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The International Society for Education Through Art (InSEA) is an association dedicated to advocacy, networking and the advancement of research in art education. Its members are arts educators, gallery and museum educators and others with similar interests in education in the visual arts. The organization's stated main purposes are the encouragement and advancement of creative education through arts and crafts worldwide, and the promotion of international understanding. .

History
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According to Steers ( 2001, p. 216) At UNESCO’ first and general conferences, held in 1946 and 1947, resolutions were adopted to inquire into art education. In 1948, Dr Herbert Read from the United Kingdom was appointed as chairman of a ‘Committee of Experts’ to look into this matter, Thomas Munro, Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly, Georges Favre from France,  and Edward O’R Dickey from the United Kingdom , a professor of philosophy from Sorbonne, M. Bayer, two aestheticians Professors Étienne Souriau and Édouard Lalo, and Madame Langvin, an art teacher from France formed this  committee. Following these beginnings The UNESCO seminar on ‘The Visual Arts in General Education’ held from 7-27 July 1951 at The University o Bristol, England consolidated the idea of InSEA. Although the idea of an international organization for art education was not entirely new ( Steers, 2001, p.218), since 1900 that scholars and visual arts teachers had been advocating for an international organization linking professionals and institutions in art education. InSEA was formally created in 1954. Founders of InSEA, including Sir Herbert Read, who is often credited with the idea of the society, Charles Gaitskell, Thomas Munro from USA, Trevor Thomas and Edwin Ziegfeld (Eisner & Day, 2004, p. 66), were of the opinion that misleading philosophies bred through ignorance, social control, and inequality often contributed to intercultural conflict, and an education through art could make a significant difference in bridging cultural understanding in the lives of children, adolescents and adults. Since its inception, InSEA has had a history of commitment to the promotion of international understanding through art, believing that understanding of cultural difference is effective insurance against a repeat of the global conflict of the early twentieth century (Boughton, 2008). Many well know researchers of art education had served as  Presidents of InSEA, for example:  Edwin Ziegfeld USA (1951-1960);  Charles D. Gaitskell, Canada (1960-1963); J.A.- Soika,  Federal Republic of Germany (1963-1966): Sabura Kurata, Japan (1966-1969); Eleanor Hipwell, UK (1969-1973); Aimée Humbert, France (1973-1976); Al Hurwitz, USA (1976-1979): Jack Coundous, Australia (1979-1982); Brian Allison, UK (1982-1985); Marie-Françoise Chavanne, France (1985-1988); Elliot Eisner, USA (1988-1991); Ana Mae Barbosa, Brazil (1991-1993); John Steers, UK (1993:1996); Kit Grauer, Canada (1996-1999); Diederik Schönau, The Netherlands (2000-2002);Doug Boughton , USA (2002- 2005); Ann Kuo, Taiwan (2005- 2008); Rita Irwin , Canada (2008-2011).

Activities
InSEA members believe that: "Education through art is a natural means of learning at all periods of the development of the individual, fostering values and disciplines essential for full intellectual, emotional and social development of human beings in a community"( Boughton, 2008).

InSEA is a network of people committed to visual arts education all over the world. The majority of its members are working primary, secondary or tertiary education teachers, while others are working in gallery and museum education. Through its affiliated organizations, the society promotes conferences, congresses, and seminars on arts education and publishes the academic journal International Journal of Education through Art. InSEA and its affiliates have staged regular regional and world conferences that have provided opportunities for scholars and practitioners around the world to reflect on the ways in which global changes are impacting the field of art education. While InSEA attempts to represent developing and industrialized countries, the volunteer base of the organization often relies upon modest institutional support and the dedication of individuals. Reaching visual arts educators worldwide is a constant goal.In 1999, Diederik Schonau (President of InSEA at the time), initiated negotiations between InSEA, ISME (International Society for Music Education) and IDEA (International Drama and Theatre Education Association) to collaborate on the development of policy affecting all of the arts. At the 2006 InSEA World Conference in Viseu, Portugal, The World Alliance for Arts Education was created by the three organizations in the closing stages of the Viseu conference and a common document stating the aims of the alliance, ‘The Joint Declaration’, was launched one week later in Lisbon during the First UNESCO World Conference of Arts Education (Boughton, 2008). In 2008, the World Dance Alliance joined the WAAE to create a powerful voice for advocacy, networking and research across the arts in education

Congresses
World Congresses were held in The Hague, The Neterlands (1937); Manila, The Philipines ( 1960, 1990); Montreal, Canada ( 1963); Prague, Czchoslovakia ( 1966); New York, USA ( 1969, 2002); Coventry, United Kingdom(1970); Zagreb, Yugoslavia (1972); Sevres, France (1975); Adelaide, Australia (1978), Rotherdam, The Neterlands (1981); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1984); Hamburg, German Federal Republic (1987); Brisbane, Australia ( 1999); Viseu, Portugal ( 2006) and Osaka, Japan ( 2008). And Regional congresses were held in Baden, Austria ( 1980); Nicosia, Cyprus (1982); Sofia, Bulgaria (1983); Bath, United Kingdom ( 1985); Vancouver, Canada (1986; Lagos, Nigeria (1988); Stockholm, Sweden (1988); Cairo, Egypt (1989); Helsinki, Finland ( 1992) ; Lisboa, Portugal (1994); Taichung, Republic of China and  Manila, The Philipines ( 1995) ; Glasgow, Scoltland (1997); Tokyo, Japan (1998); Poznan, Poland (2000); Stockholm /Helsinki/Tallinn (2003); Istanbul, Turkey (2005); Rovainiemi, Finland (2010).