Teaching for Artistic Behavior
Join your education 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.
Register NowTAB 2025: Embracing the Power of Process Through a Deep Dive into Printmaking
Visiting Artist Magda Leon will give the keynote address and lead art-making in the Studio with each cohort. Abby Birhanu, TAB teacher and author, will join us as a guest speaker and lead a workshop about the power of process in the TAB Studio.
Schedule: July 14 to July 18, 2025
Classes meet 9am – 4pm, with optional studio evenings 7 – 10pm
Location: Fully In-person
Cost: TAB Non-credit Course: $1,075
TAB Graduate 3 Credit Course: $2,730
Housing Cost: $500
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
2025 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 18, 9am – 4pm, with optional studio evenings 7 – 10pm. A full and updated schedule will be posted on Mighty Networks.
- Depart from campus housing: Saturday, July 19
Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served and space available basis.
On-campus shared rooms are available in MassArt’s Tree House Residence Hall. Each room has two beds and a shared bath. They are available Sunday through Saturday (the program concludes on Saturday). Linens are provided; residents will bring their own toiletries.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design offers graduate credits and issues an official transcript for work completed in the TAB Summer Institute. A Certificate of Completion may be used for Massachusetts Professional Development Points.
Requirements For 3 Graduate Credits
- Pre-institute online components including reading, reflection, and writing
- Attend a minimum of 135 hours combined class time, pre-institute work, and studio time
- Share a demo in Studio and/or present at the unconference on Thursday
- Complete a final project. Past projects have included class websites, room design plans, curriculum mapping, and advocacy brochures.
MassArt is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for documented physical and learning disabilities. Requests for any accommodation should be made two months before the start of the course ce@massart.edu.
A written withdrawal request must be sent to ce@massart.edu before June 1 in order to receive a refund of all payments.
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