InSEA believes that learning through art is an
important way to promote international understanding and cultural cooperation. Its members
seek new ways to develop understanding of the
role of the arts in shaping world cultures and the
ways in which learning in the arts can provide
insight into better ways of living together in peace
and understanding. InSEA promotes, through its
world membership, the sharing of experiences in
order to improve practices and strengthen the position of art in relation to all of education and the
cultural life of communities on a worldwide basis.
InSEA’s Activities
In March 2006, InSEA hosted a world congress
in Viseu, Portugal. In attendance were the
presidents of the International Drama/Theatre
Education Association (IDEA) and the International Music Education Association (ISME). With
representatives from these associations, InSEA
prepared an agreement resulting in the formation
of the International Alliance of Arts Education
Associations. This was an historic achievement
resulting in the formation of a powerful body of
arts educators numbering more than one million
delegates worldwide.
InSEA executive members also attended the
inaugural UNESCO Arts Education summit
in Portugal. At this congress, attended by more
than two thousand delegates from two hundred
countries, UNESCO unveiled the policy document Road Map for the Future of Arts Education.
This document, containing policy directions that
impact teachers of the arts at all levels of education, will potentially impact all one hundred and
ninety eight UNESCO member states. As part
of its role in the new alliance, InSEA has been
actively involved in responding to this policy initiative at UNESCO’s invitation.
In 2007, InSEA hosted a European research conference in Heidelberg, Germany; a South American
regional congress in Bogota, Colombia; and a two
part Asian regional congress in Seoul, Korea. In
2008, we look forward to an exciting World congress in Japan.
InSEA now boasts an important new journal—
the International Journal of Education through
Art, edited by Rachel Mason—and provides three
issues per year to members. This journal is committed to exploring international issues and
research in art education.
InSEA’s Membership
Individuals associate themselves with InSEA in
many ways. In addition to the growing parent
organization with individual members in at least
eighty countries, there are many local affiliates.
Some of the largest include NSEAD (National
Society for Education through Art and Design,
UK),USSEA, (United States Society for Education
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What is
InSEA?
The International Society for
Education through Art
www.insea.org
Doug Boughton InSEA Past President
The International Society for Education through
Art is the representative body for visual arts edu-
cators worldwide. InSEA was officially founded
with the acceptance of its constitution at the first
General Assembly in Paris in 1954. InSEA has
served its members for more than fifty years and
is visible internationally through its regional
international congresses. InSEA has an active
relationship with UNESCO as a Non Govern-
ment Organization (NGO). InSEA has mem-
bers in more than eighty countries around
the world and is governed by a World
Council comprising members from
six world regions, Africa and the
Middle East, Asia, Europe, North
America, South America,
South East Asia & the
Pacific.
through
Art), CSEA/
SCEA (Canadian
Society for Education through Art/
Societe Canadienne
D’Education Par L’Art),
HKSEA (Hong Kong Society for
Education through Art), KoSEA (Korean
Society for Education through Art), TAEA (Taiwan
Association for Education through the Arts), SCEA
(Sociedad Chilena de Educacion por el Arte), AIAE
(Australian Institute of Art Education), and many
others. Europe boasts its own regional council
which is composed of members from each of the
affiliates in the European region.
Joining InSEA
Membership forms are available on the InSEA website. Membership for students is only USD 25.00,
and individual USD 35.00. Membership entitles
you to three issues of the journal per year, member
registration at conferences, and the opportunity to
contact members in other countries through international congresses.
