de School van Gaasbeek

de School van Gaasbeek is an incubator for the arts in the countryside around Brussels, Belgium in a beautiful area called 'Pajottenland'. Septemberfestival is the main public event of the organisation, It focuses on large audiences, presenting high national and international work, next to work from the incubator. The performances are presented mainly outdoors. The rural context plays a very important role as the location of in situ projects and work with the rural context as a backdrop and inspiration. The small organisation has been coordinated by Christel Simons, and has partnerships with organisations in the countryside and in Brussels. The total yearly budget is around 100.000 Euro, sources of funding are from the Flemish Community, the region, the city and partnerships. Next to being a residency for +/- 20 artists the organisation focuses every year a number of projects to be developed more intensively.