Network meeting on parenting in the arts
On 4 June, Flanders Arts Institute invites you to artist/parents, a network meeting where we will work together to build a bridge to a caring ecosystem.
The conversation about parenthood in the arts has been stirring for some time and exposes a deep wound: in a sector burdened by production pressures and the constant need to remain visible and relevant, artists who are parents face a difficult reality.
Programme
During this network meeting, we will start from the urgent calls for help from artist parents. How do you balance care responsibilities with the creative process and artistic growth of your practice or organisation? How do we ensure that artists with care responsibilities do not become invisible and fall through the cracks?
Together, we will explore how we can embed care within policy and the sector in a structural way. For this purpose, we are working with the recent findings from the Landscape Sketch of the Arts 2025, which warns of an overheated field
in which artists and organisations are gasping for breath. During this meeting, we will jointly claim that white space.
The day will be brought to life through the lens of Enrica Camporesi. To mark the occasion, artist Moïra Deepijan is staging a pop-up exhibition of her work CHARGE MENTALE ARC-EN-CIEL, a project she has been developing and archiving since 2019.
Programme
10am: welcome
10.30am: keynote by Mirthe Berentsen
11am: panel conversation with Mirte Berentsen, Junior Akwety, Sophia Rodriguez & Ariadna Estalella Alba
12pm: presentation Gezinsbond
12.30pm: lunch
1.30pm: workshops
- Artist parents charter for Flanders and Brussels
- Self-reliance: building communities and networks
- Lowering barriers for artist parents and parents in the audience
- Multilingual workshop for children aged 3-6
3.30pm: plenary feedback on the workshops
4pm: networking drink
5pm: end
Children are welcome!
Your children are very welcome to join us at this networking event: we’re organising a child-friendly day for children aged up to 6.
In the afternoon, we’ll be running a separate workshop aimed at children aged between three and six.
Language
in English
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More information
Do you have questions about this event? Contact our colleague Emeraude.
Design: Loraine Furter
Illustration: Moustapha Guissé
