President of InSEA during 2014-2019; Vice-President during 2011- 2014; Member of the InSEA world Council during 2005- 2011.
Editorial Assistant of the International Journal of Education Through Art during 2007- 2015. Principal Editor of InSEA visual journal IMAG during 2015- 2020 ( issues 1 to 10),
Organized the InSEA world congress in 2006 and the European Regional Congress in 2015 in Portugal. Organized the InSEA seminars in Thessaloniki ; Walvis Bay in 2018 and in Malta in 2019. Collaborated with InSEA members in research projects ( evaluation; arts based research methods; activist art education; visual and digital literacies) and social engaged arts education actions (participatory arts and design;inclusion; climate justice; DSG) .
The International Society for Education Through Art- InSEA is a worldwide organization guided by the belief that visual arts in its many manifestations are essential to human life and learning. InSEA members, since the foundation in 1954, had worked hard advocating for a place of the arts in educational contexts. We are a strong community of researchers and practitioners, artists; teachers in schools and universities; educators in communities; museums and cultural centers. And today we are proud to say that, art education is a recognized field for research and praxis in many countries. However, we need to be attentive to the challenges of our time , and constantly revisit the reasons why visual arts education can fit the priorities of our societies and respond to long term social and environmental goals.
Teresa Torres de Eça, in : Speech for the the United States Society for Education through Art, 2019 "International Ziegfeld Award"
