Créahm
Créahm is a Liège-based Belgian non-profit that operates multidisciplinary arts workshops — plastic arts, music, dance, theatre, circus, and digital arts — for people with mental disabilities, running the Trinkhall Museum, the biennial Rencontres Internationales festival, and a small publications and merchandise line, funded primarily by Belgian regional and municipal government subsidies.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded-
- HeadquartersLiège, Belgium
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingServices
What Créahm does
Créahm (Création et Handicap Mental), legally Créahm région wallonne asbl (BCE 0422 087 679), is a Belgian non-profit association headquartered at rue de la Brasserie 5, 4000 Liège, that operates multidisciplinary artistic workshops for and with people with mental disabilities. Its core programmatic surface spans six workshops — Plastic Studio (drawing, painting, sculpture, engraving, mosaics, textile arts), Music, Dance, Theatre, Circus, and Digital Arts — supported by facilitators within a structured framework designed to interlink artists, animators, and the educational team. The organization produces performances (e.g., the Katabanga ensemble, the Noir Dragon musical tale, the L'Axe dance video), publications (catalogues, monographs, colouring books, postcards, badges), and commissioned public art (e.g., Infrabel murals at Namur station). It operates the Trinkhall Museum, which houses an international collection of approximately 3,000 artworks from disability-arts studios worldwide, and co-runs the Trinkhall café (MadCafé) social-integration cooperative with MADmusée. Its flagship event is the biennial Rencontres Internationales du Créahm (R.I.C.), held since 2004 at Manège de la Caserne Fonck.
The business model is that of a publicly funded cultural non-profit. Core revenue consists of subsidies and grants from Belgian regional, community, provincial, and municipal governments (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, SPW, Province de Liège, Ville de Liège, AVIQ), supplemented by crowdfunding (Cap48/RTBF), national lottery funds (Loterie Nationale), and minor commercial sponsors (Belfius/CBC, Qu4tre). Commercial revenue is episodic and low-margin: merchandise (collector coffee cups at €12.50, postcards at €10/set of 10, badges at €2, monographs at €10-33) sold on-site at the Trinkhall Museum, through a boutique email channel, and via regional bookshops in Liège and Brussels; ticket sales for performances and festival events typically priced at €5-12; and commissioned artworks for institutional partners (Infrabel). The customer base spans people with mental disabilities as program participants, general public attendees, government funders, and cultural institutions (ESACT, MADmusée, RAVI). Distribution is direct (on-site, email, events) and through select regional bookshops. The 2020 relocation to a new building in the Saint-Léonard creative district signaled operational consolidation within Liège's cultural quarter.
Créahm firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Créahm
- Legal name
- Créahm région wallonne asbl
- Website
- https://creahm.be
- Company type
- Private
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Créahm is a Liège-based Belgian non-profit that operates multidisciplinary arts workshops — plastic arts, music, dance, theatre, circus, and digital arts — for people with mental disabilities, running the Trinkhall Museum, the biennial Rencontres Internationales festival, and a small publications and merchandise line, funded primarily by Belgian regional and municipal government subsidies.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Créahm industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Disability-inclusive arts and cultural services
- NAICS
- Other Performing Arts Companies (711190), Musical Groups and Artists (71113), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (7121), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110)
- SIC
- Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Crafts & Maker Arts (Ceramics, Textiles, Jewelry, Mixed Media) (EDAMAAAD)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Arts & Crafts Workshops (Painting, Pottery, Ceramics, Sculpture) (THAJAKAA)
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Where Créahm is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Liège
- HQ country
- Belgium
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices3 records
Markets served
Créahm business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Public Subsidies and Grants: Government funding from Belgian regional and community governments (Wallonia, Brussels, Liège Province) supporting organizations for people with disabilities.
- Merchandise and Publications Sales: Sale of artistic merchandise including collector coffee cups, postcards, badges, colouring books, catalogues, and monographs. Profits from coffee cups donated to the plastic studio.
