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Your Foam

Join us on an inspiring walking route through the centre of Amsterdam and discover photography in a new way.

<a href="/talent/your-foam-20-21">Your Foam 20/21</a>, a group of nine enthusiastic students, has organised a walking route through the centre of Amsterdam to discover photography in an original and immersive way. During the route, you are given several challenges and tips as you learn more about the artists and works currently exhibited at Foam.
In addition, the Your Foam team will support you with info, clues and - most importantly - a drink and a bite. Finally, we will end our tour through the city at the exhibition in Foam.&nbsp;
PRACTICAL INFO Duration: 2 hours Price: &euro;12,50 (&euro;10 for Foam Members, &euro;7,50 for students) The price includes a bite and drink, a goodie bag and the publication Your Foam represents: Gen 21. Timeslots are available starting every 15 minutes between 16.00 hrs and 19.00 hrs.&nbsp;If you have a preference for a particular start time, please indicate this when you sign up.&nbsp; <a href="/book-a-visit/public/connect-amsterdam-is-your-foaminspiring-walking-tour-through-amsterdam/14-07-2021">-&gt; Book your tickets here</a>
ABOUT YOUR FOAM 20/21 The <a href="/talent/your-foam-20-21">Your Foam 20/21</a> team consists of nine MBO students from the following studies: Media Manager (Media College Amsterdam), Event Producer (ROC van Amsterdam) and Media and Editing (ROC van Amsterdam). As an interdisciplinary team, they carry out challenges for various Foam departments, such as including a young audience at their own events, portraying subcultures among young people in a publication and creating workshops that are relevant to MBO students. Your Foam is supported by Fonds 21, VSB Fonds and Lerak Foundation. &nbsp; &nbsp;
Foam is supported by the VriendenLoterij, Foam Members, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, the VandenEnde Foundation and the City of Amsterdam.
In 2021 Foam receives additional support from the Mondriaan Fund and Kickstart Cultuurfonds.

<div class="sidebar__content">EVENT INFO 
14 July 2021
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TIME Timeslots starting every 15 minutes between 16.00 - 19.00 hrs
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DURATION 2 hours.&nbsp;For this event, we work with timeslots starting between 16.00 until 19.00 hrs. You will be sent an email with information on what time you are welcome to start.&nbsp;If you have a preference for a particular start time, please indicate this when you sign up.&nbsp;
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PRICE &euro;12,50 &euro;10 (Foam Members) &euro;7,50 (Students)</div>

Connect: Amsterdam is Your FoamInspiring walking tour through Amsterdam

Are you a MBO student who wants to improve Foam's programming? On 10 December, Foam organises a meeting and introduction for students who want to join the project Your Foam.

Please note: this programme is in Dutch.&nbsp;
The project Your Foam offers MBO students the chance to organise events and workshops and come up with new communication strategies to improve Foam's programming.
JOIN THE INTRODUCTION EVENING Join us on 10 December to learn more about Your Foam. By registering for this evening, you will be enlisted in a time slot between 18.00 and 20.00 hrs. You will meet Foam employees, explore the building, artists, and meet the project leaders.&nbsp;At the end of the route, you can sign up for Your Foam by leaving your details. In the week of 14 December, you will then hear whether you are on the project team which will start in January 2021. It is only possible to subscribe to the project team on this particular evening.
PROJECT TEAM In this project, Foam works together with a number of courses from the ROC van Amsterdam (Media &amp; Editing, Junior Event Producer), Mediacollege (Media designer) and ROC Top (Educational Assistant and Hospitality &amp; Events). Students who do not follow these programmes can also register. The project will run from January to June-August and you will be working 8 hours a week paid. The regular meeting of the team is on Thursday from approximately 16.00 - 20.00 hrs.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/595x298/d9eedca318/in_tekts_your_foam_.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="298" /> Foam MBO, 2020 &copy; Foam. Photo: Almicheal Fraay. 
ABOUT YOUR FOAM <a href="/about/collaborative-projects/your-foam">Your Foam</a> invests in a lasting relationship with MBO students. Over the past two years, a citizenship programme has been developed in which students organised there own event <a href="/museum/programme/where-is-my-nature">Where is my nature?</a> in Foam.
A project team consisting of 10 MBO students will now start in 2021. By implementing challenges, the team will work on issues related to programming for young people that Foam encounters. In the project, Foam uses the expertise of MBO students to achieve a better connection with MBO. The students use Foam's expertise to discover and improve their own skills within the professional field.
 Your Foam is supported by Fonds 21 and VSB Fonds.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Foam Members, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

