Institute 2-Day Intensives: Cornerstone Theater Company

This workshop (for 12 to 40 participants) relies on participants' input and creativity for activities and conversations that include an introduction to Cornerstone's 20+ year history, hands-on exercises for choosing and engaging communities, story gathering, script writing and adaptation, design, auditions, casting and more, plus an opportunity to put these various elements into practice creating art together. Available to bring to your organization or institution and offered for individual participation at Cornerstone in Los Angeles twice a year.

Institute Summer Residency: Cornerstone Theater Company

Four-week Summer Residency Program in which student participants (age 18 to 80) and Cornerstone's company take up residence in a unique California community to put on a show with, about and for the residents. This intense, immersive hands-on experience includes classroom curriculum as well as and hands-on participation in a community-specific theatrical production. Annually: Residency in July & August; applications accepted January 1 through March 15.

Summer Institutes

One-week intensive courses: "All Abilities Institute" for movers of all ages and ability, "Generating and Crafting Dances" for professional and pre-professional dance artists, "New Tools/Your Dance" for emerging choreographers and the "International Teen Institute" for young artists and their adult mentors. Classes offered at Dance Exchange studios in Takoma Park and Baltimore, Md., and in Washington, D.C. area locations. Year-round classes also available.

Institute for Community Cultural Development

Leadership development program for people who work at the intersection of the arts and community development. Professional-level training and support for community-engaged artists and community developers. Intensive five-month leadership-training curriculum (weekends). Distance-learning exchange with Community Arts Training Institute of St. Louis. Led by Bill Cleveland, Wendy Morris, Erik Takeshita and Jun-Li Wang. Institute is currently in hiatus; for info, e-mail info@intermediaarts.org.

CAT Institute

Community Arts Training (CAT) Institute for artists and social-service providers to foster arts programs serving at-risk populations. Sixteen CAT fellows do fifty hours of free, experiential training during intensive, two-day sessions scheduled October-February.

Summer Institute

Purpose: to connect concert professionals and community-based artists together in a learning experience to better maximize the possibilities of the arts as a vehicle for social activism and civic engagement. Led by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and a team of Urban Bush Women trained in dialogic learning. May include public dance/music performance.

Summer Theatre Institute

Each summer, Sojourn Theatre offers educational opportunities for adults working in theater, education and community settings. Past Institute themes include: "Devising Civic Theater: Performance, Social Practice, Participation & Dialogue" and "Making Theater/Facilitating Dialogue: Performance & Collaboration in Educational, Professional and Community Settings." Institute is often hosted by Lewis & Clark College; college-credit available. Led by Michael Rohd.

Teacher Training Institute for the Arts

Professional-development arm of the Kaleidoscope Pre-School Arts Enrichment Program, committed to preparing young children for school using an early-learning integrated-arts approach. Three-credit courses on a graduate, undergraduate or noncredit basis. Graduate credit awarded through Holy Family University. Also workshops at basic and intermediate levels; advanced-level training for Continuing Education credit hours. Also training in Multiple Intelligences. Courses taught at branches of Settlement Music School.

Institute and Certificate: Arts in Transformation

Annual five-day faith-based research and training Institute for artists, social-service professionals, community and congregational leaders, youth workers and nonprofit organizations. Goal: to integrate the arts effectively in education and community development. Hosted at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pa. To receive Certificate: attend two BuildaBridge Institutes, complete a three-month internship and write a strategic plan for a community-based arts program. Certificate accredited by Eastern University.