Artistic activities

Virtually every Brussels commune has its own art or music academy (part-time art education). They offer a host of courses in every artistic discipline as well as music, word and dance, for children, teenagers and adults. Depending on where they get their funding, the working language of these academies is either French or Dutch.

Visit the pages on French Community education to download a brochure on part-time art education (FR)External link as well as a directory of academies teaching the fine arts, music, word and dance in the French language (PDF Format) (FR)External link in the Brussels-Capital Region.

The Flemish Community Commission’s website publishes a list of academies teaching in Dutch (NL)External link and a list of music, word and dance academies teaching in DutchExternal link in the Brussels-Capital Region.

There are also a lot of artistic courses to choose from in Brussels. Various sociocultural organisations, open universities and adult education bodies will be able to guide you through the world of art and production in the widest sense. Private schools complete the offering.

• If you are interested in formalising your skills in the creative arts (photography, graphic design, web design, arts and crafts), see the Education and Training pages.

• Brussels is home to a number of Centres of Expression and Creativity, which hold creative workshops in various art disciplines (FR)External link for young and old.
• For more information on sociocultural activities (including art courses) (FR)External link contact one of the many continuing education institutions in Brussels.
• 'Que Faire' is a website where you can search for courses (traineeships) in Brussels in various domains, including theatre, dance, singing, music, design, painting, photography (FR/NL)External link and lots more.

• The Flemish Community Commission keeps a list of all (art and other) courses in Brussels (NL) External link.
• PrettigGeleerd.beExternal link (NL) is a website listing all courses (including self-expression & artistic activities) in the Flemish sociocultural sector (including Brussels).
• At Zinnema, the Flemish House of Amateur Arts in BrusselsExternal link, you will find information on theatre, dance, music workshops and other artistic projects.

Many of the cultural centres in Brussels also run cultural and creative courses.

• 'Tremplins asbl' invites young people aged 12 to 21 to help organise its Bruxelles Babel festival of artistic expression (FR)External link.
• There are 1001 ways to take part in the Zinneke ParadeExternal link. The various participating groups need 1001 little hands every year.
• There are lots of amateur choirs (FR)External link  in Brussels and they are always looking for new voices (FR).
• If you’d like to learn about the arts of the circus, Brussels has its own circus school, with courses for professionals and amateurs (FR/NL)External link.
• Espace Catastrophe also runs courses for clowns, acrobats and street theatre performers (FR)External link, for beginners and advance students.
• If you’d like to develop your literary talents, try the international literature centre Passa PortaExternal link
• Dance courses are generally held at sports centres. The Golden PagesExternal link provides details of dance schools and sports centres.
• Pierre de Lune arranges dance, theatre and storytelling courses (FR)External link, some of them in schools.