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Sat 24 May 2025 20:00 – 21:30 KST

InSEA members  and non-members are warmly invited to attend this webinar:

THE EVENT IS FREE, BUT YOU MUST BOOK A PLACE AT THIS LINK

In recent years, increased immigration has become one of the world’s most controversial topics. One example is the impact on education of the migration of populations from middle-income countries to higher-income countries. How can art education play a role in this global trend? 

In this InSEA Asia Webinar, art teachers from Asia will give presentations and exchange opinions with participants from around the world in order to highlight the challenges and innovations in art education in schools that accept students from diverse backgrounds.

Time: May 24 Sat. 19:00-20:30 (Taiwan, China), 20:00-21:30 (Korea, Japan) 

check your own time zone here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20250524T110000&p1=235

Speakers:
Chang-Yi Chiang, Teacher at Hui-wen elementary school in Taichung City (Taiwan)
Title: The Great Theater for Elementary School Students: A Cross- domain Performance Arts Teaching Strategy Guided by Taiwan History

Ari Maruyama, Art teacher at Saitama Municipal Omiya International Secondary School (Japan)
Title: Social Justice Art Education

Exchange Program: Let’s celebrate International Arts Education Week!

If you know of something that might interest other art educators around the world, tell us about it! Share your teaching or research. We need a good quality image, BRIEF text (c150-200 words) and any web links.

Send by email with E_NEWS in the subject line to: secretary@insea.org

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Sat 31 May 2025 18:00 – 19:00 EEST

The webinar is FREE, but you must book at our TICKET OFFICE

InSEA Africa and Middle East World Councillors invite you,

Artists • Entertainment Industry Professionals• Healthcare and art therapy professional • Art Educators & Facilitators• to this event, celebrating International Arts Education  Week 2025.

The 20-minute presentation will include two international speakers Dr. Manale Elewah, Mrs. Miram Zimms, that will showcase how people can work together to design and implement arts in health and wellbeing programs to benefit well being of the communities they serve. Participants are asked to bring a piece of paper and a pen. Check your time zone here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20250531T150000&p1=53

• Tangling arts…An effective tool for wellbeing will provide specific examples by each of the two speakers on how to make the arts accessible to all through ongoing commitments to the psychological wellbeing of the art education community through a meditative arts form called the Zentangle Art Method, supporting teachers ,and improving students lives

• Presenters will introduce the 8-step drawing Method and how only seven drawing strokes were used to find the “Calm in the Pattern or the Zen in the Tangle engaged and captivated the Tangle Apprentices. Participants are asked to bring a piece of paper (art paper preferred), pencil, drawing pen of any color, and a Q-tip for a 30-minute interactive art exploration of the Method at the end of the presentation. (attendees are asked to have a pencil, a pen, and paper on hand)

The benefits of this presentation to our members will help support the following objectives and provide the following benefits.

Objectives

✓ Making the arts explorative, innovative, and educational.

✓ Present a new (to this part of the world) meditative art form, called the Zentangle Art Method.

✓ Share success stories of a global collaborative effort between (wellbeing art life team and encasa with m).

✓ Participate in and learn about an experiential meditative art practice for self-care and wellness.

Benefits of the Art Form To Member Participants

✓ Stress Reduction.

✓ Improved focus.

✓ Increased creativity.

✓ Improved mindfulness.

✓ Improved sleep.

✓ Improved eye/hand coordination.

✓ Therapeutic benefits.

✓ Personal expression.

✓ Mistakes as opportunities.