Community Mural Arts Education Workshop

Hands-on experience in directing, designing and planning a community mural under the guidance of Master Muralist Susan Cervantes. Monthy every third Tuesday, 7-9 p.m., $50 per session ($40 for members). Pre-registration required. (Center also offers low-cost art classes for all ages, six days every week, on a drop-in basis.)

Theatre for Living Workshops

Annual summer intensive training in Boal techniques applied to mainstream theater, interdisciplinary work, personal/community development, anti-racism and violence, environmental action, education and counseling. Led by David Diamond. August (register in June). Level 1 and 2 available.

Theatre of the Oppressed Training

Annual three-day spring workshops in Augusto Boal's Forum Theatre/Theater of the Oppressed (TOP) techniques. Taught by Adrian Jackson, Boal's translator and founder of Cardboard Citizens, a theater company that applies TOP techniques in homeless hostels, community centers, schools and theaters. Workshops in Rainbow of Desire and Joker facilitation (difficultation). Based in London.

Choreographers' Lab Leading Communities To Dance

Professional development program for choreographers, teaching artists and dance specialists who work in traditional and nontraditional dance settings, such as community centers, nursing homes, prisons and schools, guiding participants through the creative and art-making process. Includes exploration of Jacob's Pillow Curriculum in Motion® process. Offered on even years. Lab alumni eligible to co-teach with Pillow Artist Educator Celeste Miller during annual residencies in Berkshire County Schools.

Creative Economy Online Class

This class explores the possibilities and pitfalls of using the arts to stimulate economic growth and build social capital. Students will “uncover why the creative economy is a major force in stimulating communities across the country, and explore how each community is unique.” Each student uses his/her community or community-based arts organization as a case study to: determine strengths and potentials; develop cross-sector partnerships with artists, business leaders and government officials; strategize how to attract investment and diversify economy; build social capital and more. Culminates in the creation of a Creative Economy plan unique to each case study. Taught by Tom Borrup. Enroll online.

Young Audiences

Organization bringing artistic instruction to New Jersey's school children. Artist-in-Residence/Workshop Programs encourage "children to roll up their sleeves and create." Signature programs include the Ennis Beley Photography Project, MetLife Dance for Life, Make your own Radio Show, Pixel Nation, and the Artists-in-Education Long-term Residency Program, funded by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. (In 2007, Young Audiences merged with Institute for Arts and Humanities Education in New Brunswick.)

Certificate in Documentary Studies

Interdisciplinary educational organization affiliated with Duke. Offers courses through two main programs: undergraduate education and continuing studies, including workshops and institutes of short duration. Emphasizes documentary fieldwork, collaborative partnerships and balance between individual artistic expression and community goals. Instruction in photography, audio, film/video and narrative writing along with an examination of documentary traditions, practices and ethics. Weekend Courses & Summer Institutes also available.

Theatre of the Oppressed Workshops

Annual summer training intensive plus periodic additional trainings and workshops in Theatre of the Oppressed (T.O.), a form of popular community-based education that uses theater as a tool for social change. Mandala Center is an active hub for the training and grassroots practice of T.O., and is the parent organization for the Poetic Justice Theatre Ensemble, a multi-generational group of actor-activists generating dialogue around burning social issues. Workshops led by Marc Weinblatt. Visit web site for more information.