<div class="sidebar__content">INFORMATION 
10 December 2020
 TIME 18.00 - 20.00 hrs
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LOCATION&nbsp; Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
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PRICE Free&nbsp; 
LANGUAGE Dutch
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PLEASE NOTE: Exclusively for MBO students.&nbsp;It is only possible to register for the project team at the museum on 10 December. So make sure you register online.</div>

Your Foam: Introduction evening for MBO students

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

Opening de Meervaart 

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

Foam Forward

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.

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

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Opening Shigeru Onishi and Alexandra Rose Howland, 2021

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Programme

Liz Johnson Artur - of life of love of sex of movement of hope © Foam. Photo: Christian van der Kooy.⁠

Opening Liz Johnson Artur & Foam 3H 

How to look at a photograph? 

One possible answer can be found in the performances by theatre collective LostProject—a multidisciplinary storytelling collective from Amsterdam Zuid-Oost. Four creative makers each respond in their own unique performative way to the works of Liz Johnson Artur.

Dance Performance by LostProjects

Screenshot of spoken word performance LostWords by Lavinia Aronson

Dialogue performance LostWords by Ryan Pinas and Georgiefa Boomdijk

Ways of Responding: Performance Art

On Wednesday 23 October, we will open the museum's doors in the evening exclusively for Foam Members. Come after closing time and view the current exhibitions at your leisure.

Would you also like to come to the Member Hours, but are not yet a Foam Member? Then 

 and enjoy all the benefits throughout the year. 

Foam Talent Opening, 2024

Foam

Botter, 2022

Ajax, 1967

Untitled work from the family archive

Member Hours: Viviane Sassen & Paul Huf

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.

Museumnacht Amsterdam, 2021

Your Foam 21/22, 2022

CLAIM!

On Tuesday 8 and Friday 18 March, the museum will open its doors exclusively for Foam Members. Come and see the new exhibitions 

 by John Edmonds before opening hours, from 08.00 - 10.00 hrs.

Member Hours are open to Foam Fans(+) and Family, members of Club Foam, Foam Fund, and employees of Foam's Corporate Partners. Showing your Foam pass or employee pass will give you access to the museum.

Holding a Sculpture from the Ashanti, 2019

Francis Bacon on Primrose Hill, London, 1963

Elephant & Castle Underground, 1940

Member Hours: Bill Brandt and John Edmonds

Member Hours Bill Brandt & John Edmonds

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.

The real discovery, 2020

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

Foam Forward Tours

As part of the project <a href="/about/collaborative-projects/your-foam">Your Foam</a>, a group of MBO students will organise their own event at Foam, based on the exhibition On Earth &ndash; Imaging, Technology and the Natural World.

PLEASE NOTE: This event is sold out.&nbsp;
Please note: this event will be held in Dutch Since 28 January, ten students from different studies in Amsterdam are working on the following assignment:&nbsp;Create, organise and coordinate an event for young adults in which you consider the themes of Foam&rsquo;s exhibition On Earth.
What you can expect: On 3 July, you will be able to experience the exhibition On Earth in a unique way.&nbsp;In a small group with fellow visitors, you will be guided in a route through different spots in the museum, such as the garden, the exhibition rooms and the Foam Caf&eacute;. During your visit, the students uphold the current regulations of the RIVM. The maximum duration of the visit is 1,5 hours.&nbsp;
"As the new voice of today and tomorrow we, ten MBO students, have challenged ourselves to organise this event at Foam. With the current corona crisis and the complicated situation in the world, we are stepping into the new normal and our relation with nature and technology. Walk with us over our barefoot path, discuss the themes with our TalkTopics, write a Message to Earth and watch our exhibition Where is my nature? &nbsp;in our habitat. With this event, we will tickle your senses and crack your brain."
<iframe width="560" height="314" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pzX9XdfThcM" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Where is my nature?, 2020 &copy; mbo-team Foam in collaboration with Vincent van den Brink
On 3 July 2020, the team takes you in their experience and translation of the exhibition.
Please note: tickets are only available online. Because Foam works with timeslots, you will receive your exact starting time beforehand via email.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Foam Members, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

