Tailored Experiences that fit your world

Designed for your students, your goals, your syllabus

Our Bespoke and AIR experiences bring world-class arts learning
to your school

Arts educators want meaningful experiences for their students—but time, budget, and logistics often make travel difficult. That’s why flexible, high-impact solutions that inspire and connect matter more than ever.

With our Bespoke offer, we bring the festival experience to you

Custom Fit

Design an ISTA experience tailored to your school—delivered on-site, online, or in hybrid form. From full-scale festivals to focused TAPS immersions, every event is built around your goals.

Creative Impact

Whether it’s a themed celebration or an assessment-aligned deep dive, your event becomes a shared moment of creativity and connection. The ISTA experience comes alive—right where you are.

Global Expertise

Collaborate with professional artists, IB specialists, and international educators. Together, we’ll create a programme that aligns with your curriculum and inspires your students.

Bring World-Class Artists Into Your Classroom with our Artist in Residence (AIR) experiences

Bring a professional ISTA artist into your school—on-site or online—for anything from a single workshop to a full-term residency.

Performance Styles

Explore global theatre traditions and physical techniques through practical workshops. From mask to movement, students try new ways of performing.

Creative Practice

Engage in devising, theory, and interdisciplinary work. Sessions align with IB aims or broader creative goals.

Student Competencies

Residencies build risk-taking, collaboration, and creative ownership. Students grow as confident, reflective artists.

Curriculum Connection

AIR experiences support your learning objectives. Link creative work directly to units, assessments, or themes.

International Artist Spotlight

Chiara D'Anna

Commedia Dell’Arte

Chiara is an acclaimed Italian director, performer, and academic with international credits in theatre, opera, and film. She teaches at RADA, Goldsmiths, and the Accademia dell’Arte, and is known for her award-winning solo and collaborative work.

Nehprii Amenii

Creative Anthropology & Ritual Theatre

Nehprii is a Brooklyn-based director, playwright, and puppeteer known for fusing personal narrative with large-scale spectacle. Her work has been presented by Bread and Puppet, The Public Theater, Alvin Ailey, and internationally in South Africa, Haiti, and India. She is Artistic Director of Khunum Productions.

Ania Upstill

Theatre of the Oppressed

Ania is a theatre-maker, clown, and educator trained at Dell’Arte International and CUNY. They are a specialist in applied theatre, gender education, and Theatre of the Oppressed, with credits across the U.S. and internationally. Ania co-leads GenderWise and teaches in the Gender Studies department at John Jay College

Shanice Stanislaus

Clowning & Comedy

Shanice is an award-winning actor and theatrical clown whose shows have toured across North America and Europe. Her hit solo works Mail Ordered and $$$ have earned multiple comedy and fringe awards. She is also the founder of Creatives Inspirit, bringing clowning into communities worldwide.

Support your teaching & spark student creativity

Access classroom tools, creative resources, and practical guides designed for arts educators. Perfect for in-house learning an IB-aligned teaching.