- Event Revenue: Ticket sales for performances, shows, and participation in the international festival.
- Crowdfunding: Crowdfunding campaigns such as with Cap48 for specific project financing like the digital arts workshop.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Collector Coffee Cups |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Postcards |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Badges |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | Pascal Tassini Monograph |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | The Catalogue - Jaune Ciel ou Blanc Foncé |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels5 records
Créahm product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Créahm runs multidisciplinary arts workshops (plastic arts, music, dance, theatre, circus, and digital arts) for people with mental disabilities, producing visual artworks, performances, publications, and merchandise. It also operates the Trinkhall Museum, an international collection of nearly 3,000 outsider-art works, and organizes the biennial Rencontres Internationales du Créahm (R.I.C.) festival showcasing disability-inclusive performing arts.
Product overview
Créahm is an artistic workshop and cultural organization (asbl) focused on 'extraordinary creation' (art brut, outsider art, raw art) for people with mental disabilities. The organization operates multiple core creative workshops including visual arts (plastic studio), music, dance, theatre, circus, and digital arts. It produces performances (Katabanga music ensemble, Noir Dragon musical tale, L'Axe dance video), publications (catalogues, monographs, colouring books), and merchandise (collector coffee cups, badges, postcards). The Trinkhall Museum houses an international collection of nearly 3000 artworks from studios worldwide. The organization organizes the biennial Rencontres Internationales du Créahm (R.I.C.) festival showcasing disability-inclusive artistic performances. These programs interconnect through the workshop model where artists and animators collaborate, fostering both individual and collective creation.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Trinkhall Museum: The international collection of Créahm featuring approximately 3000 artworks by artists with mental disabilities from studios worldwide.
- Trinkhall café
Products and services
- Plastic Studio / Atelier d'arts plastiques Visual arts workshop developing creativity in artists through drawing, painting, sculpture, engraving, mosaics, textile arts, and digital art, supported by facilitators. Audience: artists with mental disabilities participating in the workshop programme.
- Music Workshop Musical workshop where participants engage in compositions, covers, and improvisations, learning to play in groups, listen to each other, and play in harmony. Audience: artists with mental disabilities participating in the workshop programme.
- Dance Workshop Creative dance workshop developing body language, creativity, and choreography with focus on pleasure, liberty, and collective creations. Audience: artists with mental disabilities participating in the workshop programme.
- Theatre Workshop Theatrical workshop developing skills in articulation, vocabulary, syntax, memory, stage presence, improvisation, and theatrical expression. Audience: artists with mental disabilities participating in the workshop programme.
- Circus Workshop Circus workshop developing coordination, psychomotor skills, concentration, and solidarity through juggling, balance, magic, and clown techniques. Audience: artists with mental disabilities participating in the workshop programme.
- Digital Arts Workshop (Arts numériques) Multimedia experimentation workshop enabling artists to work with animated images, digital prints, and digital creation techniques for artistic emancipation. Audience: artists with mental disabilities participating in the workshop programme; partially funded via Cap48 crowdfunding.
- Trinkhall Museum International collection showcasing nearly 3,000 artworks from studios worldwide that support artists with mental disabilities, documenting outsider art expressions and serving as a space for sharing and multidisciplinary encounters. Audience: museum visitors, researchers, and cultural-tourism audiences.
- Rencontres Internationales du Créahm (R.I.C.) Biennial international festival showcasing disability-inclusive performing arts (theatre, dance, music, circus), featuring Créahm ensembles and European partners such as Theatro La Ribalta (Italy), Tanzbar Bremen (Germany), and Compagnie Kalam' (France). Audience: general public, cultural audiences.
- Katabanga Musical group featuring brass, percussion, keyboards, and guitars accompanying original compositions in French Pop style with personal slam texts, involving 9 musicians. Audience: general public attending performances and festivals.
