InSEA President (2019-22)
I am currently Professor (and Docent) of Applied Visual Arts Education, Department of Art Education, Faculty of Art and Design, the University of Lapland in Finland, previously I was Reader in Art and Design Education at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. I was President of the National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD) (UK) [2007-08]. I have held various elected positions with inSEA including European Councillor, World Council, Vice-President (2014-17), Executive Board member and I was appointed Secretary (2017-2019). From 2010 to 2016, I was the Principal Editor of the International Journal of Education through Art.
My most recent book, co-edited with Timo Jokela: Relate North: Tradition and Innovation in Art and Design Education was published in December 2020 (the seventh title in the Relate North series). Also in 2020, I co-edited Learning through Art: International Perspectives with Teresa Torres de Eça. Other publications include an anthology co-edited with Timo Jokela, Maria Huhmarniemi and Elina Harkonen: COOL: Applied Visual Arts in The North (2013), University of Lapland Publications). I also co-edited Art Community and Environment: Educational Perspectives with Timo Jokela [2009, 2nd edition 2010], Bristol & Chicago: Intellect. In addition to these publications, I have authored numerous peer-reviewed articles for international journals and made several keynote presentations at international conferences around the world. I am also a practising artist and professional member of Glasgow Print Studio.
In addition, I contribute regularly to academic conferences as a chair of sessions or as an invited keynote speaker. In 2016, I was awarded the Ziegfeld Award for outstanding international leadership in art education by the United States Society for Education through Art.
As President, I aim to:
Promote small-scale, local, events such as seminars artistic interventions and workshops;
Motivate new and especially younger, artist-educators from all parts of the world to join the Society;
Encourage members to publish with us, either through InSEA Publications or by submitting items to the International Journal of Education through Art or IMAG.
Contact Details
Email: president.insea[at]gmail.com
