News
FROM THE ARCHIVE : August Update
It’s been a busy summer for us at Ffotogallery reestablishing our Library and Archive in the main gallery space of our building. Whilst it’s taken us a little longer to set up in it’s new home than anticipated, Chloe our Archive Project Officer has been making discovery after discovery!
We now need you, our brilliant supporters, to help us collect information that will improve our knowledge of Ffotogallery’s history.
Ffocws 2025 Open Call
Ffocws is open to artists and photographers based in Wales, working with photography or moving-image who have completed an undergraduate degree (BA) or postgraduate degree (MA or MFA) in any creative discipline in the last 12 months.
Join Our Team - Volunteers Coordinator / Intern
We are looking for an enthusiastic and well-organised Volunteers Co-ordinator / Intern to join our team.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to gain meaningful, practical experience in arts engagement and volunteer coordination within an inclusive visual arts setting.
Dr Durre Shahwar & Rhys Slade-Jones announced as National Lottery Heritage Fund commissioned artists
Ffotogallery are delighted to announce that the two artists for the Heritage Lottery Fund commission launched earlier this year will be Dr Durre Shahwar (Disabled Artists commission) and Rhys Slade-Jones (LQBTQ+ commission).
This commission, made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, will give these two wonderful artists a chance to produce a body of work responding to our archive.
Ffotogallery 1-2-1’s… 2025 dates announced!
More dates added for 2025!
Looking for support or advice on your creative practice? Do you have a practical question we might be able to help with? Or do you need a bit of direction on what to do next? Book in a 1-2-1 with the Ffotogallery team.
The Feminist Library is back!
The Feminist Library is back! Launched in October 2024 during Ffoto Cymru, our International Photography Festival, The Feminist Library is a space to listen, learn and discuss ideas.
We would like to thank the Paul Mellon Centre , whose generous funding has enabled us to continue these sessions.
Events are open to the public, free to attend and hosted monthly from July - December 2025.
All change at Ffotogallery
If you’ve visited our latest exhibition, you may have noticed that we have made some major structural changes to the layout of the gallery during our last changeover. Due to a capital funding grant from Arts Council of Wales, we have been working on making much of our resources more accessible to the public
Siria Ferrer announced as Pink Portraits photographer for 2025
We're delighted to announce the Pink Portraits photographer for 2025, Siria Ferrer!
Siria Ferrer (She/Her) will be photographing LGBTQ+ crew who have worked on Bad Wolf shows since 2017 as part of their 10th anniversary celebrations.
Ffotogallery 1-2-1s
Looking for support or advice on your creative practice? Do you have a practical question we might be able to help with? Or do you need a bit of direction on what to do next? Book in a 1-2-1 with the Ffotogallery team.
Memories in Motion - Audrey Albert at Manchester School of Art
Belongers may be over here at Ffotogallery, but the journey continues with Audrey Albert's work featuring as part of "Moving Images: Audiovisual Representations of Migration and Migrants" event up in Manchester later this month.
Six exciting new photographic careers launched at Ffocws
Liam Anthony, Lucy Beckett, Llŷr Evans, Taiye Omokore, Alina Potapenko and Madiha Malik have been selected for this opportunity this year, and will present their work at Ffotogallery in a new exhibition opening with a public preview 6pm, 29 May 2025.
Opportunity : Heritage Lottery Funded Commissions working with Ffotogallery’s archive.
Ffotogallery is looking to commission two separate artists who work with photographic and lens-based media, to create new artworks informed by the contents of Ffotogallery’s archive.
Join our Team : Chair & Trustees wanted for Ffotogallery Board
We’re looking for people who will bring their own unique skills, passion and experiences to a leading visual arts organisation in Wales and in doing so, help us expand the range of perspectives and advice available to the organisation. Could this be you?
FROM THE ARCHIVE : April Update
We thought it would be great to start sharing all the wonderful things we’re discovering whilst we start digitising and cataloguing our archive, made possible by the generous funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Lottery Players.
This month, we’ve been busy digitising all of Ffotogallery’s exhibition posters over the years.
Shadowing Opportunity for Women and Non-Binary artists
Ffotogallery are looking for emerging artists and photographers who identify as female or non-binary, who have an interest in learning more about what happens between exhibitions at contemporary art spaces, to get hands-on experience in gallery technician work.
Opportunity : ESRC-funded PhD Studentship on The Valleys Archive at Ffotogallery - Community, Photography & Democracy in South Wales, 1978-2028
Cardiff University and Ffotogallery are delighted to offer a fully funded Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) (ESRC DTP) studentship under the Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy Pathway.
Closing date for applications: Friday 16 May 2025
Belongers : A short film by Imperial War Museum
A short film by IWM Partnerships on Belongers. Audrey Albert’s commission celebrates the multiplicity of Chagossian identities. Developed over two years, it includes portraiture, documentary, moving-image, cyanotypes and a Chagossian Kaz (hut).
An IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund commission in partnership with Ffotogallery, Cardiff.
Enrol Now : Introduction to Photography (Short course) - Ffotogallery X Cardiff Met University
Enroll now on Cardiff Met’s new accredited photography short course - Introduction to Photography (Beginner) in association with Ffotogallery
Opportunity : Pink Portraits 2025
The Iris Prize and Ffotogallery, in partnership with Bad Wolf Ltd, are delighted to announce Pink Portraits 2025 - a new opportunity for an emerging photographer based in Wales, identifying as LGBTQ+ or who are supporters and allies of the community.
The Valleys Project - Now Online
Thanks to the generous funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, we’ve had the opportunity to digitise our archive, and we’re delighted to announce that The Valleys Project archive is now online! Find out more...
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