Julie Rodeyns
Julie Rodeyns is a researcher, curator, and facilitator specializing in relational and care aesthetics. She explores the intersections of art and care, fostering collaboration between artists, institutions, and communities to create meaningful, care-centered artistic practices.
Julie Rodeyns earned her PhD at the Free University of Brussels in 2022, with an ethnographic study of IN/FINITY, a three-year palliative care project she co-initiated and curated. She is the founder and coordinator of Through Art We Care, a platform promoting professional exchange and collaboration around “careful art” and “artful care.” Julie collaborates with an expanding network of artists and partners, including CM (Caruna Top), Sounds For The Soul (DAS HAUS vzw), Anaïs Chabeur/Conversatorium Antwerp, and Huis van Alijn/UGent/Wijkcentrum 'T Vlot Gent (project: Doodnormaal, toch?).
Meet the other speakers:
Kato Vanpoperinghe
Kato Vanpoperinghe is a policy officer at the Flemish Government, where she works within the Department of Culture, Youth and Media (Transversal Policy Team) on strengthening the links between culture, welfare, and health.
Carla Molenberghs
Carla Molenberghs is the director, co-founder, and driving spirit of Huis Perrekes vzw. At Huis Perrekes, people live together harmoniously in a familiar environment that invites, supports, and lets go. Nature, art, and culture are intertwined with everyday life.
Tessa Kerre
Tessa Kerre is Head of the department Hematology and Full Professor at Ghent University Hospital, and a leading researcher in immunotherapy, stem-cell transplantation, and patient-centred care.
Isabel Vermote
Isabel's work develops sustainable and innovative projects for diverse audiences, with a strong focus on art and care, including art on prescription, dementia initiatives, and palliative care.
Jos Verbist
Jos Verbist is an actor and director. He teaches at RITCS and serves as artistic director of Theatre Antigone in Kortrijk, a company that played a pioneering role in the emergence of socially engaged art practices in Flanders.
@ The conference
Panelling on Thursday afternoon during the session 'Shaping Policy Together'. Together with Isabel Vermote, Jos Verbist, Carla Molenberghs & Tessa Kerre
- Moderated by Kato Vanpoperinghe
