Join your educator peers and the TAB community to develop skills and gain a greater understanding of choice-based learning in Pre K-12 art programs.

Each July, MassArt partners with Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB) to offer an intensive one week institute. The TAB Institute offers participants the opportunity to engage in creative growth with like-minded educators from across the world. Participants work in cohort groups that align with the grade levels they teach (Elementary or Secondary) or our Studio Cohort, open to educators who have previously attended the Institute and are returning to focus on building studio habits for themselves and their students.

 

TAB 2026: Building Sustainable Studios 

Visiting Artists Joyce Husseini and Leneigh White from the Boston Modern Quilters Guild will present on global quilting traditions and contemporary quilting, including their no-new-materials Denim Project. They will lead a workshop where participants will create with community-sourced second-hand fabrics and learn how quilting can be incorporated into the K-12 classroom

Schedule: July 13-17, 2026
Classes meet 9am – 4pm, with optional studio evenings 7 – 10pm
Location: Fully In-person
Cost: TAB Non-credit Course: $1,105
          TAB Graduate 3 Credit Course: $2,815
Housing Cost: $530

Highlights

  • Content for experienced and beginner practitioners
  • Cohort groups for Elementary, Middle/Secondary, and Studio (for previous participants)
  • Participant-led content and exhibits
  • TAB instructional practices, assessment tools, and strategies
  • Studio Center introductions and demonstrations
  • Teachers will work as makers in the TAB Studio (open to all participants)

Tab Institute Specifics

  • Fully in-person
  • Three graduate credits or non-credit
  • On campus shared housing
  • Participants meet with cohort groups

2026 Schedule

  • Check-in for campus shared housing:  Sunday, July 13, 11am – 2pm
    Please notify us if you will be arriving outside this timeframe.
  • Cohort meetings and a group activity: Sunday, July 13, 4pm.
  • Classes Meet: Monday – Friday, July 14 to July 17, 9am – 4pm, with optional studio evenings 7 – 10pm. All course content will end by 4 pm on Friday, July 17.
  • Depart from campus housing: Friday, July 17 or Saturday, July 18
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