OPPORTUNITIES

The festival is committed to providing a series of opportunities to those in early stages of their creative careers. In partnership with educational and community institutions. A series of creative roles are facilitated through professional internships, mentoring programs and a series of opportunities that offer rewarding experiences and a role in shaping the festival as it grows

Growing Spaces

SCHOOLS PHOTO COMPETITION

In collaboration with the Bristol Education Partnership and SOIL association Bristol Photo Festival is launching a photographic competition for schools around the city of Bristol. The theme is “Growing Spaces” and we are inviting students at all partner schools to submit their best image relating to this theme. The photograph might be taken at home, at school or out in the community. The aim is to showcase and celebrate the natural, growing world of flowers, vegetables, weeds, plants and trees - and even people.

Full details announced in April.

BLUEPRINT: Housing & Wellbeing / Commission

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Bristol Photo Festival in collaboration with Arnolfini are happy to offer a commission opportunity for a Bristol based artist or artist collective to work together on a short project that uses photography to explore ideas around housing and wellbeing. The project should embrace the medium of photography, although this can be combined with text, sound, video or performance. We are interested in experimental approaches, socially engaged practitioners and those who have previously co-developed photographic projects with community groups or explored health issues although this is not mandatory. Photography should be a critical part of the creative process. The outcome will be exhibited at Arnolfini and feature online on the Bristol Photo Festival website.

DEADLINE 26 October 2020

HOW TO APPLY

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Creative Committee

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

It is our desire to have a diverse and innovative committee with a wide breadth of experience, age and representation and we have created a job spec on this basis. As an entirely remotely based committee we welcome applicants from all international bases as well as locally based.

Deadline November 13, 2020

HOW TO APPLY

Creative Committee

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Deadline November 10, 2020

HOW TO APPLY

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CATALYST

MENTORING PROGRAM

In collaboration with IC Visual Lab we are excited to launch a 7 months mentoring programme that gives opportunities to 6 photographers to discuss their work with a series of professionals such as publishers, designers, festival directors, curators and other artists.

After this programme, the work will be showcased as part of the the core Festival period 2021. This programme is open to everyone and some of the spaces will be allocated to local based practitioners as well as national and international.

2020 / 2021 PARTICIPANTS

Brigstow Research Commission

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Bristol Photo Festival is delighted to be able to work with the Brigstow Institute to offer the opportunity for one research team to work together on a project that uses photography as a research tool/approach/method.

We’d like the project to be, ideally, both interdisciplinary and co-produced, and fit broadly within the Brigstow theme of living well. We are especially interested in projects that involve participatory photography or practice-led research (so photography is a critical part of the research process).

DEADLINE 21st October 2020.

HOW TO APPLY

Brigstow Research Commission

DEADLINE 21st October 2020.

HOW TO APPLY

CATALYST

MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

In collaboration with IC Visual Lab we are excited to launch a 7 month mentoring programme that gives opportunities to 6 photographers to discuss their work with a series of professionals such as publishers, designers, festival directors, curators and other artists.

CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS

2020/2021 PARTICIPANTS

Creative Committee

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Deadline November 10, 2020

HOW TO APPLY

Catalyst

MENTORING PROGRAM

In collaboration with IC Visual Lab we are excited to launch a 6 month mentoring programme that gives opportunities to 5 photographers to discuss their work with a series of professionals such as publishers, designers, festival directors, curators and other artists.

CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS

Internships

Bristol Photo Festival in partnership with the University of the West of England will offer various paid internships roles and work experiences throughout the year to deliver various projects within the festival programme. These opportunities are available for current UWE graduates and post-graduates students.

CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS.

New internship opportunities will be announced soon.

Internships

Bristol Photo Festival in partnership with the University of the West of England and IC Visual Lab will offer various paid internships roles throughout the year to deliver various projects within the festival programme. These opportunities are available for current UWE students based in Bristol.

Summer internship deadline ended.

New internship opportunities will be announced soon.

Volunteering

The Festival offers a series of volunteering opportunities to everyone who wants to get first hand experience working in various areas (research, communications, production, marketing, partnership, exhibitions...).

If you would like to be considered for any of the volunteering roles, please submit this form so we can find a position that suits your interests and skills.

CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS

Volunteering

The Festival offers a series of volunteering opportunities to everyone who wants to get a first hand experience working in various areas (communications, production, marketing, partnership, exhibitions...).

If you would like to be considered for any of the volunteering roles, please submit this form so we can find a position that suits your interests and skills.

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