OSCAM is growing and we are looking for amazing people to join our team! Would you like to become part of OSCAM as a freelance museum host (during opening hours and/or events), or as a facility & hospitality producer to help us organize the rental of our YOMU space? Check out the vacancies and send your CV and motivation to [email protected]!

Additionally, OSCAM is always looking for new talent and artists to represent. Feel free to forward your portfolio, including motivation to [email protected]!

OSCAM makes room for makers and visitors to be part of a creative community where together we own and give meaning to the stories from society today. We work on this social mission as an interdisciplinary museological platform, from which we realize exhibitions and educational and participatory (context) programs. While doing so, we make room both in front of and behind the scenes for groups underrepresented in the museological field.

Interested to see more? In our ‘Jaarverslagen’ and ‘Beleidsplan 2025-2028’, you can read all about OSCAM and the things we do and did. Use the buttons below to discover more!

In the society we envision, everyone participates on the basis of equality, and art and culture provide a rich source of knowledge, recognition and inspiration for everyone. OSCAM believes that art has the power to (re) imagine ourselves and the world and thereby change it. Art can question the status quo, challenge and offer new perspectives. It gives the opportunity to tell your story or recognize yourself in the story of others.

In our Open Space, we make space for makers and perspectives that are not yet adequately represented or participate in the world of art and culture. We are not afraid to address socially charged topics, even if they affect us personally. We curate stories that challenge the dominant narrative, and juxtapose them with layered and lived experiences.

Experiences that are surprising, honest and sometimes intense, but which above all express resilience and creativity. OSCAM works from the vision that cultural heritage is formed by all cultural expressions that people use to identify themselves and tell their stories. We present the cultural wealth of Amsterdam Southeast in relation to Dutch and international contemporary art, fashion and design.

As an accessible museological platform and open community, we involve known and unknown creative talents in our exhibitions and activities to inspire our young audience. We show that wonderful things happen when you give young people chances, even if they don’t necessarily have a degree from an established institution. For emerging artists, we are a bridge to other art and social institutions in Amsterdam and far beyond.

OSCAM is firmly rooted in Amsterdam Zuidoost and actively engages with this district. We are driven to interest various communities there in art, fashion and design. We want as many people as possible to feel ownership of these resources, as this contributes to the strength of the community and self-esteem. In addition to our exhibitions, we create a broad program of easily accessible activities so that as many people as possible are introduced to the perspectives and stories of new creators from their own communities and far beyond. OSCAM shows: when culture belongs to everyone, everyone belongs to culture.