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Opening de Meervaart 

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Foam Forward

Haufi nyana? I’ve come to take you home

in a unique way. Foam Forward Tours are based on the expertise of young students, who will guide you through the exhibition with short interactive assignments.

The tour guides of Foam Forward all participated in a long-term educational project at Foam. The students have a big heart for Foam and feel it is important to take visitors through the exhibition in their own refreshing way.

Opening Lebohang Kganye, 2023

Foam

"Mohlokomedi wa Tora", Scene 2, 2018 

Liz Johnson Artur - of life of love of sex of movement of hope

Foam Forward Tour Lebohang Kganye

Are you between 17 and 26 years old and do you have a passion for photography and storytelling? Sign up for the Foam Forward programme led by photographer and film maker Fidelio 

 and learn to develop your own artistic vision. During this programme, you will be guided in creating your own visual language by producing a small magazine. The zine focuses on telling a story and developing your own photographic vision.

The Foam Forward programme consists of a series of 6 workshops. The workshop will start on Thursday 2 June. After that, it will take place weekly on Thursdays from 19:00 to 21:00 hrs. 

Included in the workshop is a visit to creative space MAQAM and Galerie Mercatorplein, free access to Foam and the production costs of your magazine.

From the film Naomi Sharon - 1991, 2020 

From the series Menino de Praia Santa, 2019 

Design your own magazine and develop your artistic vision

Workshopreeks Foam Forward

by Mous Lamrabat in a unique way. Based on the expertise of young students, they will guide you through the exhibition with short interactive assignments.

The tour guides of Foam Forward all participated in a long term educational project at Foam. The students have a big heart for Foam and feel it is important to take visitors through the exhibition in their own refreshing way.

Ana love you more than my life, 2021

Mashallah with extra cheese, 2021

Untitled, 2021

Foam Forward Tour Mous Lamrabat

in a unique way. Based on the expertise of young students, they will guide you through the exhibition with short interactive assignments.

The tour guides of Foam Forward all participated in a long term educational project at Foam. The students have a big heart for Foam and feel it is important to take visitors through the exhibition, in their own refreshing way.

Your Foam, 2021

The real discovery, 2020

Foam Forward Tours

Participants of the Foam Forward programme can sign up for this first part of a masterclass on the use of light in photography.

This event is exclusively for Foam Forward participants.
Light is essential when taking a photo. In this masterclass by Foam you will learn how to photograph with artificial and constant light. After a brief introduction on the museum and the use of light in photography, participants will work in the Foam Studios under professional guidance.
ABOUT FOAM FORWARD Foam Forward is a talent development programme that focuses on young up-and-coming talent. In collaboration with Studio West (Theater de Meervaart) and Talentlab (Bijlmer Parktheater), Foam has developed photography courses, hosted by young photographers associated with Foam. Participants of these photography courses are given the opportunity to participate in a continuous programme, organised by Foam, XYZ Studios, HALAL and sQuare, to stimulate their enthusiasm and photographic qualities.&nbsp;
Foam Forward is a partnership between Bijlmer Parktheater, HALAL, Studio West/De Meervaart, sQuare, XYZ Studio and Foam.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Foam Members, City of Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

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Sunday 10 March 2019 12.00 - 15.00 hrs PRICE &euro;15,00 regular rate Limited spots: 10 tickets LANGUAGE Dutch 
Foam&nbsp; Keizersgracht 609 1017 DS, Amsterdam Netherlands </div>

Foam Forward:Lights on! #1

Participants of the Foam Forward programme will meet HALAL admist the works of up-and-coming artists at Foam Next Door.

This event is exclusively for Foam Forward participants
HALAL is one of the partners involved in Foam Forward and operates as an international production company and photography agency. After a short guided tour along the works of Foam Talents, we are meeting up with Gijs Determeijer, partner and Head of New Business at HALAL. Gijs will give insights on how new talents are spotted, where they get their inspiration from and what HALAL actually does. As they represent many young photographers, one of HALAL's photographers will join in to answer all your burning questions on the process of becoming a professional photographer.
ABOUT FOAM FORWARD Foam Forward is a talent development programme that focuses on young up-and-coming talent. In collaboration with Studio West (Theater de Meervaart) and Talentlab (Bijlmer Parktheater), Foam has developed photography courses, hosted by young photographers associated with Foam. Participants of these photography courses are given the opportunity to participate in a continuous programme, organised by Foam, XYZ Studios, HALAL and sQuare, to stimulate their enthusiasm and photographic qualities.&nbsp;
Foam Forward is a partnership between Bijlmer Parktheater, HALAL, Studio West/De Meervaart, sQuare, XYZ Studio and Foam.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Foam Members, City of Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

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Sunday 24 February 2019 11.00 - 13.00 hrs PRICE &euro;5,00 regular rate Limited spots: 20 tickets
&gt;&gt; sign up closed &lt;&lt; LANGUAGE Dutch 
Foam Next Door Keizersgracht 617 1017 DS, Amsterdam Netherlands <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Keizersgracht+117,+1015+DA+Amsterdam/@52.3766712,4.8855282,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47c609c5938c581f:0xef8de666f8ac5b15!8m2!3d52.3766712!4d4.8877169">Route</a></div>

Foam Forward: Meet HALAL

Opening Foam Talent | London, 2019

We can't live – without each other, 2019

Ka 2phisi yaka e pinky II, 2013, Her Story series

Tell the Trees to Smile

There Is Nothing New Under the Sun/See Daylight

The Act of Sitting

Malign Influences/The Holy Mountains

Face As Mask II, 2018

Koraal Tabak, 2016

Foam Talent Call 2023 is closed

Being selected as a Foam Talent puts you in the spotlight of the international photography world.

