On  23 May 2019 a Rural Arts Collaborative Spring Institute was held at Frederick L. Smeigh Education Center in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania. Along with demonstrations and performances by Pittsburgh musician Calvin Stemley, the Bricolage Production Company, the immersive theater troupe headquartered in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District, and Attack Theatre, a dance company from East Liberty, the institute gathered together regional artists who have been in residence at schools in SW Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.

On 09 May 2018 a Rural Arts Collaborative Spring Institute was held at Bentworth High School. Along with demonstrations and performances by Pittsburgh musician Calvin Stemley, the Bricolage Production Company, the immersive theater troupe headquartered in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District, and Attack Theatre, a dance company from East Liberty, the institute gathered together regional artists who have been in residence at schools in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties and Wheeling, W.Va., since the program’s founding in 2012.