Bespoke & Air

Tailored | Immersive | Extraordinary

Bring the power of ISTA directly to your school with bespoke student events and artist-in-residence (AIR) experiences. Designed around your curriculum, values, and calendar, these tailor-made arts programmes connect your students with world-class artists and educators—sparking creativity, deepening learning, and enriching your international arts curriculum.

Benefits of a Bespoke ISTA experience

A bespoke ISTA experience is tailored to your school’s goals, offering the flexibility, focus, and world-class expertise to create maximum impact—without the need for travel. Here’s what you can expect:

Plan sessions around your students’ needs, term structure, or special events.

Align workshops with core components, assessment tasks, and syllabus objectives.

Work with renowned theatre and film practitioners, IB specialists, and ISTA artist.

Take away inspirations, approaches, and practical techniques to enrich student learning.

Here are just a few examples of what we can create together—starting points to spark ideas, not set boundaries:

Bespoke Student Events

Design a one-of-a-kind ISTA experience that aligns with your school’s needs, goals, and curriculum. Whether it’s a multi-day arts festival or an
in-house IB DP TAPS (Theatre and Performance Symposium), we’ll co-create a tailor-made event with you—delivered in person, online, or as a hybrid—bringing world-class global arts learning directly to your students.

Choose your own focus, format, and schedule to align with school events or initiatives

Work with an all-star team of international artists, curriculum specialists, and arts educators

Create interdisciplinary learning experiences across theatre, film and the arts

Inspire, challenge, and connect your community through a unique shared event

Contact us to discuss your next AIR experience

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The Artist in Residence was like bringing a personalised ISTA festival right into my class.

MYP Arts Teacher

Bespoke Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Experiences

Host an ISTA artist at your school—on site or online—for anything from a half-day workshop to a full-term residency. Tailored to your goals, each AIR experience can focus on:

Explore global arts traditions, practices, and performance styles

Investigate influential theorists, artists, and creative movements

Develop collaborative creation techniques and original work

Develop collaborative creation techniques and original work

"The Artist in Residence came at the perfect time to boost students’ confidence, challenge their thinking and reignite their sense of play!"

IB DP Theatre Teacher

Explore the ISTA Store

Discover our growing range of creative resources, publications, and classroom tools for theatre, film and the arts. Every visit supports our mission and helps raise awareness of the unique materials we create for educators and students worldwide.

Visit the Store

Partnering with ISTA to create a bespoke event unblocks a world of artistic possibility, where your vision meets our global expertise to inspire, challenge, and transform your students.

Professional Learning

Inspiring  | Immersive | Impactful

ISTA supports arts educators through practical, high-quality professional learning. Our Professional Development & Learning (PD&L) workshops provide hands-on learning experiences, while our consultancy services offer tailored guidance for individual and school-wide growth.

Professional Development & Learning (PD&L)

Our PD&L experiences offer practical, high-quality training to elevate teaching in theatre, film and the arts. Through face-to-face, virtual, and on-demand formats, educators gain fresh strategies, creative skills, and opportunities for meaningful collaboration.

Face-to-face

Join in-person workshops around the world for hands-on, creative learning with expert facilitators.

✔ Practical strategies for the classroom

✔ Artist-led skills sessions

✔ Fresh ideas to inspire your teaching

Virtual

Join virtual workshops from anywhere for real-time, interactive learning with experienced practitioners.

✔ Focused sessions on assessment and pedagogy

✔ Creative strategies for theatre and film

✔ Connections with a global educator network

On-demand

Our on-demand PD&L courses, hosted by ISTA Encore, offer flexible, self-paced learning anytime with our expert-designed materials.

✔ Learn at your own pace

✔ Use practical, ready-to-go resources

✔ Revisit content whenever it suits you

Browse our catalogue of events to discover upcoming IB Workshops

FIND A PD&L WORKSHOP

Tailored Support and Professional Learning for Art Educators

At ISTA, we know that every educator’s journey is unique. Whether you’re refining your teaching, developing a school-wide arts initiative, or navigating specific assessment challenges, our personalised professional development services provide the support you need to grow, lead, and inspire.

In addition to our core PD&L offerings, ISTA provides tailored professional support for educators and schools seeking deeper, more personalised development. Whether you're addressing specific goals or wider school initiatives, our expert-led services are designed to meet you where you are and help you grow

Bespoke consultancy

Collaborate with our specialist arts education consultants to design custom training for your school or department, from curriculum planning to student engagement strategies.

Find out more

Coaching & mentoring

Access personalised one-to-one or small-group support to enhance your teaching practice, strengthen your leadership skills, and build confidence in curriculum and assessment.

Find out more

I really valued the chance to learn directly from such an experienced teacher, connect with theatre educators from around the world, and deepen my understanding of the IB guide.

