One-day master class for artists, curators and facilitators working with artists in care contexts.
The “Supported Studio Master Classes” focus on different aspects and practices around supported studios. A supported studio is an art studio that provides professional working conditions and artistic guidance to artists who need additional support (for example, due to intellectual, psychological or social vulnerabilities), while recognising them first and foremost as autonomous artists rather than as care recipients. The master classes bring together artists, studio coordinators, curators, facilitators and researchers to reflect on aspects such as authorship, autonomy, language and presentation, and on how work developed in supported contexts can circulate within the broader contemporary art field without being framed through a medical or care-based lens.
The 2026 edition, entitled “From Creation to Presentation”, concentrates on the trajectory from studio practice to public visibility. Through keynote lectures, a panel discussion and workshops, Charlotte Hollinshead (ActionSpace, London), Thomas Röske (Prinzhorn Collection, Heidelberg), Florian Reese (Atelier 10, Vienna) and Pierre Muylle (independent curator, Bruges) will address how artistic work is shaped within supported studio environments, how selections and mediations are made, and how exhibition formats, vocabulary and institutional frameworks influence the perception of the artist, the work and the studio. The master class offers critical perspectives and concrete case studies to support a responsible and artist-centred approach to presenting supported studio practices in professional art contexts.
The Supported Studio Master Classes are organised by Wit.h, Museum Dr. Guislain, Art et Marges Museum and LUCA School of Arts.
Wednesday 25.03.2026, 09:00-17:00
⚲ LUCA campus Brussels / Sint-Lukas
Paleizenstraat 70, 1030 Schaarbeek - groot auditorium
Programme
09.00 – 09.30 Coffee, registration
09.30 – 09.45 Introduction
09.45 – 10.15 Keynote: Pierre Muylle, independent curator (Bruges)
10.15 – 10.45 Keynote: Thomas Röske, Prinzhorn Collection (Heidelberg)
10.45 – 11.15 Keynote: Florian Reese, Atelier 10 (Vienna)
11.15 – 11.35 Break
11.35 – 12.05 Keynote: Charlotte Hollinshead, ActionSpace (London)
12.05 – 12.50 Panel discussion
12.50 – 13.50 Lunch
13.50 – 15.20 Parallel workshops
Presenting the studio as a collective: from individual practices to shared artistic identity
How presentation shapes the studio: transforming artistic practice through exhibiting
The place of support within individual artistic practice: care, agency and artistic autonomy
Positioning artworks within the art world: framing art, framing artists?
15.20 – 15.40 Break
15.40 – 16.30 Feedback from the workshops / closing reflection
16.30 – 17.00 Closing reception
Participation fee
€ 50 - regular ticket
€ 20 - ticket for students and PhD researchers from LUCA School of Arts