Exhibitions
Since the end of the original The Art of Survival exhibition - of arpilleras (Chilean wall hanging textiles) and Irish and international quilts in Derry, 8th February to 19th April 2008 - Roberta Bacic has acted as curator for a number of follow-up exhibitions and other events. This page provides some details about these exhibitions and events, and lists future ones. See also the page with details of the story quilts and arpilleras that were displayed at The Verbal Arts Centre from 2008 to 2013.
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Future Exhibitions / Events:
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| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Arpilleras y cotidianeidad femenina
Arpilleras and women's everyday life. |
| Venue: |
Museo de la Mujer, Buenos Aires (Women's Museum, Buenos Aires)
Pasaje Dr. R. Rivarola 175, Ciudad de Buenos Aires; Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Dates: |
4th October to 7th November 2013
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| Launch: |
to be updated |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Museo de la Mujer, Argentina
(Women's Museum, Argentina) |
| Documents: |
to be updated |
| Web links: |
http://www.museodelamujer.org.ar/ |
| Other info: |
to be updated |
| Present Exhibitions / Events: |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Meeting Chilean Arpilleras |
| Venue: |
Oshima Hakko Museum
2567-1, Kiyono
Matsushiro, Nagano City, Nagano 381-1233, Japan |
| Dates: |
3rd May to 31st October 2013
Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
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| Launch: |
3rd May 2013 10.00 am |
| Curator: | Tomomitsu Oshima Director of the Museum, Dr. Tomoko Sakai, Roberta Bacic, curator |
| Organisers: |
Oshima Hakko Museum |
| Documents: |
Exhibition postcard [PDF; 820KB]
Exhibition flyer [PDF; 1860KB]
Introduction (in English) [PDF; 1884KB]
Introduction (in Japanese) [PDF; 175KB]
List of exhibition pieces [PDF; 622KB]
Oshima Hakko Museum News25 [PDF; 1542KB]
News article, Yomiuri Shimbun, 2 May 2013, (in Japanese) [PDF; 303KB] |
| Web links: |
http://oshimahakkou.blog44.fc2.com/ |
| Other info: |
Lecture 'Arpilleras and Chilean Women' by Professor Masaaki Takahashi, 15th September 3.00 to 5.30 pm.
Lecture by Dr. Tomoko Sakai, 27th July, 3:00 to 5.30 pm, title to be confirmed. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Stitching and Unstitching The Troubles exhibition - Phase 2
North East PEACE III partnership Cultural Fusions Project, developed by Causeway Museum Service and Mid-Antrim Museums Service, presents a two-phase programme of exhibitions and workshops exploring memories of conflict through textiles arpilleras created in Northern Ireland and across the world. Phase 1 workshops will support local communities to develop new textile artworks which will then feature in the Phase 2 exhibition in Mid-Antrim Museum at The Braid in April 2013. |
| Venue: |
Phase 2
Mid-Antrim Museum at The Braid, Ballymena
1 - 29 Bridge Street, Ballymena, Northern Ireland. |
| Dates: |
Phase 2
Mid-Antrim Museum at The Braid, Ballymena
13th April – 29th June 2013
Opening times: Monday to Friday 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday 10 am – 4 pm |
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| Launch: |
Phase 2 Monday 15th April 2013 at 2.00 pm |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic assisted by Breege Doherty |
| Organisers: |
Cultural Fusions, Our Heritage: Exploration, Participation & Shared Perspectives
Mid-Antrim Museum Service, The Braid, Ballymena
1 - 29 Bridge Street, Ballymena, BT43 5EJ
Tel: (028) 2563 5926 |
| Documents: |
Launch Invitation [PDF; 743KB]
Exhibition Leaflet [PDF; 904KB]
Exhibition Poster [PDF; 1315KB]
Media Release [PDF; 93KB]
'Through the Eye of the Needle', film details [PDF; 955KB] |
| Web links: |
http://www.ballymena.gov.uk/viewevent.asp?id=1176
http://www.thebraid.com/news-specific.aspx?s=Museum&dataid=962881
http://www.thebraid.com/whats-on-specific.aspx?s=Museum&dataid=961169
http://www.thebraid.com/exhibition-specific.aspx?dataid=949886 |
| Other info: |
Phase 2, Mid-Antrim Museum at The Braid, Ballymena
Exhibition opens on Saturday 13th April 2013
Launch event on Monday 15th April 2013 at 2.00 pm
'Through the Eye of the Needle', screening of film, 22nd May 2013 at 3.00pm
All events are free, but booking is essential.
