A tool to calculate a living wage for teaching artists based on location, experience level, and household size.
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A tool to calculate a living wage for teaching artists based on location, experience level, and household size.
Teaching Artist Guild
An international network connecting and advocating for teaching artists. Website includes resource databases, free job and event listings, regional networks, a pay rate calculator, an online publication of articles by teaching artists, an asset map of teaching artists and organizations.
NYC Arts in Education Roundtable
“Paying for Professionalism 2025: A Report on New York City Teaching Artist Compensation & Employment” provides a comprehensive overview of the financial and employment landscape for Teaching Artists in New York City. The report explores various aspects of Teaching Artist work, including compensation models, benefits, career sustainability, and challenges faced by these professionals.
Nyama McCarthy-Brown
This book provides dance educators with tools to refocus teaching methods to celebrate the pluralism of the United States. The contributors discuss how to diversify ballet technique classes and dance history courses in higher education, choreographing dance about socially charged contemporary issues, and incorporating Native American dances into the curriculum, among other topics.