<div class="sidebar__content">Information 
3 July 2020 18.00 - 22.00 hrs 
PRICE* &euro;7,50 regular rate &euro;5 students/CJP 
LANGUAGE Dutch</div>

Where is my nature?

Exclusively for members, we organise Member Hours on Tuesday the 25th of February in the exhibitionAdorned - The Fashionable Show. 

This evening Foam opens its doors exclusively for members from 18.30 to 21.00 hrs. You can explore Adorned - The Fashionable Show undisturbed and follow a free tour of the exhibition. Member Hours are accessible for Foam Fans (+) and Family, members of Club Foam, Foam Fund, as well as for employees of Foam's Corporate Partners. On presentation of your Foam membership pass or your employee card, you get access to the museum.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/595x743/8dd441b31c/untitled__from_the_series_blah_blah_genitals___julia_falkner__amp__lorena_hydeman_595x743.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="743" />Untitled, from the series Blah Blah Genitals @ Julia Falkner &amp; Lorena Hydeman
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Adorned &ndash; The Fashionable Show presents intriguing and challenging fashion related photography projects created by a new generation of visual artists. They all work with fashion, but most of them are not straightforward fashion photographers. For them, fashion and style are primarily tools to construct or question identities, to empower people and to play with cultures, gender, race and ages.
<a href="/museum/programme/adorned-the-fashionable-show">&gt; Read more about the exhibition</a>
BECOME A FOAM MEMBER &amp;&nbsp;<a href="/about/memberships">JOIN ONLINE</a> TODAY Do you want to join our Member Hours but are you not yet a member? Then sign up today and start taking advantage of the many benefits. Foam Members enjoy privileges all year long, including free workshops, exclusive previews and, of course, Member Hours.
The exhibition is made possible by Fonds 21 and Kleurgamma Fine-Art Photolab.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Foam Members, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

<div class="sidebar__content">Member hours info 
Tuesday 25 February 2020 18.30 - 21.00 hrs Guided tours included</div>

Member Hours Adorned

Exclusively for members, we organise Member Hours on Tuesday 17 September at the exhibition Brassa&iuml;, the first retrospective of his work in the Netherlands.

This evening Foam opens its doors exclusively for members from 18.30 to 21.00 hrs. You can explore the Brassa&iuml; retrospective undisturbed and follow a free tour of the exhibition. Member Hours are accessible for <a href="/about/memberships/foam-fan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Foam Fans</a> (+) and <a href="/about/memberships/foam-family" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Family</a>, members of <a href="/about/memberships/club-foam" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Club Foam</a>, <a href="/about/memberships/foam-fund" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Foam Fund</a>, as well as for employees of Foam's Corporate Partners. On presentation of your Foam membership pass or your employee card, you get access to the museum.
<a href="/book-a-visit/public/member-hours-brassai/17-09-2019">&gt; Register here</a>
<a href="/museum/programme/brassai"><img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/595x298/503a4d4f6e/matisse_with_his_model_1939_c_estate_brassai_succession_paris_595x298.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="298" /></a> Matisse with his Model, 1939 &copy; Estate Brassa&iuml; Succession, Paris
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Brassa&iuml; (1899- 1984), a French photographer of Hungarian descent, is considered a key figure of 20th-century photography. He created countless iconic images of 1930s Parisian life. He was famous for capturing the grittier aspects of the city, but also documented high society, including the ballet, opera, and intellectuals - among them his friends and contemporaries like Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dal&iacute; and Henri Matisse. The exhibition at Foam traces his career with over 170 vintage prints, plus a selection of drawings, a sculpture and documentary material.
<a href="/museum/programme/brassai">&gt; Read more about the exhibition</a>
BECOME A FOAM MEMBER. <a href="/about/memberships">JOIN ONLINE</a> TODAY Do you want to join our Member Hours but are not yet a member? Then sign up today and start taking advantage of the many benefits. Foam Members enjoy privileges all year long, including free workshops, exclusive previews and, of course, member hours.
Brassa&iuml; is organised by Fundaci&oacute;n MAPFRE in collaboration with Foam.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Foam Members, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

