About the Advocacy & Networking Board
InSEA makes continuous efforts to represent and advocate for, art teachers and art educators of all learners, at national and international levels.
InSEA serves its members, who are spread around the world. The Networking and Advocacy Board will strive to make members feel welcomed and connected. It will also seek out ways of strengthening the community of InSEA by increasing membership across countries and regions. It will use social media platforms, websites and informational channels to promote the work of InSEA and everything that it does. It will link InSEA with other organisations that share the same values and mission and build bridges and connections which lead to outcomes.
It will promote publications, seminars, conferences and congresses which are InSEA led or endorsed and take part in international events, for example, The Big Draw and UNESCO International Arts Education Week.
Following on from the online collaboration that developed during the Covid19 pandemic, the Board will look at ways of continuing to engage our members in creative and collaborative communities.
The Networking & Advocacy board will meets every 3 months, using Zoom video conferencing, to revise what has been done and to create and update plans for the future in line with the Strategic Plan of InSEA.
Priorities / Tasks
We will endeavour to create a harmonious Board, who represent a spread of regions and agree on our aims.
Increase the visibility of best practices in visual art education through signposting and highlighting these.
Increase our reach and followers on social media platforms, to share our advocacy.
Actively promote the international celebration of education through art. We will share our Manifesto statements to support all art educators in their advocacy for the importance of what they do in their own roles.
The Advocacy and Networking Board (2023-25) consists of:
Vice-President, Susan Coles (Chair)
President, Glen Coutts (Ex-officio)
InSEA World Councillors representing different InSEA regions:
World Councillor (North America) Amanda Alexander
Secretary Patsey Bodkin
World Councillor (Europe) Rolf Laven
World Councillor (South East Asia & The Pacific) Tim Dacanay
World Councillors (Latin America) Gonzalo Vicci & Rosa Lavelberg
World Councillor (Africa and Middle East) Angela Reid
Normally, each member serves a 2-year term.