THE NEW WAVE PROGRAMME Bloomsbury has always been a hub of creativity and the New Wave opportunities in art, music and theatre seek to nurture the new wave of talent, at the start of their professional careers, by offering exhibition
Are you interested in visual art, music, podcasting, or festivals? Are you coming to the end of school, college, or university and thinking about what to do next? If so and you live or study in Camden, we might just
2024 PROGRAMME OPEN CALL Each year we programme around 100 creative events and exhibitions of which the majority are ‘Partner Events’. These showcase the cultural offer of Bloomsbury from many disciplines and from all parts of our unique inner-city community,
(Image: The Big Bang by 2023 Art Competition joint winner Tara Ryan) NEW WAVE FINE ART COMPETITION 2024 PRIZE: Exhibition plus £300 Cash Prize DEADLINE: 25 April A competition for art students to submit a new artwork which should respond
November 2023 marks the end of The New Bloomsbury Set, a year-long Heritage Project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Over the past year Bloomsbury Festival has recruited 10 young trainees (aged 18 – 25) and worked with a number of venues,
The award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams performed his one-man show – An Evening with an Immigrant – presented by Fuel on Thursday 19 October as part of the Bloomsbury Festival. Born in Nigeria, he is a cross disciplinary artist,
26 ways of looking at hope 1. Sunlight through trees. 2. Gathering. Waiting. An opportunity to observe. An older couple sit side-by-side under the multitude of life captured in the Fitzrovia mural, filling the whole side of the building edging
My Train Journey Home Me: That burger smells amazing. Man on train: Oh it is – I’ve earnt it though. I ran a marathon today – in this rain! 26 miles man. Quite the day. Me: Wow. That’s
The following was written in response to interactions with exhibits, people, and observations at Holborn Library, observing the pieces named, “Reclaiming” with Carolyn Murphy; “Entwine: The Avocado Sculptures” with Ghost and John; “New Bloomsbury Set Silks” with Bloomsbury Festival &
Grow? Do I have to? I’m excited about Bloomsbury Festival this year. I have just completed “The Artists Way” by Julia Cameron. It feels like the perfect preparation for this years’ Festival theme: “Grow.” If you don’t know Cameron’s book,