA region are accepting instrument donations to support students in the fire-affected areas. Please share 🔁

08/13/2026

From Washington State Arts Commission

🎭 CALL FOR CENTRAL WA PERFORMING ARTISTS 🎶 ArtsWA is seeking local performing artists—musicians, dancers, actors, storytellers, and puppeteers—to join our next cohort of Wolf Trap Teaching Artists! Teaching artists receive specialized, paid training to partner with preschool educators, using creative performing arts strategies to support early childhood learning.

📆Deadline: Thursday, August 20, 2026

👉🏽 How to Apply: Email [email protected] with a resume or ask questions
👉🏽 https://www.arts.wa.gov/wa-state-wolf-trap/

📌 Key Details:
• Eligibility: Must be based in Central WA / greater Yakima area
• Paid Training: $1,500 + mileage (Yakima: Sept 28 – Oct 2, 2026)
• Classroom Residencies: Paid contract work ($2,100–$3,750 + mileage) delivering preschool residencies between Jan – June 2027. (Schedules are flexibly co-created with host teachers!)

ID: Teaching artist Lorelei Kennedy teaches in a classroom. Young children stand in active positions while teachers at front of classroom have raised hands. Everyone is in motion. Image courtesy of ArtsWA.

08/07/2026

From ArtsEd Washington: If you know any public school students impacted by the recent wildfires who need support, please let them know the WA State Office of Education Ombuds is here to help. They can assist with enrollment, attendance, special education, transportation, and nearly any school‑related question.
Contact: https://www.oeo.wa.gov/en

Spokane & Other Wildfire‑Affected Communities:
Spokane Public Schools (SPS) announced a free emergency drop-in camp at Shadle Park High School for families across the region affected by wildfires.

If you know any public school students impacted by the Spokane wildfires who need support, please let them know the WA State Office of Education Ombuds is here to help. We can assist with enrollment, attendance, special education, transportation, and nearly any school‑related question.
Contact: https://www.oeo.wa.gov/en

We hope students are able to remain in their current schools, but if relocation becomes necessary due to the wildfires, here is a guide we created to help make the transition smoother:https://www.oeo.wa.gov/sites/default/files/public/Relocating%20to%20Washington%20After%20a%20Disaster%202025%20Update.pdf

08/07/2026

Our friends at ArtsEd Washington are organizing recovery and support for arts educators who have lost their supplies in the Spokane area.

💛 In the recent fires, many students and teachers have lost musical instruments, dance shoes, paint palettes, weaving tools, and other creative essentials. At the same time, we’re hearing from many people who want to help.

🎨 So we've assembled an Eastern Washington Arts Recovery Project webpage with simple forms to help with:
-Donating arts supplies or funds
-Requesting replacement arts materials for students and educators

📍 We’re currently focusing on Eastern Washington, with Shadle Park High School (north Spokane) as the dedicated drop‑off and pick‑up point. We’re also in conversation with educators in central Washington to explore additional pick‑up locations as needs emerge.

If you are a student or teacher who lost your beloved arts materials, we hope you’ll let this community help restore some of them for you.

If you have instruments, art supplies, or funds to share, please visit the project page and take a moment to fill out the donation form.

🔗 https://www.artsedwashington.org/easternwarecovery

08/05/2026

🫶 THANK YOU to everyone who applied for the TAT Lab 2026-27 Core Program!

Application reviews are starting and we can't wait to hear about the inspiring work so many teaching artists and arts educators are doing throughout Washington!

08/05/2026

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Teaching Artistry Podcast goes live! In this special episode, Courtney J. Boddie records in front of a live audience! Courtney is joined by Australian activist, artist, scholar, educator, and change