Ruth Razan Loos
Ruth Razan Loos holds a master’s of Visual Arts, a master’s in Art History and a PhD in the arts. She is a lecturer and post-doctoral researcher at Sint Lucas Antwerpen (KdG), where she also supervises several PhDs in the arts. As a research policy maker, she supports SLARG and develops its social outreach approach. As a member of various committees, Ruth Razan focuses on diversity and inclusion. She values participatory practices and a general concern for solidarity. For the past 5 years, she has been initiating and organising various events in close collaboration with Stadscanvas (Fameus), a space for artistic newcomers in Antwerp. Together they develop new partnerships, among others with the Plantin-Moretus Museum, Rataplan and Voem. Studying Modern Standard Arabic and volunteering as a language buddy for newcomers, led to a socio-political interest in our multilingual and multiscript world. How artists and designers critique, engage and propose a way of dealing with mono- and multilingual/multiscript realities is the focus of an elective course she teaches, and of a new Erasmus+ collaboration between Sint Lucas Antwerpen (KdG) and the American University in Cairo. Ruth Razan is currently completing a one-year post-doctoral research project "Closer than your jugular vein" at Sint Lucas Antwerpen (KdG), which will lead to new initiatives where art and religion can meet.
Contact:
ruth.loos@kdg.be
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