Member Hours Brassaï

On Sunday 5 June Kriterion and Foam present a film programme in Kriterion around the work Calais - From Jungle to City by photographer Henk Wildschut.

Close to the port city of Calais in France, in the heart of democratic Europe, a parallel world has existed for ten years. Refugees from Africa and the Middle East are waiting here for their chance to cross the Channel to Great Britain. The Jungle, as it is nicknamed, has been slowly taking over the shape of a city over the last few months. A city that, by political decisions, has started to be dismantled from 29 February 2016. In <a href="/museum/programme/henk-wildschut" target="_blank">Calais - From Jungle to City</a>&nbsp;photographic and cinematic images alternate, giving an insight into how the structure of the camp is rapidly changing. Henk Wildschut&rsquo;s way of working has a documentary character, but it is also poetic and suggestive. His photos provide a counterweight to the emotional photos of refugees familiar to us from newspapers and television. The documentaries Bantar Gebang (2000) by Jeroen de Rijke and Willem de Rooij,&nbsp;Calais: The Last Border (2003) by Marc Isaacs and 4:57 Minutes Back Home (2011) by Henk Wildschut will be shown. Henk Wildschut will start with an introduction. With your Foam entrance ticket you will receive a &euro;3 discount. Sunday 5 June is the last day of the exhibition. 
The exhibition Henk Wildschut - Calais - From Jungle to City and it's side programme&nbsp;have been made possible through the support of The Democracy and Media Foundation, the Mondriaan Fund and Kleurgamma.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Delta Lloyd, City of Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

<div class="sidebar__content">Film programme info 
Sunday 5 June&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 15.00 hrs. <a href="http://www.kriterion.nl/over-kriterion/routebeschrijving" target="_blank">Kriterion</a>
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PRICE &euro;9,50 - regular rate &euro;8,00 -&nbsp;student, CJP, Stadpas &euro;7,00 - by presenting Foam entrance tickets
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RESERVATIONS tel 020 623 17 08</div>

your foam

Your Foam

Connect: Amsterdam is Your FoamInspiring walking tour through Amsterdam

Your Foam: Introduction evening for MBO students

Talent

Donate to Foam

Programme

Ways of Responding: Performance Art

Member Hours: Viviane Sassen & Paul Huf

CLAIM! Yours, mine, ours

Member Hours: Bill Brandt and John Edmonds

Foam Forward Tour
Ana Núñez Rodríguez Cooking Potato Stories

Where is my nature?

Member Hours Adorned

Member Hours Brassaï

Film programme: Henk Wildschut

your foam

Your Foam

Connect: Amsterdam is Your FoamInspiring walking tour through Amsterdam

Your Foam: Introduction evening for MBO students

Talent

Donate to Foam

Programme

Ways of Responding: Performance Art

Member Hours: Viviane Sassen & Paul Huf

CLAIM! Yours, mine, ours

Member Hours: Bill Brandt and John Edmonds

Foam Forward TourAna Núñez Rodríguez Cooking Potato Stories

Where is my nature?

Member Hours Adorned

Member Hours Brassaï

Film programme: Henk Wildschut

Foam Forward Tour
Ana Núñez Rodríguez Cooking Potato Stories