FORMAT International Photography Festival and QUAD are recruiting a bank of 30 motivated and committed volunteers to assist in the delivery of 'Right Here, Right Now' Exposures from the public realm 4th March – 3rd April 2011 Derby, UK. Established in 2004 in Derby, FORMAT is one of the UK's leading international contemporary festivals of photography and related media.

This year's programme is curated around the theme of street photography. It consists of exhibitions, portfolio reviews, workshops, commissions, screenings, mass participation, talks, photo collectives, publications, a summer school, conference and much more, all focusing on showing new work premiering in the UK, alongside the best established practitioners in the world.

Volunteers are vital to the running and continued success of the festival now in its 4th edition and will be an engaging and diverse vocational experience related to working on a festival. Support and training will be given for specific duties including:

Installation of Exposure Exhibitions

Supporting Conference Preparation & Delivery

Supporting Portfolio Review Preparation & Delivery

Delivery of Festival Events

Supporting Public Tours

Supporting Participation Activity

Exposure Exhibition Customer Services (invigilating, information, Health & Safety)

Placements will be for 8 weeks between 14th February and 8th April with weekly commitments available of between 7 to 30 hours per week. A volunteer application form is available to download below.

Please return your application to julietc@derbyquad.co.uk by 9am Friday 4th February

FORMAT11VolApp.pdf