C-mine is a creative hotspot for artistic talent, clustered on a site with a unique heritage in industrial mining. Rooted in the past, C-mine’s aim is to help shape the future. We achieve this by forging strong partnerships and entering into dialogue with actors from various artistic fields; by involving the wider community in a versatile environment, focused on study, research, design, innovation and reflection. C-mine wants to elevate artists, performers, entrepreneurs, students, ... above their own individual capabilities and ambitions; to inspire the culturally interested, amateurs of heritage sites, students, children, visitors, tourists and locals alike, with new insights and experiences; to invigorate the urban environment and the wider region by offering artistic and design-oriented innovation and creation.

It’s C-mine's ambition to work with all campus residents towards  developing a community that provides both its own members and outside visitors with ideas and inspiration;  offering a high-quality artistic visitor programme in the visual and performing arts, design and film; excelling, via this innovative and international programme, in the areas of development, production, presentation, participation and reflection; ensuring authentic connections on the site, with the local neighbourhood(s) and other sites in Genk, including Thor park and LABIOMISTA; becoming one of the leading creative sites in Limburg, Flanders and the Euregion.