Foam Talent Call

Dialect, 2020

An internationally acclaimed photography prize awarded to artists whose creative vision speaks to our current time.

Foam Paul Huf Award

A fixed exhibition space in the museum that is exclusively oriented towards the innovative work of young talent from the Netherlands and abroad.

Foam 3h

Exhibition series that aims to introduce the public to innovative art created by young visual makers with ground-breaking use of photography.

Next Level

Foam 3h: Karolina Wojtas We can't live – without each other, 2022

Grant established in memory of Florentine Riem Vis with the goal of supporting young photographic talents.

Florentine Riem Vis Grant

Youth development programme that focusses on up-and-coming talent within various cultural houses in Amsterdam.

Talent Programmes

Image from the series Dialect

at Foam 3h

Come and see the work of Benjamin Li

A biennial fellowship for three promising emerging photographers working in the artistic field.

recommended Olympus Fellowship

Foam was one of the founding partners of Unseen Amsterdam. Each year, Unseen is the place where many renowned galleries worldwide reveal artist's work

Unseen Photo Fair

The Your Foam team consists of MBO students from a variety of educations.

Your Foam

Foam Lab was a cultural traineeship for young professionals that offered suitable work experience within the museum. 

Foam Lab

Past programmes

 Foam Magazine #65: Talent, 2024

Front cover: Faceless, 2023. Image from the series (Inter)Faces of Predictions

in Foam Magazine

Discover more Foam Talent

Talent

MBO in Foam

Lebohang Kganye focuses on exploring her family's personal and collective ‘micro histories’. Her work is embedded in the wider history of South Africa from before, during, and in the aftermath of apartheid and colonialism. The exhibition shows the artist's complex visual vocabulary and the diversity of media and approaches she engages with — from photographic montages to spatial installation, and from film animation to patchwork.

“Habo Patience ka bokhathe II” from “Ke Lefa Laka: Her-Story”, 2013

“Shadows of Re-Memory”, Film Still 1, 2021

Still from: Reflecting on the idea of 'home' with Lebohang Kganye: Foam x Pakhuis de Zwijger

Foam x Pakhuis de Zwijger: Lebohang Kganye

Watch the Pakhuis de Zwijger talk with Lebohang Kganye

Lebohang Kganye – Haufi nyana? I’ve come to take you home

“Fashion” is a concept that represents what is trending at the moment. Paul Kooiker’s fashion photography, on the other hand, is characterised by its timelessness. The artist portrays the biggest fashion brands and today’s most famous faces, but transports them to a world of their own. Disconnected from time and place, his surreal images feel like film stills with stories we can only guess.

Untitled, 2020

Untitled, 2019

Untitled, 2022.

Paul Kooiker

It is time to CLAIM the museum! The students of Your Foam believe that the museum belongs to all of us. Come join us as we take over Foam with a series of engaging activities.

Join the Your Foam team 21/22 on 14 April for a journey through the museum. We have prepared several workshops, an interesting talk and a tour by the Foam Forward crew. In addition, we will serve snacks and end the night with a silent disco.

foam forward

Foam Forward

Interactive tour: Lebohang Kganye Haufi nyana? I’ve come to take you home

Design your own magazine and develop your artistic vision

Interactive Tour:
Mous Lamrabat Blessings from Mousganistan

Foam Forward Tour
Ana Núñez Rodríguez Cooking Potato Stories

Foam Forward:Lights on! #1

Foam Forward: Meet HALAL

Talent

Your Foam

Lebohang Kganye
Haufi nyana? I’ve come to take you home

Paul Kooiker
FASHION

CLAIM! Yours, mine, ours

foam forward

Foam Forward

Interactive tour: Lebohang Kganye Haufi nyana? I’ve come to take you home

Design your own magazine and develop your artistic vision

Interactive Tour: Mous Lamrabat Blessings from Mousganistan

Foam Forward TourAna Núñez Rodríguez Cooking Potato Stories

Foam Forward:Lights on! #1

Foam Forward: Meet HALAL

Talent

Your Foam

Lebohang KganyeHaufi nyana? I’ve come to take you home

Paul Kooiker FASHION

CLAIM! Yours, mine, ours

Interactive Tour:
Mous Lamrabat Blessings from Mousganistan

Foam Forward Tour
Ana Núñez Rodríguez Cooking Potato Stories

Lebohang Kganye
Haufi nyana? I’ve come to take you home

Paul Kooiker
FASHION