Visual artist; visual arts’ teacher and arts education researcher. CoordinatesGRIARCEResearch Centre in Arts Education and Community and collaborates with the CIAC - Research Center in Arts and Communication / University of Algarve, Portugal and ESCÓPIC@: Visual Culture, Art Practices and Digital World (UNIR Grupos de Investigación, Spain. Her research interests are Craftivism; Participatory Arts and Design; Ecofeminism; Arts Education and Education through Arts.

She was President of the International Society for Education Through Art – InSEA between 2014 - 2019, and is President of the Portuguese Association of Teachers of Visual Expression and Communication - APECV since 2008.

Currently, she is co-editor of the Portuguese Journal of Art Education; Principal Editor of the Ibero-American research journal on Education, Culture and Arts INVISIBILIDADES and International Coordinator of Textile Cartographies Mouvement.

Websites:

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0124-7377

https://teresa-torres-eca.weebly.com/