NY Teaching Artists Mentorship Program

New York State Teaching Artist Mentorship Program 2026

Resource Publisher

NYC Arts in Education Roundtable

Publish Date

December 19, 2025

Have you worked as a Teaching Artist for at least five years? Wondering what’s next for yourself as a Teaching Artist? Are you interested in expanding and deepening your teaching or artistic practice?

The NYC Arts in Education Roundtable is proud to launch the applications to the fifth cohort of the New York State Teaching Artist Mentorship Program. This regrant opportunity seeks to proactively help mid-career Teaching Artists from across the state develop the networks, skills, and increased capacities necessary to support career advancement and sustainability. The program is supported with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts
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The program connects at least 22 mid-career Teaching Artists with a mentor educator or arts leader for 7 months. This program is dedicated to providing funds, mentorship and connections to artist educators across New York State working in and with communities that have been systemically marginalized in the arts education field. Each participating Teaching Artist will be awarded $2,450 to support their participation in the program.

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The Final date to receive applications for this opportunity is Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:59pm ET.

• Application Opens: Friday, December 19, 2025 at 12:00pm ET
• Final date to receive applications: Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:59pm ET
• Applicants Notified: by Thursday, March 5, 2026
• Professional Development Sessions:
  • May 20, 2026 from 5 – 6pm ET
  • June 17, 2026 from 5 – 6pm ET
  • July 15, 2026 from 5 – 6pm ET
• Mentorship Meetings: May – December 2026. Approximately once a month; to be scheduled based on individuals’ availability.
• Five “Coffee Date” Sessions: May – November 2026. Approximately once a month; to be scheduled based on participant availability. Mentees in the program are expected to attend at least 3 sessions.

The NYS Teaching Artist Mentorship Program will have four components:

• 1:1 Mentorship: Each Teaching Artist will be partnered with a mentor to meet virtually or in-person at least once a month (minimum of 7 times total). Teaching Artists will be paired with a mentor, including arts and cultural leaders and expert educators, based on their goals for participation in the program.
• Professional Development: Participating Teaching Artists will attend public workshops in Spring/Summer 2026 (May 20, June 17, and July 15 from 5 – 6pm ET). These 1 hour virtual workshops will be free and open to all New York State Teaching Artists, regardless of acceptance into the program. Participating Teaching Artists will also have the opportunity to attend the 2026 Face to Face Conference and Day of Learning for free.
• “Coffee Date” Sessions: Participating Teaching Artists will attend 1 hour virtual Q&As with leaders in arts education on topics selected by the mentee cohort. Attendance is expected at three out of five sessions. Coffee dates will be in May, June, July, September and October 2026.
• Field
  
  Hours:
  
  Each mentee will be expected to complete 8 “field hours”. These field hours are meant to provide an opportunity for participants to explore multiple arts education settings and complement the mentorship sessions. Field hours may take place at a school (pending fingerprint clearance), community organization, cultural institution, museum, theater, or other settings related to the delivery of arts education programs.

The regrant award for this project was calculated based on the estimated number of hours each Teaching Artist will spend participating in these 4 aspects of the program.

To apply, you must submit an application through Submittable. The application will open on December 19, at 12:00pm ET. If you’d like to review the application via Google Doc in advance, you can do so here. If you require an accommodation to complete this application, please…