- Noir Dragon Musical tale in a dark, dreamlike atmosphere featuring knights, vampires, and witches, with a duration of 35 minutes. Audience: general public attending Créahm performances.
- L'Axe (The Axis) Video featuring a duo in contact dance with tree symbolism, exploring human life and connections with nature, with a duration of 25 minutes. Audience: general public.
- La Porte du Vent Body practice inspired by Tai chi and Qi gong based on listening, creating a sequence for well-being and centering, lasting 15 minutes. Audience: general public.
- Collector Coffee Cups 12 collector coffee cups available in caffe lungo and espresso sizes, decorated by Créahm artists Michel Petiniot, Hélèna Devos, Kevin Laquaye, Laura Body, and others, sold at €12.50 each. Audience: general public, collectors; proceeds support the plastic studio.
- Les Badges Six badges derived from the 'Brèves' publications, sold at €2 per piece. Audience: general public.
- Les Cartes Postales Set of 10 postcards created during the pandemic using works by Alexandre Bernardi, Samuel Cariaux, Aurélie Volon, and other artists, sold at €10 per lot. Audience: general public.
- Pascal Tassini Monograph Monograph documenting the artistic work of Pascal Tassini, co-edited with MADmusée in 2011, featuring textile knot assemblages and sculptural work, sold at €10. Audience: art researchers, collectors, cultural audiences.
- The Catalogue (Jaune Ciel ou Blanc Foncé) Comprehensive catalogue of the visual arts workshop documenting active artists, historical context, and workshop journeys, published by Créahm in 2010, sold at €33. Audience: art researchers, cultural audiences, libraries.
- Le Livre à Colorier Colouring book from the plastic studio allowing immersion in Créahm's pictorial identity, distributed through bookshops in Liège and Brussels. Audience: general public, families.
- Les Brèves (1st and 2nd editions) First and second edition publications featuring spontaneously spoken words from artists, described as funny, innocent, sometimes absurd, poetic and philosophical. Audience: general public, cultural audiences.
Companies that use Créahm
Customer profileNamed customers5 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Créahm technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
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- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
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AI maturity
App detail
Feature2 records
Créahm partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
13 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.
- RAVI (Résidences-Ateliers Vivegnis International)flagshipInternational residency program creating an environment conducive to creation and exchange. Hosted Samuel Cariaux's residency and Anne Brugni's performance project.
- InfrabelcoreBelgian railway infrastructure company that commissioned three murals at Namur station, providing artistic projects and visibility for artists.
- ESACT (École Supérieure des Arts de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles)flagshipDrama conservatory with biennial collaboration where students develop work with Créahm actors as part of their curriculum, culminating in public performances.
- Laetitia BicaflagshipPhotographer who conducted a workshop and later collaborated with Samuel Cariaux on a 6-week residency, culminating in exhibition at Biennale de l'Image Possible.
- PsomancoreRenowned Belgian street artist who collaborated with Créahm on the crocodile mural project, teaching new techniques to artists.
- MadmuséecoreArt brut museum in Liège, co-editing publications with Créahm and housing the Madcafé and Trinkhall Museum.
- Theatro La Ribalta (Italy)flagshipItalian professional theatre company of artists with and without disabilities, performing at Rencontres Internationales du Créahm.
- Tanzbar Bremen (Germany)flagshipGerman dance company performing at the international festival.
- Compagnie Kalam' (France)flagshipFrench dance company integrating disabled and professional dancers, performing at the festival.
- Jean-Paul LespagnardminorFashion designer who collaborated with Créahm artists on textile art projects.
- Asbl Nectar / IndocileminorLiège hip-hop group that conducted a rap workshop resulting in two music videos with Créahm musicians.
- Collectif Lost NiñosminorCollective that orchestrated the wood bas-relief assembly for the Pont des Bayards public art installation.
