page_title: Ken Strauss
section_title: Le Château du Jardin
hierarchical_section_title: Ken Strauss / Le Château du Jardin
caption_attribution_description: Sideview of Chateau du Jardin, Tongre Notre Dame, Belgium
context_page_description: Ken Strauss is a physician/author who is known both for his writings as well as for his work promoting the careers and works of other artistically-inclined professionals. He is the owner of a manor on the French-Belgian border, le Château du Jardin. Health-care professionals from various places in the world come to le Château du Jardin as artists-in-residence. During their residency they work individually in their chosen field as well as interact with fellow artists. Named Le Jardin des Arts, this not-for-profit project is endorsed by the European Medical Association and the European Union. Attendance is open to nurses as well as doctors, non-Europeans as well as EU citizens. Conditions for entry include recognized artistic achievement in writing, music, painting, sculpture or cinema as evidenced by publication, exposition or public performances, etc.; a willingness to participate in peer-review of others' work; and a commitment of two hours a day working on practical tasks in or around the Château.
context_section_description: The retreat for health artists, Le Jardin des Arts, is located in le Château du Jardin, a property listed as an architectural heritage site in Belgium.  The official site for Patrimoine Architectural Belge  describes it as follows:.
  Tongre-Notre-Dame is best known for its basilica dedicated to the Virgin Mary, but it also has some unexpected treasures, such as the Château du Jardin. Built in the mid-19th century, this mansion stands in the middle of extensive formally laid out grounds. Today, the Château du Jardin is the property of an endocrinologist, Ken Strauss. He undertook the restoration of the residence with a view to holding medical seminars there. The Château du Jardin is a neo-classical, rectangular building. The frontage and rear external wall are two stories high, faced with finishing plaster and surmounted by a Mansard roof bordered with a wooden cornice. The façades have large rectangular window openings.
caption: Château du Jardin
exif: {}