Short-term (2 to 4 weeks) "cultural project" project in Belgium

Every Ascent weekend since 1996 the City of Namur welcomes the « Festival des Arts Forains ». More than 80 artistic groups settle in the streets, squares, courts, gardens and theatres during 4 days to offer the best of contemporary Belgian and international creation inspired by the fairground community. http://www.artsforains.com/

Volunteers will get various tasks linked to technical and scenographic areas. They will take part together in the construction and assembling of tents and decoration sets, the arrangement of artists and teams living space, the loading, transport and unloading of material. During the festival, it will be possible for the volunteers who want to and who ask to be integrated in teams in charge for instance of the ticket office or the bar.

Volunteers will sleep in an ideally located building as it is situated in the heart of the city centre, a 5-minute walk from the train station, in the office of les Arts Forains. Beds will be provided as well as showers and toilets. Volunteers should bring their own sleeping bag.

Namur is the capital city of Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium. Namur counts more or less 100 000 inhabitants.

This is the very first time this workcamp takes place. For volunteers who wish to visit some parts of Belgium, they will have to do it before or after the festival because they will have no time to do it during the festival !