- EOP! FestivalflagshipExtraordinary Film Festival focusing on disability themes, partnered for festival programming.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Créahm competitors and assessment
Company assessmentRegional players
- Théâtre de Liège: Liège's principal subsidised theatre and a host venue for major performing-arts productions. Comparable as a regional cultural institution that hosts events in the same city and shares public-funder relationships with Créahm.
Direct peers
- Candoco Dance Company (UK): UK-based inclusive dance company integrating disabled and non-disabled dancers. Directly comparable to Créahm's dance workshop and Katabanga ensemble in mission and format.
- MADmusée (Musée d'Art Différencié / Liège): MADmusée is a Liège-based art-brut / outsider-art museum that co-edits publications with Créahm and houses the Trinkhall Museum and Madcafé. It is the closest direct peer in both mission (disability-inclusive art) and city.
- Compagnie Ka (France): French disability-inclusive performing-arts company producing theatre and dance. Comparable to Créahm as a multi-disciplinary disability-arts producing ensemble and festival participant.
- Collection de l'Art Brut (Lausanne): Switzerland's leading outsider-art collection in Lausanne. It is a direct peer as a museum and cultural institution dedicated to art brut and outsider art, operating in the same curatorial niche as Créahm's Trinkhall Museum.
- Theatro La Ribalta (Italy): Italian professional theatre company of artists with and without disabilities. Already a Créahm performing partner at R.I.C.; directly comparable as a producing disability-inclusive performing-arts ensemble.
- AXIS Dance Company (USA): US-based physically integrated dance company. Comparable as a producing ensemble that combines disabled and non-disabled performers, mirroring Créahm's disability-inclusive dance model.
- museum gugging: Austrian outsider-art museum and artists' house near Vienna that combines a permanent collection with an active studio for artists with disabilities. Directly comparable to Créahm's combination of workshop + museum model.
- Prinzhorn Collection (Heidelberg): German university museum dedicated to art by psychiatric patients and outsiders. Directly comparable to Trinkhall Museum in curatorial scope and mission.
Emerging players
- Stopgap Dance Company (UK): UK inclusive dance company producing work with disabled and non-disabled dancers. Comparable in scale and approach to Créahm's dance workshop outputs and inclusive ensemble work.
Market position
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
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Créahm leadership team
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Profiles1 record
Créahm subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries2 records
Créahm funding detail
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Frequently asked questions about Créahm
What does Créahm do?
Créahm runs multidisciplinary arts workshops (plastic arts, music, dance, theatre, circus, and digital arts) for people with mental disabilities, producing visual artworks, performances, publications, and merchandise. It also operates the Trinkhall Museum, an international collection of nearly 3,000 outsider-art works, and organizes the biennial Rencontres Internationales du Créahm (R.I.C.) festival showcasing disability-inclusive performing arts.
Is Créahm a public or private company?
Créahm is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently operating.
When was Créahm founded?
Créahm was founded in -1. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Créahm based?
Créahm is headquartered in Liège, Belgium, in the Europe region.
How does Créahm make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Public Subsidies and Grants are the primary driver. The others are merchandise and Publications Sales, event Revenue and crowdfunding.
Who are Créahm's main competitors?
Théâtre de Liège is listed as a regional player. Direct peers are Candoco Dance Company (UK), MADmusée (Musée d'Art Différencié / Liège), Compagnie Ka (France), Collection de l'Art Brut (Lausanne), Theatro La Ribalta (Italy), AXIS Dance Company (USA), museum gugging and Prinzhorn Collection (Heidelberg). Stopgap Dance Company (UK) is listed as an emerging player.
Does Créahm have an API?
No public API is recorded for Créahm.
What industry is Créahm in?
Créahm's product category is Disability-inclusive arts and cultural services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDAMAAAD, Crafts & Maker Arts (Ceramics, Textiles, Jewelry, Mixed Media), with a secondary code of THAJAKAA, Arts & Crafts Workshops (Painting, Pottery, Ceramics, Sculpture). Its NAICS code is 711190 and its SIC code is 7330.