IB DP Theatre Workshop Participant, Online

The workshop gave me a deep understanding of IB expectations for the collaborative project, practical ideas for classroom activities, and insight into common student errors so we can avoid them.

IB DP Theatre Workshop Participant, Vancouver

Facilitated by experienced IB practitioners, examiners, and curriculum developers

Tailored to the unique needs of IB Theatre, Film, and Arts teachers

Focused on practical, engaging training aligned with IB assessment standards

Designed to build teacher confidence and stay current with the latest developments in IB arts education

IB Workshop categories

Whether you're new to the IB or an experienced educator looking to refine your practice, ISTA offers workshops for every stage of your professional development.

Not sure which category is right for you?

 Download our guide to find the perfect IB DP workshop for your needs.

IB Workshop guide

Explore ISTA Encore

Looking for flexible, high-quality professional learning you can access anytime, anywhere? ISTA Encore is our on-demand platform offering creative, practical courses for theatre and film educators and students. Whether refining your skills or exploring new ideas, Encore gives you the tools to grow—on your schedule.

Browse ISTA Encore courses

Through shared stories and collaborative experiences, we inspire change from the inside out. One ensemble, one stage, one voice at a time.

Professional Learning

Inspiring  | Immersive | Impactful

ISTA supports arts educators through practical, high-quality professional learning. Our Professional Development & Learning (PD&L) workshops provide hands-on learning experiences, while our consultancy services offer tailored guidance for individual and school-wide growth.

Professional Development & Learning (PD&L)

Our PD&L experiences offer practical, high-quality training to elevate teaching in theatre, film and the arts. Through face-to-face, virtual, and on-demand formats, educators gain fresh strategies, creative skills, and opportunities for meaningful collaboration.

Face-to-face

Join in-person workshops around the world for hands-on, creative learning with expert facilitators.

✔ Practical strategies for the classroom

✔ Artist-led skills sessions

✔ Fresh ideas to inspire your teaching

Virtual

Join virtual workshops from anywhere for real-time, interactive learning with experienced practitioners.

✔ Focused sessions on assessment and pedagogy

✔ Creative strategies for theatre and film

✔ Connections with a global educator network

On-demand

Our on-demand PD&L courses, hosted by ISTA Encore, offer flexible, self-paced learning anytime with our expert-designed materials.

✔ Learn at your own pace

✔ Use practical, ready-to-go resources

✔ Revisit content whenever it suits you

Browse our catalogue of events to discover upcoming IB Workshops

FIND A PD&L WORKSHOP

Tailored Support and Professional Learning for Art Educators

At ISTA, we know that every educator’s journey is unique. Whether you’re refining your teaching, developing a school-wide arts initiative, or navigating specific assessment challenges, our personalised professional development services provide the support you need to grow, lead, and inspire.

In addition to our core PD&L offerings, ISTA provides tailored professional support for educators and schools seeking deeper, more personalised development. Whether you're addressing specific goals or wider school initiatives, our expert-led services are designed to meet you where you are and help you grow

Bespoke consultancy

Collaborate with our specialist arts education consultants to design custom training for your school or department, from curriculum planning to student engagement strategies.

Find out more

Coaching & mentoring

Access personalised one-to-one or small-group support to enhance your teaching practice, strengthen your leadership skills, and build confidence in curriculum and assessment.

Find out more

I really valued the chance to learn directly from such an experienced teacher, connect with theatre educators from around the world, and deepen my understanding of the IB guide.

IB DP Theatre Workshop Participant, Online

The workshop gave me a deep understanding of IB expectations for the collaborative project, practical ideas for classroom activities, and insight into common student errors so we can avoid them.

IB DP Theatre Workshop Participant, Vancouver

Facilitated by experienced IB practitioners, examiners, and curriculum developers

Tailored to the unique needs of IB Theatre, Film, and Arts teachers

Focused on practical, engaging training aligned with IB assessment standards

Designed to build teacher confidence and stay current with the latest developments in IB arts education

IB Workshop categories

Whether you're new to the IB or an experienced educator looking to refine your practice, ISTA offers workshops for every stage of your professional development.

Not sure which category is right for you?

 Download our guide to find the perfect IB DP workshop for your needs.

IB Workshop guide

Explore ISTA Encore

Looking for flexible, high-quality professional learning you can access anytime, anywhere? ISTA Encore is our on-demand platform offering creative, practical courses for theatre and film educators and students. Whether refining your skills or exploring new ideas, Encore gives you the tools to grow—on your schedule.

Browse ISTA Encore courses

Through shared stories and collaborative experiences, we inspire change from the inside out. One ensemble, one stage, one voice at a time.