Booking
Maria Cagney
(028) 2563 5926
maria.cagney@ballymena.gov.uk
See also:
Ballymena Times article, 23 April 2013, [PDF; 269KB]
Ballymena Guardian article, 2 May 2013, [PDF; 576KB] |
| Previous Exhibitions / Events: |
| Event |
| Title: |
Donna I DRETS HUMANS a través del tèxtil
Women and Human Rights through textiles
Mujeres y Derechos Humanos a través del textil
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| Venue: |
Different venues for the 6 activities taking place in Badalona, Spain
Diferentes espacios dependiendo de la actividad
See program |
| Dates: |
6th, 7th & 8th March 2013
6, 7 y 8 de marzo del 2013
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| Launch: |
7 March 2013 at 7.15 pm |
| Curator: | Guest curator and keynote speaker on the 8th March:
Curadora invitada y encargada de la charla central
Mujeres y Derechos Humanos a través del textil
Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Organizadores
FUNDACION ATENEU SANT ROC
c. Cáceres, 34-36 · 08918 BADALONA
Al Casal de barri Congrés-Indians,
Ajuntament de Barcelona |
| Documents: |
Program of Activities (Programa de actividades) [PDF; 616KB]
Launch of arpilleras exhibition, VIDES DE BARRI (Inauguración de exposición: VIDAS DE BARRIO) [PDF; 1279KB] |
| Web links: |
http://forumarpilleres.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.fundacioateneusantroc.org/ |
| Other info: |
There is also an associated exhibition:
VIDES DE BARRI, Vidas de Barrio (lives in the neighborhood)
6 March to 26th April |
| Exhibitions |
| Title: |
Quilts and Arpilleras at The Verbal Arts Centre, 2008-2013
Display of story quilts and arpilleras at The Verbal Arts Centre. The display began on 20 April 2008. A single large quilt was displayed for a number of weeks before being replaced with a new piece. |
| Venue: |
Verbal Arts Centre (NI) Ltd, Stable Lane and Mall Wall, Bishop Street Within, Derry, Northern Ireland. BT48 6PU
T: 028 7126 6946 F: 028 7126 3368
E: info@verbalartscentre.co.uk
W: www.verbalartscentre.co.uk |
| Dates: |
20th April 2008 to 5th March 2013 | |
| Launch: |
20th April 2008 |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
The Verbal Arts Centre |
| Other info: |
See information on separate page for details of the individual textiles displayed. |
| Curation |
| Title: |
Curatorial Visit to Oshima Hakko Museum
Visit to Oshima Hakko Museum by Roberta Bacic to assist in the documentation of a set of 88 Chilean arpilleras formerly held in storage by the museum. |
| Venue: |
Oshima Hakko Museum
2567-1, Kiyono
Matsushiro, Nagano City
Nagano 381-1233
Japan |
| Dates: |
13th to 17th February 2013
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| Launch: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Co-ordinator: Dr. Tomoko Sakai, Lecturer, Tohoku Gakuin University;
Tomomitsu Oshima, M.D. Director Oshima Hakko Museum;
Sonoko Kobayashi, Administrative Officer, Oshima Hakko Museum |
| Documents: |
Invitation, in Japanese [PDF; 134KB]
Invitation, in English [PDF; 164KB] |
| Web links: |
See also:
http://oshimahakkou.blog44.fc2.com/
http://oshimahakkou.blog44.fc2.com/blog-entry-1688.html |
| Other info: |
Arpilleras from Oshima Hakko Museum on loan to curator for Parque de la Memoria exhibition, in Japanese and English [PDF; 322KB]
Nagano Shimin Local newspaper, February 21st 2013, in Japanese [PDF; 435KB]
Nikkei National Newspaper, 5th March 2013, in Japanese [PDF; 451KB]
Also: extended article |
| Event |
| Title: |
Holocaust Memorial Day Event |
| Venue: |
Tower Museum
Union Hall Place, Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland. BT48 6LU |
| Dates: |
Saturday 26th January 2013
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| Launch: |
3.00 pm |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Margaret Edwards, Educational Officer, Derry City Council, Heritage & Museum Service
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| Documents: |
Invitation [PDF; 48KB]. |
| Web links: |
http://www.artandremembrance.org/ |
| Other info: |
Presentation, and Question and Answers by curator Roberta Bacic |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Stitching and Unstitching The Troubles exhibition
North East PEACE III partnership Cultural Fusions Project, developed by Causeway Museum Service and Mid-Antrim Museums Service, presents a two-phase programme of exhibitions and workshops exploring memories of conflict through textiles arpilleras created in Northern Ireland and across the world. Phase 1 workshops will support local communities to develop new textile artworks which will then feature in the Phase 2 exhibition in Mid-Antrim Museum at The Braid in April 2013. |
| Venue: |
