The meeting brought together more than 90 participants from four countries to debate teacher training, research, and contemporary pedagogical practices.
On June 27th, 2026, the Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (ISMAT) held the I National & I International Colloquium on Visual Arts Teaching: Training, Teaching, and Practices in Portimão, a meeting that established itself as an important space for reflection, sharing, and academic cooperation in the field of Visual Arts.
Promoted by the Master's in Visual Arts Teaching in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and Secondary Education at ISMAT, the colloquium had more than 90 registered participants, bringing together researchers, teachers, and students from Portugal, Brazil, Italy, and Angola, both in-person and online.
Throughout the event, central themes for teacher training, artistic education, research in Visual Arts, and contemporary pedagogical practices were debated. The interventions of the invited keynote speakers played a fundamental role in the scientific and pedagogical quality of the meeting, expanding the dialogue between different academic and cultural contexts.
The first panel, under the theme “Art, life, and teaching-training!”, featured contributions from Prof. Dr. Angelina Accetta Rojas, from Unilasalle/RJ, with the lecture “The Education of the Eye in Teacher Training”; professor Selma Pereira, from ISMAT, with the intervention “Artivism, A/r/tography, and Creative Processes: Between Artistic Practice, Curation, Teaching, and Research”; and professor Paola Zordan, from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, who presented “A thousand devices: geoplastics in Visual Arts teaching”.
The second panel, dedicated to the theme “Poetics of Training: Affection, Creativity, and Innovation in Contemporary Education”, brought together professor Anderson Luiz de Souza, from ISMAT, with the lecture “What we take from a class: travel, affection, and teacher creation”, and professor Oksana Tymoshchuk, from the University of Aveiro, with the presentation “STEAM: Where Science Meets Creativity”.
The papers and experience reports reinforced the plural dimension of the colloquium, addressing completed or ongoing research, educational practices, creative processes, visual culture, inclusion, digital technologies, a/r/tography, cultural mediation, and pedagogical experiences in different educational realities.
The organization of the event included the participation of professor Anderson Luiz de Souza and professor Jane do Carmo Machado, who contributed to the realization of this first edition, marked by significant attendance, the international diversity of the participants, and the relevance of the proposed discussions.
The success of the I National & I International Colloquium on Visual Arts Teaching confirms ISMAT's importance as a space for training, research, and academic dialogue, strengthening national and international cooperation networks in the teaching of Visual Arts.
