Welcome to Het Verbond
In the heart of Amsterdam, Het Verbond is a place for artistic practice: a shared workspace and incubator. A home base for artists who want to deepen, expand, and reflect their practice in relation to the world around them. It is a collective infrastructure: Frascati provides the space and facilities, while the makers bring the content and energy. It is a place for reflection, exchange, and inspiration alongside the daily practice of writing, creating, and researching.
In a field where the focus often lies on production and visibility, Het Verbond creates room to pause, ask questions, and engage in dialogue.
This makes Het Verbond more than just a shared workspace. It is an open environment and free space for makers to deepen their artistry, connect with one another and with the world, and together build a community where reflection, exchange, and encounter are at the center.
Many makers enter a field after their studies that is heavily focused on production. The emphasis lies on creating performances, and less on reflection, deepening, and sustainable working structures. Yet these elements are crucial to anchor an artistic practice. In the heart of Amsterdam, we have recently opened up spaces. We want to share our infrastructure to create room for a broader group of artists.
Het Verbond responds to this need by providing space for makers in the early stages of their professional careers. Makers who may not yet have an established practice, but who feel the urgency and ambition to develop their artistic signature. Here, they can meet, inspire, and challenge one another – without the immediate pressure of production.
The Spaces
Het Verbond is located in Frascati 4, Nes 71 Amsterdam, and consists of three areas: the Atelier, the Salon, and the Verbond Café. The Atelier is a flexible workspace for research, presentations, workshops, or small-scale rehearsals. The Salon is suited for conversations and presentations. The Verbond Café forms the heart of the community: a shared working and meeting place, redesigned as a crossroads where plans and ideas can take shape.
Het Verbond richt zich op makers in de eerste fase van hun loopbaan. Zij zijn niet meer in opleiding, maar hebben nog geen volledig gevestigde praktijk. Meestal hebben ze enkele jaren werkervaring, een aantal producties gerealiseerd en zoeken ze naar verdieping van hun signatuur. Ze zijn autonoom, nieuwsgierig en kritisch, en kiezen er bewust voor hun praktijk te ontwikkelen binnen een gezamenlijke context. Dat vraagt niet alleen om werkplekken delen, maar ook om verantwoordelijkheid nemen, het gesprek aangaan en elkaar inspireren.
De eigen praktijk staat voorop, maar we vragen wel de bereidheid om je onderzoek en proces af en toe te delen. Elk lid organiseert daarom minstens één keer per jaar een activiteit – publiekelijk of besloten – zoals een workshop, gesprek, filmavond of presentatie, en draagt zo bij aan de werkruimte van Het Verbond.
Membership & Application
As a keyholder, you commit for a minimum of one year and a maximum of three. There are no membership fees (apart from a deposit for the key). Active involvement and regular presence are essential.
Would you like to be part of Het Verbond? Send us an email before Thursday 25 September at hetverbond@frascatitheater.nl with a short description of who you are as a maker, your motivation for joining, and optionally an idea for research or a practice you would like to explore within this community.
Together we are building a vibrant place for artistic practice in the heart of Amsterdam.
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Location Het Verbond
Nes 71
1012 KD Amsterdam