Phase 1
Coleraine Town Hall
The Diamond, Coleraine, Northern Ireland. |
| Dates: |
Phase 1
Coleraine Town Hall
5th – 29th September 2012
Opening times: Monday to Saturday 11 am – 4 pm |
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| Launch: |
Phase 1 exhibition: 5th September 2012 at 12.30 pm |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic assisted by Breege Doherty |
| Organisers: |
Cultural Fusions, Our Heritage: Exploration, Participation & Shared Perspectives
Causeway Museum Service, Coleraine Borough Council, Cloonavin, 66 Portstewart Road, Coleraine, BT52 1EY
Tel. (028) 7034 7235
Mid-Antrim Museum Service, The Braid, Ballymena
1 - 29 Bridge Street, Ballymena, BT43 5EJ
Tel: (028) 2563 5926 |
| Documents: |
Exhibition catalogue
[PDF; 2057KB]
Invitation to opening of the exhibition [PDF; 103KB]
Invitation to opening of the exhibition, A6 version [PDF; 586KB]
Exhibition poster
[PDF; 1848KB]
Exhibition leaflet
[PDF; 755KB]
Exhibition press release
[PDF; 155KB]
International Day of Peace invitation [PDF; 201KB]
Book: ‘My Kind of Nonviolence’ [PDF; 1251KB] |
| Web links: |
www.niarchive.org/culturalfusions
Email:
cms@colerainebc.gov.uk
robertabenone@hotmail.co.uk |
| Other info: |
Phase 1, Coleraine
10th September 2012, 11 am – 4 pm &
24th September 2012, 6.30 pm – 9 pm
Guided tours of the exhibition and textile making activity with Roberta Bacic and textile artist Marlene Milner.
15th September 2012
Conversation with textile artist, Irene MacWilliam.
In depth Arpillera workshop with Deborah Stockdale, 11 am – 5 pm.
21st September 2012
International Day of Peace event, 7 pm Council Chamber, Coleraine Town Hall
Guests include Mairead Corrigan, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and singer Tony Kempster from the International Peace Bureau.
A new book, edited by INNATE, ‘My Kind of Nonviolence’, will be launched at the event [PDF; 1251KB]
International Day of Peace invitation [PDF; 201KB]
All events and workshops are free, but booking is essential.
Booking
John Hamilton
(028) 2034 7235
john.hamilton@colerainebc.gov.uk
Phase 2, Mid-Antrim Museum at The Braid, Ballymena
Saturday 13th April 2013
Launch event
Programme details to be announced
All events are free, but booking is essential.
Booking
Maria Cagney
(028) 2563 5926
maria.cagney@ballymena.gov.uk |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
ÜberlebensKunst – Konfliktbearbeitung durch textile Bilder
The Art of Survival – the way societies deal with political violence
Textile narratives from Spain, Northern Ireland and Chile |
| Venue: |
University of Hamburg
Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky
Von-Melle-Park 3 · 20146 Hamburg, Germany |
| Dates: |
12th July to 26th August 2012 |
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| Launch: |
Wednesday 11th July 2012 at 6.00 pm |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
University of Hamburg
Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky
Helmut Schmidt Universität, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg |
| Documents: |
Exhibition catalogue [PDF; 1570KB];
Exhibition poster [PDF; 524KB];
Captions handout
[PDF; 387KB];
Invitation to opening, program and exhibition [PDF; 458KB];
Press release
[PDF; 49KB];
Workshops leaflet 27, 28 and 29th July 2012 [PDF; 676KB];
Hamburg University Library flyer [PDF; 1360KB];
Hamburg University activities July / August 2012 [PDF; 42KB];
Remarks (in German) by
Dr. Marlene Grau at launch, 11th July [PDF; 22KB];
Remarks (in German) by
Dr. Ulrike Borchard at launch, 11th July [PDF; 42KB]. |
| Web links: |
www.suwww.sub.uni-hamburg.deb.uni-hamburg.de
www.bliesemann-de-guevara.de/startseite/aktuelles/
http://blog.sub.uni-hamburg.de/?p=8307
Email: friedensbildung@uni-hamburg.de (to register for workshops)
http://www.latinotopia.de/aktuelles/ausstellung-uberlebenskunst/ |
| Other info: |
Organisers:
Dr. Ulrike Borchardt (Universität Hamburg,
Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Allende-Platz 1,20146 Hamburg)
Dr. Berit Bliesemann de Guevara (Helmut-Schmidt-Universität HH)
Dr. Tatjana Reiber (Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik)
Dr. Nils Zurawski (Universität Hamburg, Institut f. Kriminologische Sozialforschung, Allende-Platz 1, 20146 Hamburg |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Events of the Year Quilts and Testimonies of Survival and programme
An exhibition of year quilts by Irene MacWilliam spanning over the last 25 years. The quilts illustrate Irene’s skill of quilting and her concerns about natural and human disasters. There will also be a few arpilleras from Chile. |
| Venue: |
Donegal County Museum, Letterkenny, County Donegal.
