Join the Haagse Kunstkring!
Are you a professional writer, poet, actor, reciter, theater artist, or filmmaker? Would you like to be part of a vibrant and professional arts community? Then join the Haagse Kunstkring and become an active member of the Literature, Theater, and Film section. The department has traditionally welcomed art historians, historians, journalists, and publishers as well.
The Haagse Kunstkring provides a stimulating environment where interdisciplinary interaction and innovation are central. We are the only artist association in the Netherlands that has almost all disciplines, making us a special and versatile breeding ground for new ideas and collaborations.
We are proud of our rich history. Over the years, well-known writers and poets have been members, such as Louis Couperus, Frederik van Eeden, Simon Vestdijk, Hella Haasse, Jan Campert, F. Bordewijk and Miep Diekmann. Prominent actors and cabaret performers have also been members, such as Albert Vogel Sr, Ellen Vogel, Fie Carelsen, Eric Schneider and Paul van Vliet, as well as theater producers such as Johan de Meester.
These names highlight the wide range of disciplines within Haagse Kunstkring, which brings together writers, actors, performance artists, theater and film makers.
The Haagse Kunstkring offers the opportunity to expand your network within the art world and find new partners. You can exchange ideas with other professionals and art lovers from various disciplines.
The Haagse Kunstkring provides a stage where you can present your work at various events, literary gatherings and readings, film screenings and lectures. This is an excellent way to present and highlight your work to a wider audience.
You can also participate in exhibitions, book launches and more. We regularly host workshops and lectures by professionals who share their expertise.
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 art projects.
Membership procedure for the Department of Literature, Theatre and Film
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.
Please send your membership application to the Haagse Kunstkring. You will receive an email immediately with an attached application form, along with a request for a resume and a statement of purpose for membership. Once the board of the LTF chapter receives your completed form, they will review your application, and you will receive an invitation for a personal interview.
Balloting
Writers are eligible for admission if they have at least two book publications to their credit, published by a recognized publisher. In addition, a number of publications in reputable literary journals may also serve as an admission criterion.
Similar conditions apply to poets: they must have at least two publications with a recognized publisher, or perform regularly at recognized, high-quality venues within their discipline.
Playwrights are admitted if they are working within the professional field, on quality stages or if they are part of a recognized professional company.
For filmmakers, their professionalism is also a requirement. This includes the quality and importance of their realized work within the profession.
If necessary, the LTF board seeks the opinion of other members in the discipline in question. If someone has not published with a publisher or has not appeared on any important stage, etc., and yet there appears to be quality, then one or two other members in the discipline in question who know about it are asked for advice. This is especially common with poets.
Within the Department of Literature, Theater and Film, there has traditionally also been room for writing art historians, historians, journalists and people working as publishers. These are single people for whom no specific set of instruments has been developed, but where professionalism, the status of the person in question in the professional field and the status of the work in the professional field are also considered.
People are preferentially rejected based on the more formal criteria. And not on content.
Our association relies on the active involvement f its members. What role would you like or be able to play?
Cost
The membership fee for members of the Department of Literature, Theater and Film is €140 per year. If you have a Stork Pass, the membership fee is €70 per year. After admission, you pay for the remainder of the current year. After that you pay per calendar year. A payment plan is possible.
Young student or recently graduated artists have the opportunity to become members at a reduced membership rate.
Student members:
The membership fee is € 15.00 per year. The performance space can be rented at the reduced rate that applies to HKK members.
Aspirant members, recent graduates of academies, drama courses, etc.:
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.
Welcome to the Haagse Kunstkring!