What does the Design and Architecture Department offer?

Networking Opportunities at the H
The Haagse Kunstkring offers you the opportunity to expand your network within the art world and find new collaborators. You can exchange ideas with other professionals and art lovers from various disciplines.

Exhibitions
The HKK offers the opportunity to exhibit your work in our gallery and at various events. This is an excellent way to present your work to a wider audience and bring it to their attention. We regularly organize workshops and lectures by professionals who share their expertise.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration at the
Collaboration with other departments within the Haagse Kunstkring offers unique opportunities for innovative and groundbreaking projects. This interdisciplinary nature makes the Haagse Kunstkring a breeding ground for creative exchanges and innovative projects.

Membership Process for the Design and Architecture Department

To be admitted as a working member, you must be professionally active in your field.

Art enthusiasts can become members at any time. This membership is open to all.

Balloting
The admissions process includes a balloting process in which your work and artistic vision are evaluated by a committee of peers. You can apply for balloting throughout the year.

Three times a year—in January, May, and September—the Haagse Kunstkring’s Screening Committee reviews applications from candidates who wish to become members of the Design and Architecture section. At the next meeting, a maximum of 15 candidates will be reviewed. The remaining applications will be carried over to the following meeting. If this is the case, you will be notified. The entire process is handled digitally, so there is no need to submit any work.

Request the registration form, fill it out, and return it to the Haagse Kunstkring along with the supporting documentation listed below (four attachments) .

Each application will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• A resume listing the educational programs completed, where and when they were completed, and the year of graduation.
• Please also list your professional activities, such as assignments and projects from the past 4 years.
• You must be able to demonstrate that you are active as an architect or designer. This can be done by providing a link to a professional and up-to-date website. The visual material on the website must clearly indicate what it covers: which projects have been completed, which commissions have been carried out, and the year of completion. Projects that were developed as proposals but not completed are also eligible.

The work will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Authenticity: Is there originality, a clear vision, a personal statement?
• Craftsmanship: does the work demonstrate the skills appropriate to the type of work being made?
• A substantive explanation of your work.

Finally, we would like to know why you choose Haagse Kunstkring. For example, do you have specific plans you want to implement?

The Haagse Kunstkring is an organization that relies on the active participation of its members. What role would you like to play?

Results of the ballot

Once the work has been discussed by the committee, the results will be announced as soon as possible. The following outcomes are possible:

• Based on the information provided, the candidate has been evaluated positively according to the criteria listed above. The candidate is hired.
• If the committee has doubts about one or more of the listed criteria, two or three members of the selection committee will visit the artist’s studio.
• The quality of the work and/or the motivation is deemed insufficient. The application is rejected. A new application may be submitted in two years.

The selection committee is composed of several members of the Design and Architecture department who have volunteered to monitor the quality of artistic practice within the Haagse Kunstkring based on their own professional artistic experience. They do so with an impartial perspective and without regard to personal connections. Therefore, no correspondence will be entered into regarding the results of the selection process.

Fees The ballot fee is €30. The application will be processed once the €30 application fee has been paid to bank account NL89 RABO 0179 9015 40 in the name of Haagse Kunstkring, with the reference “Ballotage Haagse Kunstkring.”

The membership fee for members of the Visual Arts, Architecture, and Design section is €140 per year. For Ooievaarspas holders, the membership fee is €70 per year. Once you’ve been admitted, you’ll pay for the remainder of the current year. After that, you’ll pay annually. Payment plans may be available.

For young newly graduated artists there is the possibility to become a member at a reduced membership rate.
Aspiring members:
The first year after graduation the membership fee is € 50.00; the second year € 75.00; the third year € 100.00*.
*If you have a Stork Pass, it applies from the third year after graduation and the membership fee is half the then current membership fee.

For more information or to sign up, contact us via email.

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