Contact: Donegal County Museum, Tel: 00 353 7491 24613 or ccarr@donegalcoco.ie |
| Dates: |
12th April to 30th June 2012 |  |
| Launch: |
Thursday 12th April 2012 at 1.00pm |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Donegal County Museum |
| Documents: |
Invitation [PDF; 199KB]. |
| Web links: |
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| Other info: |
Associated events program to the exhibition ‘Events of the Year Quilts and Testimonies of Survival’ Exhibition at the Donegal County Museum:
1. Workshop Saturday 19 May 2012 [PDF; 196KB]
How to Make a Memory Piece
Free intergeneration textile craft workshop with Irene McWilliams in the Donegal County Museum,
High Road, Letterkenny.
10.00 am – 4.00 pm. Places are very limited and booking is essential.
Kindly Sponsored by Europe Direct Information Centre, Central Library, Letterkenny.
Booking: 074 9124613 or E: museum@donegalcoco.ie
For list of requirements contact the museum.
2. Workshop Saturday 9th June 'How to make an Arpillera Person’
Free intergenerational textile craft workshop with Deborah Stockdale. In the Donegal County Museum, High Road, Letterkenny.
Time to be confirmed but will be held in afternoon; 1.30 pm – 4.00 pm
Places are limited and booking is essential.
Kindly Sponsored by Europe Direct Information Centre, Central Library, Letterkenny.
Booking and further information: 074 9124613 or E: museum@donegalcoco.ie
3. Guided tours by the curator Roberta Bacic, Tuesday 19 June 2012 from 11.30 am to 4.00 pm. Please book with the museum. Groups are welcome and two short films will be available on the day.
Common Threads (story telling by the way of textiles) and Killarney girls (Zimbabwe women making an arpillera and their life context) both 2011/2012 productions.
4. For group bookings contact Donegal County Museum, High Road, Letterkenny, Co Donegal. Tel.: 074 9124613; E.: museum@donegalcoco.ie |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Story Makers 2008-2011, Twenty-five textile stories
A
festival of arpilleras and quilts with an associated launch, workshops and activities to mark International Women's Day 2012. The exhibition will feature the story of the 25 textiles that were exhibited individually at the Verbal Arts Centre since 2008. The exhibition will provide an opportunity for a get-together of many of the different participating groups and communities. |
| Venue: |
Verbal Arts Centre, Stable Lane and Mall Wall, Bishop Street Within, Derry / Londonderry BT48 6PU
Contact: Bernie Kilroy (Bernie.Kilroy@verbalartscentre.co.uk); T: 028 71266946 |
| Dates: |
13th March to 18th June 2012
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| Launch: |
Tuesday 13th March 2012 at 12.00 noon |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Verbal Arts Centre& Curator |
| Documents: |
Invitation [PDF; 425KB]
Doherty, Breege. (2012). Story Makers 2008-2012: Twenty-five textile stories, (13 March 2012), [PDF; 1111KB]. Derry: The Verbal Arts Centre.
