Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab

📣 NOW OPEN: 2026–27 TAT Lab Core Program Applications

Are you a Washington State teaching artist, culture bearer or arts educator looking to strengthen your teaching practice?

TAT Lab Core offers:
🎨 8-month professional development program
💻 Hybrid online + in-person format
🤝 Statewide community of artists & educators
📚 Curriculum design & teaching frameworks
🌎 Planning for culturally responsive and inclusive teaching

🗓 Apply by July 28, 2026
🔗 Learn more and apply here: https://www.arts.wa.gov/tat-lab/

Open to educators in WA State working across artistic disciplines — including those working in youth, adult, and intergenerational learning environments.

❓Have Questions? Core Program Info Sessions:

📆 Tue, June 9, 9:30 – 10:30 am
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/2026CoreInfo1

📆 Sat, July 11, 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/2026CoreInfo2

📆 Mon, July 20, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/2026CoreInfo3

❓Need help with your Application?

Core Program Application Assistance:
📆 Mon, June 22, 11:00 – 12:30 pm
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/2026AppAssistance
📞 or contact us at [email protected]

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This Wednesday! Join the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium June 3 from 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM PDT for a virtual lunch-and-learn panel: Advancing Blind and Low-Vision Access in the Arts.

We will hear directly from blind and low-vision patrons and arts professionals who will share their lived and professional experiences navigating cultural spaces. Whether you are an arts administrator, a creator, a museum docent, or an equity advocate, this conversation will offer practical takeaways on tactile tours, audio descriptions, and shifting the cultural landscape toward true belonging.

Register now at www.seattlecac.org.

Accessibility: This event will be held on Zoom. CART Captioning and ASL interpreters will be provided, and presentation slides will be sent to registrants in advance.

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🎨 Teaching artists: let’s talk about BUSINESS.

Join TAT Lab for The Business of Being a Teaching Artist — an interactive online workshop designed to support artists and arts educators building sustainable, thoughtful teaching practices.

📅 Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 4:00–6:30 PM
💻 Online via Zoom
💲 Sliding scale: $0–$40
🌎 Open to teaching artists and arts educators across Washington State — all artistic disciplines welcome!

Register here: https://order.pnb.org/26-tat/teaching-artist

In this workshop, participants will:
✨ Develop foundational tools for marketing themselves as teaching artists
✨ Learn how to plan successful residencies with partner organizations
✨ Explore strategies for implementation and long-term success
✨ Reflect on culturally responsive and inclusive teaching spaces
✨ Gain practical resources about contracts, payments, and more

Whether you’re new to teaching artistry or looking to strengthen your professional practice, this workshop offers tools, reflection, and community connection.

📣 Now open for registration: Tacoma Creates X TAT Lab: A Workshop for Teaching Artists and Arts Educators.

Who: Open to teaching artists and arts educators, in all creative disciplines, who live and/or work in the City of Tacoma.
📆 When: Saturday, June 13, 10am - 1pm
🌎 Where: The Tacoma Armory
👉 Register here: https://forms.gle/eCnUHkSG7DvR2KJd6

In this FREE workshop, faculty from the Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab (TAT Lab) will demonstrate learning activities in the TAT Lab style, unpacking the elements of instructional design, as well as incorporating culturally responsive practices and Universal Design into arts teaching and learning.

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Tacoma Creates Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab

📣 Applications are NOW OPEN for the 2026–27 TAT Lab Core Program! TAT Lab Core is an interactive, hands-on professional development program for Washington State teaching artists and arts/cultural educators working in all artistic disciplines.

📆 Application window: June 1 – July 28, 2026 at 5 p.m.
👉 Learn more: https://www.arts.wa.gov/tat-lab/
• Lesson plan design
• Reflective teaching practices
• Social justice in arts education
• Assessment & teaching frameworks
• Inclusive approaches for diverse learners
• Hybrid Zoom/In-person program

Financial aid options available. Some travel assistance available for participants outside the Seattle/Tacoma area to attend two in-person sessions.

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Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab

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📣 Attention Teaching Artists! The TAT Lab Core Program opens for applications on June 1. TAT Lab Core is a professional development program for Washington State teaching artists and arts/cultural educators working in all artistic disciplines.

📅Application window: June 1 – July 28, 2026 at 5 p.m.
👉🏽Learn more: https://www.arts.wa.gov/tat-lab/

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Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab

📣 TAT Lab’s Core Program is coming back this fall! We are excited to announce that the TAT Lab Core Program, our 8-month professional development program for teaching artists and artist educators throughout Washington, is returning for the 2026/2027 session.

⭐ Thank you to foundry10 for seeing the value in TAT Lab’s work and funding this upcoming session. Foundry10 expands ideas about learning through research, programs, and philanthropy, shaping innovative approaches in education and youth development.

We can’t wait to welcome a new cohort this fall! Applications open June 1st!

Questions?
Join our faculty and staff at an upcoming Info Session!

* Tue, June 9, 9:30 – 10:30 am
Register: https://tinyurl.com/2026CoreInfo1

* Sat, July 11, 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Register: https://tinyurl.com/2026CoreInfo2

* Mon, July 20, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Register: https://tinyurl.com/2026CoreInfo3

* Core Program Application Assistance:
Mon, June 22, 11:00 – 12:30 pm
https://tinyurl.com/2026AppAssistance

📣 Register now for 'Tacoma Creates X TAT Lab: A Workshop for Teaching Artists and Arts Educators!'

👩‍🏫 Who: Open to teaching artists and arts educators, in all creative disciplines, who live and/or work in the City of Tacoma.
📆 When: Saturday, June 13, 10am - 1pm
📍 Where: The Tacoma Armory
👉 Register here: https://forms.gle/eCnUHkSG7DvR2KJd6

In this FREE hands-on workshop, faculty from the Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab (TAT Lab) will demonstrate learning activities in the TAT Lab style, unpacking the elements of instructional design, as well as incorporating culturally responsive practices and Universal Design into arts teaching and learning. Learn more about TAT Lab, meet some of our faculty, and hang out with your teaching artist colleagues.

Registration will be capped at 25 participants. Registrations beyond our maximum will be placed on a waiting list. TAT Lab alumni welcome!

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