creation et handicap mental bruxelles

Name

creation et handicap mental bruxelles

Legal name

Creahm-Bruxelles ASBL - Creativité et Handicap Mental Bruxelles

Website

https://creahm-bruxelles.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ixelles

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Artwork sales: Sale of original artworks created by artists with intellectual disabilities. Works are sold to collectors and art enthusiasts, providing recognition and income for artists while supporting ASBL operations.
2. Merchandise and boutique: Sale of branded products featuring artist designs including t-shirts, tote bags, postcards, notebooks, playing cards, cassettes, and beach towels.
3. Donations and philanthropy: Individual donations (one-time or recurring), corporate patronage/mécénat, and tax-deductible contributions (45% tax reduction for donations of 40€ or more).
4. Public subsidies: Operating subsidies from government recognition as a CEC (Centre d'Expression et de Créativité) in Wallonia and Brussels.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Création et Handicap Mental Bruxelles (Créahmbxl) is a non-profit ASBL that runs year-round artistic workshops and creative expression programs in plastic arts, theatre, music, dance, and ceramics for adults with intellectual disabilities in the Brussels-Capital Region. It also produces and sells original artworks, limited editions, and derivative merchandise, and stages theatrical productions, public exhibitions, and educational visits to support and showcase its 120 participating artists.

Product overview

Créahmbxl is an artistic experimentation laboratory offering plastic arts and performing arts workshops to people with intellectual disabilities. The organization operates as a unified ecosystem combining workshops (core offering), an art collection, theatrical productions by the company, editions/publications, a boutique selling merchandise featuring artists' work, school visits, and open door events. As part of the 150 CEC (Centres d'expression et de créativité) network in Wallonia and Brussels, the organization fosters artistic creation, diffusion, awareness-raising about disability, and conservation of thousands of artworks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Artistic Workshops Year-round, professionally accompanied creative workshops in plastic arts, theatre, music, dance, and ceramics offered free of charge to approximately 120 adult artists with intellectual disabilities in the Brussels-Capital Region each year.
• Art Collection Sales Sale of original artworks produced by the atelier's artists, drawn from an accumulated archive of more than 1,000 pieces, available to individual collectors and cultural institutions.
• Boutique (Editions and Derivative Objects) On-site boutique offering limited editions, reproductions, and derivative objects based on the atelier's artists' creations, sold to visitors and supporters of the organization.
• Theatrical Productions Public theatrical performances developed and staged by the atelier's artists and accompanying team, open to general audiences and partner institutions.
• School Visits Educational visits hosted at the atelier for school groups, offering direct contact with the artists and their creative practice as part of inclusive cultural education.
• Exhibitions and Open-Door Events Public exhibitions and open-door events held at the atelier and in partner cultural venues (including BOZAR), showcasing the artists' work to the wider public.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,000+ artworks produced annually by 120 artists participating in 350 workshops
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Parlement de la Fédération Wallonie-BruxellescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Exhibition of Créahmbxl artworks at the Parliament of the French-speaking community of Belgium, providing public visibility and institutional recognition for artist work.
• Sénat de BelgiquecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Collection of artworks by Inès Reddah and Pascal Duquenne acquired by the Belgian Senate, representing institutional recognition of outsider art.
• Théâtre NationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Ongoing collaboration hosting Créahmbxl productions, performances, and the 'Lundis en coulisse' program.
• Musée d'IxellescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Creation of inclusive mediation programs and audio capsules for the museum's collection.
• Ballets de Monte-CarloflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Collaboration with choreographer Inès Reddah resulting in performances at the Ballets de Monte-Carlo - major international exposure for the artist.
• Kanal-Centre PompidouflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Membership in the Accessibility Council of the future Kanal-Centre Pompidou museum, contributing expertise on inclusive art practices.
• Train WorldminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Participation in Museum Night Fever at Train World museum.
• Vaux Hall Summer FestivalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Weekend programming partnership featuring Créahmbxl exhibitions, performances, and merchandise sales.
• Ensemble Irsahm (IRSA X Créahmbxl)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Musical ensemble combining Créahmbxl artists with musicians, releasing albums like 'Spaghetti Subtilior' - EP reinterpreting medieval music.
• Actes NordminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Joint publication projects including 'Fluides, nous sommes' drawing notebook and other editions.
• Centre culturel Jacques FranckcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partner hosting Créahmbxl theatre productions and the Proto Sound Project.
• Musée Art et MargescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrussels museum dedicated to outsider art, hosting Créahmbxl artist exhibitions and performances.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Museum Gugging: Austrian art brut museum and active artist-in-residence program associated with the Haus der Künstler in Gugging. Comparable as a residential studio-plus-museum model for artists with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities, with strong exhibition and commercial activity.
• Collection de l'Art Brut: Lausanne museum maintaining one of the world's leading collections of art brut, including work by artists with intellectual disabilities. Indirect institutional comparable that shapes global outsider-art market pricing and curatorial standards relevant to Créahmbxl's collection.
• Prinzhorn Collection: Heidelberg-based museum holding historical works by psychiatric patients and artists with mental illness. Indirect comparable in the art-and-disability category, providing curatorial and academic legitimacy for outsider-art markets globally.

Emerging players

• Galerie Christian Berst: Paris gallery specialized in art brut and outsider art, with primary market placements for similar artists. Comparable as a commercial intermediary channeling disability-affiliated artwork to collectors and museums, complementing Créahmbxl's direct-to-collector sales.

Direct peers

• Creative Growth Art Center: Oakland, California-based non-profit art studio serving adult artists with developmental, intellectual, and physical disabilities. Operates a similar workshop-studio-plus-boutique model with international art-brut recognition, making it a strong transatlantic functional comparable.
• Creativity Explored: San Francisco non-profit supporting artists with developmental disabilities through studio programs, gallery representation, and merchandise sales. Highly comparable operating model combining artistic production, exhibition, and direct-to-consumer commerce for outsider art.
• Project Onward: Chicago-based non-profit studio for artists with mental and developmental disabilities, providing workspace, materials, and gallery representation. Operates an adjacent outsider-art program with similar emphasis on career-building for disabled artists.
• Créahm Liège: The original sister organization founded by Luc Boulangé in 1979 in Liège, offering the same model of plastic and performing arts workshops for adults with intellectual disabilities. Direct sibling in the CEC network with shared philosophy, governance model, and revenue mix.
• Arts of Life: Chicago non-profit providing studio space, materials, and professional development for adult artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Comparable community workshop structure with exhibition and sales components targeting collectors and corporate buyers.

Regional players

• Musée Art et Marges: Brussels museum dedicated to outsider art and artists marginalized by society. Direct local partner and exhibition venue for Créahmbxl artists; operates in the same geographic and curatorial ecosystem and validates the outsider-art market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Cr%C3%A9ahm-Bruxelles-1646626488903598
• Instagraminstagram.com/creahmbxl

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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