Walsh, Bernadette. (2012). Introductory Talk, (13 March 2012), [PDF; 36KB]. |
| Web links: |
A message from San Roc to Derry: http://youtu.be/fBs08tD6aso
http://www.verbalartscentre.co.uk/ |
| Other info: |
Photographs of launch of Exhibition, 13th March 2012 |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Arpilleras e resistência política no Chile /
Arpilleras de la resistencia política Chilena /
Arpilleras of Chilean political resistance |
| Venues and dates: |
Brasilia Biblioteca Nacional de Brasília National Library of Brasilia
22nd to 29th March 2012
Invitation [PDF; 458KB]
Porto Alegre Memorial do Rio Grande do Sul
10th to 17th April 2012
Invitation [PDF; 234KB]
Curitiba Memorial da Cidade de Curitiba
7th to 14th May 2012
Invitation [PDF; 224KB]
Belo Horizonte Centro Cultural UFMG
18th to 24th May
Note on opening and round table discussion [PDF; 249KB]
Rio de Janeiro Arquivo Nacional de Rio de Janeiro National Archive of Rio de Janeiro
29th May to 5th June 2012
Note on opening [PDF; 221KB]
Note on round table discussion [PDF; 148KB] |
| Dates: |
(See above) |  |
| Launch: |
Each of the five launches and associated activities are being organized separately with local hosts and Clara Politi, project co-ordinator |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic, assisted by Esther Vital |
| Organisers: |
This touring exhibition, which was commissioned originally by Memorial da Resistência de São Paulo and exhibited in 2011, is now being shown in 5 different States of Brazil. The touring exhibition is one of several projects that are part of a bigger initiative, Marcas da Memória (Marks left by memory). Its main objective is to promote the reparation for human rights violations that took place between 1946 and 1988. It is the outcome of an agreement reached by the Ministry of Justice of the Federal Republic of Brazil, delivered through its Amnesty Commission |
| Documents: |
Catalogue [PDF; 4330KB] |
| Web links: |
http://arpillerasdaresistencia.wordpress.com/
http://www.mjornal.com.br/arpilleras/
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| Other info: |
List of media and on-line references to the exhibition [PDF; 210KB] |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Arpilleras: Community Action and Empowerment through Narrative Textile Art: Exhibit; Lecture and Experiential Workshop
An exhibition of arpilleras illustrating aspects of daily life including traumatic and healing events, from Chile, Peru, England, Germany, Ireland and Northern Ireland |
| Venue: |
The George Washington University Art Therapy Program Gallery
1925 Ballenger Ave., Suite 250, Alexandria, Washington, VA, 22314, USA |
| Dates: |
6th March to 6th April 2012 |  |
| Launch: |
6th March 2012 |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
The George Washington University Art Therapy Program and Art & Remembrance
Contact: Lisa Raye Garlock, lgarlock@gwu.edu |
| Documents: |
Notice [PDF; 153KB] |
| Web links: |
http://www.gwu.edu/~artx/ & http://www.artandremembrance.org
http://gwarttherapy.wordpress.com/ |
| Other info: |
Introduction, images and captions for arpilleras in the exhibition [PDF; 203KB]
Pre-exhibition talk: "ARPILLERAS: Fabric Art of Memory and Protest" - An Evening with Roberta Bacic, in conversation with Joseph Eldridge; 4 March 2012, 7-8:30 pm, Abramson Family Founders Room, School for International Service, American University [PDF; 291KB].
Pre-exhibition workshop:
"Stitching the Truth: the Resistance Art of Arpilleras", 5 March 2012, 4-5:30 pm; Eastern High School, 1700 East Capital St NE, Washington DC. [PDF; 122KB]
Short video of Aprillera Workshop 31st March 2012. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Events of the Year Quilts and Testimonies of Survival and programme
An exhibition of year quilts by Irene MacWilliam spanning over the last 25 years. The quilts illustrate Irene’s skill of quilting and her concerns about natural and human disasters. There will also be a few arpilleras from Chile. |
| Venue: |
Tower Museum, Derry, Northern Ireland
Contact: Tower Museum , Tel: 00 44 28 7137 2411 or museums@derrycity.gov.uk |
| Dates: |
16th February to 24th March 2012 |  |
| Launch: |
Thursday 16th February 2012 at 12.30pm |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Derry City Council’s Heritage & Museum Service |
| Documents: |
Invitation [PDF; 450KB]
Press Release [PDF; 44KB]
Comments by Anne Montgomery, guest speaker and textile specialist [PDF; 26KB]
Comments by Roberta Bacic, guest curator [PDF; 50KB] |
| Web links: |
http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/Museums/Events |
| Other info: |
Photographs of launch of Exhibition, 16th February 2012
Photographs by Martin McKeown of launch event,
16th February 2012
Associated Seminar: 'From the signing of the Good Friday Agreement to a possible Truth Commission for Northern Ireland', Seminar chaired by Professor Brice Dickson, Tuesday 21st February 2012; 12.00 to 2.00pm; Tower Museum; Note [PDF; 205KB]; Abstracts of speakers [PDF; 37KB]; Press Release [PDF; 23KB]; Presentation by Máiréad Collins [PDF; 491KB] (this document is for private research only); Presentation by Keara Powell [PDF; 232KB] (this document is for private research only).
