Ep. 116: Public Health and Inclusive Creatives Spaces with Isabel Lu
On this episode we interview visual artist and health equity researcher artist Isabel Lu. We talk about the evaluating factors for choosing her undergraduate degree, rediscovering her creative practice during covid, exploring the intersection of public community health and art, using her day job to become a more well rounded artist, and creating an inclusive creative environment in her public facing art studio.
Isabel Lu
Visual Artist and Health Researcher | Raleigh, NC
Artist Bio:
Isabel Lu, MPH, RD, (she/they) is a Chinese American visual artist and health researcher born and raised in NC. Isabel studied nutritional science as an undergraduate student at Cornell University and then public health and dietetics as a graduate student at UNC Chapel Hill. After graduating with a MPH, Isabel became the 2022 Artist in Residence at Durham Art Guild where they developed a participatory body of work exploring identity through food and stories. Isabel is currently one of the 2023 Emerging Artists in Residence at Artspace in Raleigh and a fellow with the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) at NC State where they are focused on using community-driven art and qualitative research methods to connect and support BIPOC creatives and food systems in NC. Isabel’s artwork explores ethnic, sexual, and gender identity through food, history, and relationships.
After learning from BIPOC food justice leaders, Traditional Chinese Medicine practices, and by reflecting on their own experiences, Isabel began to understand that our relationship to food, our environments, and our bodies was much more complex than Western scientific methods could capture and communicate. Isabel explores what is considered ‘science’, ‘evidence’, and ‘truth’ by paralleling and contrasting Eastern and Western perspectives.
Stay Connected With Isabel:
Website: www.isabel-lu.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iisabellu/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabel-lu/
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