‘ADeparture’ in ‘to belong’, Bow Open x Mile End Community Project
Friday 5th June 2026 – Sunday 30th August 2026
Nunnery Gallery
What does it mean to belong? Is it a place, a person, a feeling? Is it an individual experience, or something we share? What happens when that sense of belonging is lost, and how do we find it again?
This year’s Bow Open brings together work from 25 artists centred around the theme of belonging, selected by young curators Mara Ahmed, Justine Enyan, Eleanor Getting and Lydia Lott with Mile End Community Project. Showcasing artists from across Bow Arts’ community, the exhibition presents many artforms, including painting, print, sculpture and video, all a testament to how belonging is a practice, rooted in place, identity, memory and community.