Associated Workshop: 'How to make a Memory Piece of an Event or Person', by Irene MacWilliam; Saturday 25th February 2012; 10.00 am to 4.00 pm; Education Room, Tower Museuem. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Transforming threads of resistance: political arpilleras and textiles
by women from Chile and around the world
A physical and on-line exhibition:
http://blogs.umass.edu/conflictart/
and related activities:
http://blogs.umass.edu/conflictart/announcements-and-upcoming-events |
| Venue: |
Student Union Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
and the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution Art of Conflict Transformation Gallery. |
| Dates: |
27th February to 9th March 2012 |  |
| Launch: |
27th February 2012 |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Leah Wing
Art of Conflict Transformation Event Series
Sponsored by and hosted at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, U.S.A. and the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution. |
| Documents: |
Poster about the exhibition and associated activities [PDF; 435KB]
Poster about the discussion on Art, Memory & State Violence [PDF; 375KB]
Poster about the opening lecture and music event [PDF; 361KB]
Poster about the poetry reading featuring Majorie Agosín [PDF; 156KB]
Poster about the lecture by Pilar Hernandez-Wolfe [PDF; 99KB]
Talk given by Roberta Bacic at opening event, 27 February 2012
[PDF; 75KB]
Exhibition Catalogue
[PDF; 19835KB] |
| Web links: |
http://www.odr.info |
| Other info: |
Photographs on Flickr of the exhibition by Julianne Pizzi
Artistic Responses to the Political Textiles Art Exhibition, (12th-16th March; Student Union Gallery),
[PDF; 161KB] |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Arpilleras e resistência política no Chile /
Arpilleras de la resistencia política Chilena /
Arpilleras of Chilean political resistance |
| Venue: |
Centro Cultural Correios Recife, Av. Marquês de Olinda, 262 – Bairro do Recife, 50031-970 - Recife, Brazil. |
| Dates: |
3rd to 13th November 2011 |  |
| Launch: |
3rd November 2011 |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Secretaria de Direitos Humanos e Segurança Cidadã da Prefeitura de Recife
Secretaria de Derechos Humanos y Seguridad Ciudadana de la Municipalidad de Recife,
Human Rights and Citizen Security Office of Recife Council.
email: centroculturacorreiosrecife@correios.com.br |
| Documents: |
Invitation (in Portuguese) [PDF; 252KB]
'flyer' (in Portuguese) [PDF; 577KB]
Arpillera created at two workshops during exhibition [PDF; 538KB] |
| Web links: |
http://www.correios.com.br/sobreCorreios/educacaoCultura/
centrosEspacosCulturais/CCC_PE/default.cfm |
| Other info: |
n.a. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Exhibition: I Fòrum d’Arpilleres de Catalunya. Les nostres històries fan la Història /
I Foro de Arpilleras de Cataluña. Nuestras historias hacen la Historia /
1st Forum of Arpilleras in Catalonia. Our stories make our History. |
| Venue: |
Espai Francesca Bonnemaison / Francesca Bonnemaison Cultural Women's Center, Barcelona, Spain. And four other venues. |
| Dates: |
6th October to 31st October 2011 |
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| Launch: |
6th October 2011 at 7pm; and 4 other dates |
| Curator: |
Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Fundació Ateneu Sant Roc de Badalona & Escola Sant Pau de Sant Pol de Mar.
pilar@fundacioateneusantroc.org |
| Documents: |
Email Invite (in Catalan) [PDF; 173KB]
Flyer (in Catalan) [PDF; 1145KB] |
| Web links: |
http://www.forumarpilleres.cat/
http://forumarpilleres.blogspot.com/
Escola Sant Pau: http://blocs.xtec.cat/arpilleresantpau/ |
| Other info: |
n.a. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Arpilleras and the Poetry of Survival |
| Venue: |
Lanyon Building, Queen's University Belfast (QUB),
Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Dates: |
10th May 2011 to 9th June 2011 |  |
| Launch: |
10th May at 6pm in Lanyon Building, QUB |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Queen's University Belfast (QUB) |
| Documents: |
Leaflet [PDF; 581KB]
Poster 1 [PDF; 334KB]
Poster 2 [PDF; 410KB]
Poster 3 [PDF; 4027KB]
List of associated Latin America Week events [PDF; 983KB]
QUB Web page [PDF version; 75KB]
Invitation to closing event on 9th June 2011
[PDF; 440KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
Part of Latin America Week 2011 at Queen's University Belfast.
