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New Wave: Next Steps

A Bloomsbury Festival Production

Location

Holy Cross Church

98 Cromer Street , WC1H 8JU

Next Date

Friday, 2 October 2026

14:00 – 17:00

Fri – Sun, 2 – 31 Oct, 2.00 pm

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A showcase exhibition of artworks from the Festival's New Wave Artists Claire-Ann Abi Ola, Ella Jackson, Emma Ogawa Todd, Hito Kanie and Meghan Salisbury.

Celebrating the festival’s work with some of the most talented fine artists emerging from local art schools, we have invited recent New Wave Festival Art Prize winners to display artworks as part of this exhibition with a special invitation to emerging artist Hito Kanie, a former festival trainee. Featuring Claire-Anne Abi Ola, Ella Jackson, Ema Ogawa Todd, Hito Kanie, and Meghan Salisbury.

You are warmly invited to step inside Holy Cross to view the work of these talented young artists. Their work has been selected by panels of professionals between 2020 and 2025 and they have all hosted their own exhibitions at previous festivals. We bring them together to showcase their next steps in the professional art world.

Part of Bloomsbury Festival's New Wave programme - a platform for emerging talent.

Please feel free to come and view each Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoon. There is no charge for entry and refreshments will be available for a donation. On these afternoons there may also be rehearsals for evening ticketed performances, or listed free performances which you are welcome to enjoy.

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