This research project explores three dimensions of co-creation in the context of teaching artistry:
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Methodologies and practices of theatrical co-creation with children and young people (in collaboration with the VOLT festival of Het Paleis, Bronks and Kopergietery);
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“The Forest School” as a methodology for exploring with neurodivergent young people how they contribute to artistic forms of expression in theatre and what role theatre can play in psycho-education (in collaboration with UKJA – University Child and Youth Psychiatry Antwerp – and Middelheim Museum);
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Teaching Artistry and cross-sectoral collaboration: What stories about the impact between artistic and social actors can a professional learning community of teaching artists, art teachers and actors from other disciplines create and share (internationally)?
The output of the research will include at least one article, a symposium, various graphic stories that will be shared at ITAC8 (the International Teaching Artist Conference in Antwerp in August 2026) and follow-up research.
(c) Barbara Vandendriessche
Update: June 2025