Concluding poetry reading by Jaime Huenún on 9th June at 6pm
in
Welcome Centre, Lanyon Building, QUB. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Stitching Peace |
| Venue: |
Kingston, Jamaica |
| Dates: |
17th to 25th May 2011 |  |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
The exhibition is commissioned by the WCC for their International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) to mark the end of the Decade to Overcome Violence which began in 2001. |
| Documents: |
Bacic, Roberta. (2011). Stitching Peace: An Exhibition of Arpilleras and Quilts, (17-25 May 2011), (Exhibition Catalogue in English/French), [PDF; 1849KB]. Geneva: World Council of Churches.
Bacic, Roberta. (2011). Stitching Peace: An Exhibition of Arpilleras and Quilts, (17-25 May 2011), (Exhibition Catalogue in English/German), [PDF; 1850KB]. Geneva: World Council of Churches. |
| Web links: |
See: http://www.oikoumene.org/
Also: http://www.overcomingviolence.org/ |
| Other info: |
n.a. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Rathlin Reflections threads from an Island home Installation |
| Venue: |
The Verbal Arts Centre, Stable Lane and Mall Wall, Bishop Street Within, Derry, Northern Ireland. BT48 6PU |
| Dates: |
8 March 2011 to 14 April 2011 | |
| Launch: |
8 March 2011 |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
The Verbal Arts Centre |
| Documents: |
Leaflet [PDF; 465KB]
Press Release [PDF; 73KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
Photographs of launch of installation, 8 March 2011 |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Stitching Peace |
| Venue: |
World Council of Churches Headquarters, 150 Route de Ferney 1211,
Geneva 2, Switzerland |
| Dates: |
16th February 2011 to 18th March 2011 | |
| Launch: |
16th February 2011 |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
World Council of Churches |
| Documents: |
Bacic, Roberta. (2011). 'Stiching Peace', List of textiles, [PDF, 44KB]. Web: CAIN.
See: World Council of Churches Web page notice [PDF, 177KB]
Bacic, Roberta. (2011). Stitching Peace: An Exhibition of Arpilleras and Quilts, (17-25 May 2011), (Exhibition Catalogue in English/French), [PDF; 1849KB]. Geneva: World Council of Churches.
Bacic, Roberta. (2011). Stitching Peace: An Exhibition of Arpilleras and Quilts, (17-25 May 2011), (Exhibition Catalogue in English/German), [PDF; 1850KB]. Geneva: World Council of Churches. |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
Launch of the exhibition and guided tours during the World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee Meeting in preparation for Jamaica. |
| Workshop |
| Title: |
Planning the Rathlin Island Exhibition |
| Venue: |
Richard Branson Centre,
Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Dates: |
7 January 2011 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
|
| Documents: |
Poster [PDF; 184KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
n.a. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
The Human Cost of War |
| Venue: |
Tower Museum, Union Hall Place, Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland. BT48 6LU |
| Dates: |
4th November to 15th January 2011 |  |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Heritage and Museum Service |
| Documents: |
Notice of forthcoming event - Heritage and Museum Service
Exhibition Invitation [PDF; 350KB]
Exhibition Catalogue [PDF; 3151KB]
Workshop Programme, 4-18th November 2010 [PDF; 148KB]
'En-Gendering Violence', Associated workshop 19th June 2010 [PDF; 451KB]
Invitation, Textile Installation on Afghanistan, 8th November 2010 [PDF; 126KB]
Invitation, Talk on Afghanistan, 8th and 9th November 2010 [PDF; 103KB]
Note about Closing Session, 15th January 2011, [PDF; 290KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
Photographs of launch of Exhibition, 4th November 2010
Photographs taken at various workshops, 4-12th November 2010
Photographs of launch of Textile Installation, 8th November 2010
 Response to 'Human Cost of War': Short film by Cahal McLaughlin; with music by Víctor Henríquez, [Video (YouTube); 4'28"] |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Stitching Resistance - Narratives of Daily Life in Chilean Arpilleras |
| Venue: |
The Museum of Osaka University
1-20, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043 Japan |
| Dates: |
12th to 16th October 2010 |  |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Co-ordinator: Tomoko Sakai
Museum of Osaka University curator: Waka Hirokaw
Logistics manager: Mio Kubota |
| Documents: |
Exhibition Catalogue, in Japanese and English, [PDF; 1245KB]
Exhibition Flyer, in Japanese, [PDF; 1896KB]
Exhibition Poster (A3), in Japanese, [PDF; 1343KB]
Osaka University Web site notice, in English,
[PDF copy; 213KB]
Osaka University Web site notice, in Japanese,
[PDF copy; 298KB]
Item in International Press digitial (11 Oct 2010), in Spanish, [PDF copy; 104KB]
Item in The Japan Times online (10 Oct 2010), in English, [PDF copy; 251KB]
Bacic, Roberta. (2010). 'Arpilleras: Their Trail of Context in Everyday Life', (August 2010), (paper prepared for the Stiching Resistance exhibition), [PDF; 75KB]. Web: CAIN Web Service. |
| Web links: |
See also: www.museum.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/index.html
and: gcoe.hus.osaka-u.ac.jp/101012stitching_resistance.html |
| Other info: |
Related events such as film screening, round-table and guided tours, took place during the exhibition period.
