#120: The new type of art institute cannot merely be an art museum as it has been until now, but no museum at all. The new type will be more like a power station, a producer of new energy.|#16: Kunsthal Gent will always be a construction site.|#82: Clean and sterile looks professional, but really boring.|#75: A building is a capricious thing: it is inhabited and changed, and its existence is a tale of constant and curious transformation.|#14: Can you also remain a toddler institution?|#55: Keep basic human needs on the forefront.|#26: More artists, less borders.|#117: Consider design, organisational structures and architecture as programme.|#15: Kunsthal Gent aims to be an extension of public space.|#94: No objections? Just do it.|#62: Be kind. Full dishwasher: empty it.|#87: Always keep in mind there is something really special about being in a room that is 19 meters tall.|#19: Have fun at the exhibition.|#90: The best systems have a failure or ‘a hole’ in them…|#35: The artist fee should be good.|#74: Last one out turns of the lights.|#132: Things will always look weird when you’re the first doing it.|#32: Be pan-gender polyphonic.|#28: Make Contracts.|#131: A visitor who comes back after a week might discover new additions to the exhibition.|#59: Always protect the floor when painting (or pouring concrete)|#124: Do less, do it better.|#10: Don’t be obsessed with numbers.|#70: Have the office space inside the exhibition space, it reminds of you what you are doing.|#65: No excuses: Thursday morning, team meeting.|#120: The new type of art institute cannot merely be an art museum as it has been until now, but no museum at all. The new type will be more like a power station, a producer of new energy.|#16: Kunsthal Gent will always be a construction site.|#82: Clean and sterile looks professional, but really boring.|#75: A building is a capricious thing: it is inhabited and changed, and its existence is a tale of constant and curious transformation.|#14: Can you also remain a toddler institution?|#55: Keep basic human needs on the forefront.|#26: More artists, less borders.|#117: Consider design, organisational structures and architecture as programme.|#15: Kunsthal Gent aims to be an extension of public space.|#94: No objections? Just do it.|#62: Be kind. Full dishwasher: empty it.|#87: Always keep in mind there is something really special about being in a room that is 19 meters tall.|#19: Have fun at the exhibition.|#90: The best systems have a failure or ‘a hole’ in them…|#35: The artist fee should be good.|#74: Last one out turns of the lights.|#132: Things will always look weird when you’re the first doing it.|#32: Be pan-gender polyphonic.|#28: Make Contracts.|#131: A visitor who comes back after a week might discover new additions to the exhibition.|#59: Always protect the floor when painting (or pouring concrete)|#124: Do less, do it better.|#10: Don’t be obsessed with numbers.|#70: Have the office space inside the exhibition space, it reminds of you what you are doing.|#65: No excuses: Thursday morning, team meeting.|
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Become a volunteer at Kunsthal Gent

Kunsthal Gent is always looking for enthusiastic volunteers to strengthen its activities.

Function
  • You welcome visitors and explain what there is to see.
  • You answer (general) questions about Kunsthal Gent and the exhibitions.
  • Practical support and help at the bar during buildup or events.
Profile
  • You speak Dutch or English fluently.
  • You are interested in visual arts.
  • You have communication skills or you want to gain experience.
  • You are regularly free on weekends (Saturday or Sunday, between 11.00 and 18.00) or on Friday evenings.
Offer
  • A volunteer's fee of 36 euro per day.
  • An exciting and dynamic working environment in the contemporary art world.
Questions? Mail us!