FOTODOK

📣FOTODOK is looking for volunteers to support our upcoming exhibitions and events.

If you are interested in contemporary photography and want to gain hands-on experience in exhibition making and event production, this is an opportunity to join our team from September onwards.

FOTODOK works with visual storytelling to explore urgent social and political issues through exhibitions, dialogue, research, talent development, and education. Together with local and international artists, we create space for new perspectives and meaningful exchange.

What you’ll get:

– Experience in exhibition making and event production
– Access to FOTODOK events
– Opportunities to connect with artists and cultural professionals
– Food and drinks during working hours
– Volunteer compensation
– Invitation to an introductory gathering at FOTODOK on 26 June

Upcoming projects:

BredaPhoto Festival 1–10 September
Support the installation of FOTODOK’s exhibition in Breda.

Futures Photography Annual Meet-Up & FOTODOK Exhibition 18–29 November
Support exhibition production and assist during conference days in Utrecht.

Photobook Week 25 November–12 December
Support the first edition of this new national event across exhibitions, presentations, workshops, educational activities, and public programming.

Apply before 20 June and indicate your availability and preferred events.

https://cloud.fotodok.org/index.php/apps/formvox/public/5316783/yP3Jgds4wnvNF3ODDV25nk2lfcqv0Htr

Questions: [email protected]

What happens when artists stop trying to do everything alone?

Lighthouse Open returns with a new series of Sofa Talks (.sofa), inviting emerging and established creatives to come together, share experiences, and rethink how we sustain artistic practices collectively.

Developed from the spirit of Lighthouse Specials, Lighthouse Open expands access to the conversations, tools, and peer support within the FOTODOK Talent community. Because not being selected for Lighthouse should never mean the end of the exchange.

Upcoming sessions:
28 May · 12:00–16:00
14 July · 12:00–16:00

This edition, “Sharing Roles: From Individual Practices to Collective Support”, asks: How can we build creative practices rooted in collaboration rather than constant self-management?

Most of us are expected to be everything at once: artist, producer, communicator, fundraiser, organiser. Through group exercises and collective reflection, these workshops explore how shared roles, mutual care, and collective support can create more sustainable ways of working together.

Sofa Talks is a member-hosted platform initiated by Aline Papenheim (.papenheim) and Gundega Strauberga ().

Open to everyone who applied to Lighthouse 2025, as well as previous participants of Lighthouse and Lighthouse Specials.

Maximum capacity: 30 participants.

Register via the link in bio.