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We are artists, healthcare staff, educators, researchers, administrators, and funders, united behind a national agenda, helping the field realise its vision.
Our work supports the Dutch healthcare system’s transformation toward a more positive, person-focused system of care. We believe that the arts can play an active role in healthcare, by enhancing the wellbeing of patients and healthcare staff, and supporting disease prevention and access to care in communities.
The mission of Arts in Health Netherlands is to give creative art-making a permanent place in the care systems of the Netherlands. We work with care institutions, communities, and local governments to develop sustainable arts in health programs. We also develop and implement pilot programs for arts in health practice; create training for university students and mid-career professionals; facilitate arts in health research; collaborate and network with partner organizations and governments to promote national policy and help establish Groningen as a hub for the arts in health field in the Netherlands.
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Kirsten Krans
Program Director
Kirsten holds a master’s degree in Marine Biology from the University of Groningen and has extensive experience in public engagement and arts & science programming. She is the founder and director of the Dutch contemporary dance platform Random Collision, and is a co-founder of the national touring dance festival Moving Futures.
Ferdinand Lewis
Director of Science and Education
Ferdinand also serves on the Humanities faculty of the University College Groningen. He was a Director of the Center for Building Better Communities at the University of Florida, and an artist in residence at the University of Florida Shands Hospital.
Liza van Eijck
Program Assistant
Liza has supported projects on Open Science-public engagement and education in public health. She set up a studio for paper maché for people with mental disabilities in Utrecht. She has a degree in Architecture from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Utrecht and Interior/Concept Styling at Artemis in Amsterdam.
Anne Roncoli
Project Assistant
Anne is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Health Business Administration at the University of Groningen, where she also received her bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences. Anne is also a Project Assistant at the Aletta Jacob School of Public Health.
Twan Tromp
Research Assistant
Twan graduated from the University College Groningen majoring in Humanities. Currently he is pursuing master’s degrees in Arts and Culture and in Philosophy at the University of Groningen.
Nina van den Berg
Project Leader
Nina holds a master’s degree in Philosophical Ethics from the University of Utrecht. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD at the UMCG on the impact of live music on the emphatic and compassionate abilities of nurses.
Astrid Weij
Kunsten '92
Barbara Groot-Sluijsmans
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Science
Barbara van Leeuwen
University Medical Center Groningen
Arts in Health Netherlands; Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health; University College Groningen
Hanneke van der Wal-Huisman
Johan Kolsteeg
University of Groningen, Faculty of Arts
Arts in Health Netherlands; Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health
Marlies Tal
Landelijk Kennisinstituut Cultuureducatie en Amateurkunst
Tineke Abma
Leyden Academy; Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management
Main partners
Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health
Cordaan
Hanze University of Applied Sciences
Kunsten'92
Kunstloc Brabant
Leiden Academy on Vitality and Ageing
Museum van de Geest
NHL Stenden Hogeschool
Nationaal Programma Groningen
Peergroup
Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
University of Groningen
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
ZonMw
House of ConnectionsGrote Markt 219712HR Groningen
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