Guest facilitators at ReWILD
The purpose of the course ReWILD is to empower professional creatives and artists with tools and strategic clarity that help their communication amplify their artistic or creative vision.
The vision behind ReWILD is to rewild the field — to strengthen the international community of artistic and creative visionaries, so that great ideas and projects can reach further and make a stronger impact. Just as rewilding in nature restores balance by bringing wilderness back to cultivated land, I want to encourage and nurture a rewilding mindset within artistic and creative organizations. Too often, I hear people say they feel disconnected from their work because of the pressure to “fit in” — to existing funding schemes and structures in the field.
I’m happy to introduce a group of guest facilitators I deeply respect — each with extensive experience and profound practice in both the artistic and communication fields.
Warm regards,
Karen T
RUPERT THOMSON
- 3. February 2026 at 9.00am - 11.am CET
- Workshop title: Your Wild Manifesto: Writing a Personal Brand Framework to Live and Thrive By
Rupert is General Manager – APAC for Reed Words, a specialist brand writing agency. Before getting into the business of words, Rupert was an international arts curator and producer.
From 2011 to 2015 he was founding Artistic Director at Summerhall, a multi-arts venue in Edinburgh described by the Guardian in 2014 as ‘one of the world’s great arts centres’. From 2015-2019 he was head of Performance and Dance at Southbank Centre, Europe’s biggest arts venue – where he was also a client of Reed Words when they completed a major verbal rebrand for the Southbank. In Singapore he has been Director of Programmes at AHL (2019-2021), and Design Director at Neon.
His awards include the Hospital 100 Award as one of the UK’s leading creative professionals (2014), and a Herald Angel award for Summerhall. At AHL he commissioned Red Sky by Troy Chin – winner for Best Narrative at the Asia Games Awards 2022.
KAT JARBY
- 17. March 2026 at 3.30pm - 5.30pm CET
- Workshop title: The Art of Positioning: Understanding Markets, Contexts, and Adaptation
How do you read the ever-shifting arts market – and how do you strategically place your work within it? This workshop looks at strategies for understanding current artistic ecosystems, recognizing patterns in programming, funding, audience behavior, and institutional priorities – while also identifying the niches, networks, and opportunities that align with your own artistic values.
Rather than adapting your work to meet trends, this workshop focuses on expanding the visibility, relevance, and mobility of your existing practice. By the end, you will have concrete tools for mapping your place in the arts ecosystem, communicating your work with clarity, and developing adaptable iterations of you projects that support both artistic integrity and professional sustainability.
Kat Jarby is an artist manager, musical curator, and certified coach located in Copenhagen and New York. Since 2013, Kat has run and developed the company Kaja MANAGEMENT, which represents some of Denmark's most innovative and interesting artists in the experimental music scene and has developed and led a wide range of conceptual projects and events.
Kat has worked in the arts for more than 15 years, specializing in music marketing, with a degree from University of Brighton, UK. Kat is a certified coach and has coached over a hundred artists in areas such as career planning and communication. Kat has written columns, participated in debates, given presentations, and been featured on national TV. Kat is also the chairperson of the newly established association for artist managers in Denmark, Danske Artist Managers (DAM).