Yes, there are several cultural organizations and cooperatives offering studios. Here are a few:

• Level Five
• Entrakt
• Communa
• Woningfonds Brussel
• Ateliers Mommen
• SB34
• CityGate
• La Valée
• MAX
• Spare Wheel
• The Green Corridor
• Komplot
• Hectolitre
• Meyboom Artist-Run Spaces

Several groups on social media also offer studios for rent in the region, for example: https://www.facebook.com/groups/277322442467426/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/778566252209087/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/485953328905304/ If you are looking for an artist residency, you can contact the following organizations:

• Fondation CAB
• Pilar
• GC Elzenhof
• La Maison Commune
• Fondation Carrefour des arts
• Kunstenwerkplaats (Pianofabriek)
• WIELS
• Fondation Thalie
• MAAC
• Fondation Blan
• SAFFCA
• KAOS
• Fondation Boghossian
• Culture & Publics
• ISELP
• Contre type
• Imal
• Oradek
• Résidence d'artiste Huet Repolt
• Nadine
• Komplot
• Maison de la création

The Wallonia-Brussels Federation has also created a document listing numerous artist residencies in its territory.

Artist studios are assigned through a call for candidates and based on a dossier. The candidate call is published on the website culture.elsene.be and disseminated through our newsletter and social media platforms. To receive the KULT XL newsletter, you can subscribe here.  

KULT XL Ateliers offers long-term studios (1 year, renewable max. 1 time):

• These studios are intended for visual artists living in the Brussels-Capital Region, regardless of their nationality.

Example: I am a Senegalese/Belgian/Lithuanian/American/etc. artist and I live in Brussels: I can apply for a long-term studio.  

The next candidate call will take place in March 2025 and will cover the filling of all 9 workplaces. The terms of the call will be posted on this website.

No. If you have already used a municipal artist studio, you cannot submit a new application for a workspace.

Yes, you can apply for another workspace than the one you are on the back-up list for. If you are assigned a workshop, your name will be removed from the back-up list.

Yes, on the condition that each member of the collective meets the accessibility conditions of the call. These conditions are stated in the selection regulations of the call, which you can consult on the website.

No. Members of a collective cannot submit an individual application if they are already submitting an application for the collective in the same call.

No. You must complete the form in French or Dutch in order for your application to be valid.

You can consult them on this website: You can consult cultural policy plan "Co" 2020-2025 in french and dutch : 2020-2025 cultural policy plan (fr) / 2020-2025 cultural policy plan (nl). You can consult the general policy note of the municipality of Ixelles in french and dutch : 2018-2024 general policy statement (fr) / 2018-2024 general policy statement (nl) If necessary, you can also ask to receive a copy by post by sending an e-mail to culture@ixelles.brussels or by phone on 02 515 64 63

The studio for which you have been selected can be occupied for a specific period (one year, with the option of a one-time renewal). You can also use the exhibition space at Wiertzstraat 23, 1050 Elsene, for organizing an exhibition and/or event during your occupancy of the studio. The municipality also provides a communication channel: presentation of the artists on the cultural website and the social media platforms of the Culture Department, as well as dissemination of information about exhibitions and events by resident artists. The Culture Department also facilitates networking opportunities with local cultural partners. If necessary, you can count on technical support to set up and dismantle an exhibition or event in the exhibition space. If applicable, the cultural department will organise a festive opening.

If you are selected to occupy a workshop, you commit yourself to:

• open your workshop to the public at least once a year, on a date to be determined in consultation with the culture department;
• take out fire, water damage and third-party liability insurance for personal belongings, work equipment and artworks stored in your studio;
• pay a deposit as described in the agreement for the use of the workspace;
• pay the consumption costs (water, gas, electricity, heating), as described in the agreement for the use of the studio.

There are several organisations that offer affordable workshops in the region, here are some of them: Level Five : https://www.levelfive.brussels/en Entrakt : https://www.entrakt.be/contact Communa : https://communa.be/ Fonds du Logement: https://fonds.brussels/nl/%C3%A0-louer-logements-ateliers Ateliers Mommen: https://ateliersmommen.collectifs.net/presentation-et-convention/ Several groups on social media also offer studios for rent in the region, for example: https://www.facebook.com/groups/277322442467426/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/778566252209087/  https://www.facebook.com/groups/485953328905304/

Your data are collected to check the administrative admissibility of your application, as stated in the privacy policy of the open call. They also enable the grant to be awarded should you be selected. These data are exclusively for internal use by the administration and will not be communicated to the jury (except for the name of the candidate). Your data will be kept for one year after the selection of the laureates.

You have not found the answer to your question? Then contact the Culture department by e-mail at culture@ixelles.brussels or by telephone at 02 515 64 63

The network of municipal artist studios KULT XL Ateliers counts, at this moment, 9 workshop spaces:

• 7 ateliers in the rue Wiertz 23
• 1 atelier in the rue de l’Automne 44
• 1 atelier in the rue du Trône 95

KULT XL Ateliers is a network in development: 7 studios on Wiertz Street, 1 studio on Autumn Street and 1 studio on Troon Street are made available to emerging artists for a period of 1 to 2 years.