Theresa Pollack taught cooking classes at Richmond Professional Institute from 1928 to 1930 before becoming a full-time Professor of Art at the same educational institution in 1935.
In 1928, under Theresa Pollak's leadership, the Art Department at the School of Social Work and Public Health opened, later to become the Richmond Division of the College of William and Mary and later still the Richmond Professional Institute. The first location of the School of Arts was the loft of the Saunders-Willard house stable. From 1928 to 1930 Pollack began teaching children's classes at Richmond Professional Institute as well as classes at the University of Richmond. 
