Denmark
Photo: Gerda Hempel
Name: Karsten Auerbach
Profession: Visual artist
Areas of expertise: Creative facilitation, Participant engagement, Art techniques, Hands-on learning, Interdisciplinary collaboration
Languages spoken: Danish, English
Organisation: Freelance
Country: Denmark
Profile:
Karsten has many years’ experiences working in the field of culture and health. He was involved in the Funen Arts on Prescription project 2021-2023, mentoring arts facilitators who were new to working with vulnerable audiences. Since 2002 Karsten has provided artistic outlets to patients with psychiatric diagnosis, including young people with eating disorders in psychiatric care services. Karsten is well-renowned for his work in this area, through exhibitions, as a conference spokesperson, and as an author. He is often commissioned by diverse organisations for his artistic work. Karsten has excellent personnel skills, project management and teaching expertise. He has extensive experience in planning and facilitating AoP activities for different target audiences, as well as the personnel skills required to work with vulnerable audiences. Additionally, he is knowledgeable on how to collaborate and engage with the culture and health sectors.
Contact: tel. +45 2179 6159 email: karsten@auerbach-art.dk
Poland and Denmark
Photo: Rolka Zaborska/Dominik Morgaś/Morza Studio
Name: Radek Wośko
Profession: Musician, Professor in Jazz Studies
Area of expertise: Community engagement, Interdisciplinary collaboration, Creative facilitation, Participant Engagement, Interactive Activities
Languages spoken: Polish, Danish, English, Spanish
Organisation: Academy of Art in Szczecin, Freelance
Country: Poland
Profile:
Radek was involved in the first pilot programme of Arts on Prescription in Nyborg (Denmark) in 2016-2019 being one of the pioneers in the field. Based on his experience, he was appointed as mentor for arts facilitators in the Funen Arts on Prescription projects in 2022 and 2023. Alongside his musical career he is a professor in jazz studies at the Academy of Art in Szczecin (Poland) as well as board member in a couple of cultural associations in Denmark and Poland, being responsible for arranging concerts and other events. He has extensive experience in leading various musical activities in different settings for people from children to seniors, including vulnerable audiences. As a medical university graduate he also has know-how and contacts in the health sector.
Contact: radek.wosko@gmail.com / +48 502 022 297 / +45 31 49 61 39
Poland
Photo: Petr Sobotka
Name: Karol Pruciak
Profession: Actor, dancer, arts facilitator
Area of expertise: Acting, Dancing, Creative facilitation, Participant Engagement, Interactive Activities
Languages spoken: Polish, English
Organisation: Inter:ference
Country: Poland
Profile:
Karol graduated from the State Higher School of Theatre in Krakow, Department of Dance Theatre in Bytom and private acting school “Art – Play” of Dorota Pomykała and Danuta Owczarek. He is co-founder of the international collective “Inter:ference”. He has performed in several theatres such as Adam Mickiewicz, and Juliusz theatres Słowacki and the Polish Theatre in Bielsko-Biała. Karol has participated at numerous international festivals and led diverse theatre workshops in Częstochowa, as part of the “Share Your Talent” project in Suwałki, Gołdap and Pułtusk, and at the Macau Conservatory in China as well as Istanbul. Karol as an arts facilitator in the Arts On Prescription pilot programmes in the Baltic Sea Region project, he facilitated the drama workshops – Musicial Vertigo. Karol has spoken at conferences in Bielsko-Biała and Gdansk, Poland, sharing his experience of working as an art facilitator on Art on Prescription programmes.
Contact: karolpruciak@gmail.com
Photo: Roger Mallett
Name: Sylwia Różycka
Profession: Actress, arts facilitator
Area of expertise: Acting, Creative facilitation, Participant engagement, Interdisciplinary collaboration
Languages spoken: Polish, English
Organisation: Freelance
Country: Poland
Profile:
Sylwia is a musical and dramatic actress with two decades of experience in the Polish theatre and stage. President of the START Foundation since 2021, with a cultural and sporting profile. In both 2017 and 2021 Sylwia was awarded the Amber Ring Theatre Prize for the best actress of the season. In addition to a degree in the arts with a musical profile, she is also a journalist and coaching graduate, and in 2023, Sylwia graduated in management of cultural institutions. She is currently studying for an Executive MBA at the West Pomeranian Business School. As part of the Arts on Prescription pilot programme in the Baltic Sea Region project, Sylwia was responsible for drama workshops titled Musical Vertigo. She was also responsible for coordinating the work of the other art facilitators involved in the pilot action and for building connections, relationships and understanding between participants.
Contact: fks.start@gmail.com