Photographs of the preparation, exhibition, and events, 12-16th October 2010 |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Chilean Arpilleras of Yesterday and Today: Textile Ambassadors
- to mark Chile's National Day (attendance by invitation only) |
| Venue: |
The Atrium, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, 51 St. Stephen's Green. Dublin 2 |
| Dates: |
16th September 2010 |  |
| Launch: |
16th September 2010 |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Chilean Embassy, 44 Wellington Road, Ballsbridge. Dublin 4 Tel: (00 353) 01 667 5094 |
| Documents: |
Flyer [PDF; 481KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
Photographs of the exhibits and launch, 16th September 2010 |
| Workshop |
| Title: |
'Arpilleras' Hands On Workshop |
| Venue: |
Richard Branson Centre
Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Dates: |
8 September 2010 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Richard Branson Centre |
| Documents: |
Poster [PDF; 69KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
n.a. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
An Interpretation of Seamus Heaney's "Field Work" Through the Medium of Fabric and Thread |
| Venue: |
Verbal Arts Centre (NI) Ltd, Stable Lane and Mall Wall, Bishop Street Within, Derry, Northern Ireland. BT48 6PU |
| Dates: |
Open 10th June 2010; Exhibiting June, July and August |  |
| Launch: |
10th June 2010 |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
|
| Documents: |
Invitation [PDF; 396KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
Photographs of launch of exhibition [PDF; 304KB] |
| Exhibition and Workshop |
| Title: |
The Politics of the Mundane in Chilean and other arpilleras |
| Venue: |
Art College, University of Ulster, Belfast Campus, York Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Dates: |
27th to 29th August 2010 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Hanna's House Summer School 2010 |
| Documents: |
Note on Exhibition [PDF; 121KB]
Catalogue
for Art Exhibition [PDF; 1337KB]
Photographs of the exhibits, 27th August 2010
Programme for Hanna's House Summer School 2010 [PDF; 170KB] |
| Web links: |
See also: http://www.hannashouse.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49 [PDF copy; 147KB] |
| Other info: |
Part of the Feminist Art Exhibition: The wars on women: peace works in the context of: Hanna's House Summer School 2010 A Feminist Peace: How do we get there? |
| Presentation |
| Title: |
Quilt and 'Arpillera' Making |
| Venue: |
Richard Branson Centre
Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Dates: |
8 July 2010 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Richard Branson Centre |
| Documents: |
Poster [PDF; 66KB] |
| Web links: |
Rathlin Development & Community Association (RDCA) Web Page [PDF; 72KB] |
| Other info: |
n.a. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Following the Thread |
| Venue: |
Community Base, World Museum Liverpool
William Brown Street, Liverpool. L3 8EN |
| Dates: |
21st to 27th June 2010 | |
| Launch: |
Private view 14th June 2010 |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
World Museum Liverpool |
| Documents: |
Private View Invitation [PDF; 108KB]
Note on Exhibition [PDF; 75KB]
Exhibition dates and times [PDF; 106KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
See also details of earlier associated exhibition in Liverpool in 2009 |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
"Arpilleras Aus Chile" - Eine Retrospektive |
| Venue: |
Chilean Embassy
Mohrenstraße 42, 10117, Berlin, Germany |
| Dates: |
6th May to 28th May 2010 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Chilean Embassy |
| Documents: |
Poster [PDF; 547KB]
Invitation [PDF; 882KB]
Introduction in English [PDF; 17KB]
Introduction in German
[PDF; 16KB]
Brouchure in German
[PDF; 853KB] |
| Web links: |
Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Web page
[PDF version; 190KB] |
| Other info: |
n.a. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Arpilleras: Embajadoras para el Bicentenario.
Quilts/arpilleras: Ambassadors for the Bicentennial |
| Venue: |
Consulate General of Chile
866 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017-1822
United States of America |
| Dates: |
14th April to 20th May 2010 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
|
| Documents: |
Invitation [PDF; 154KB]
Catalogue [PDF; 563KB]
Poster of closing charity event at Newburyport, MA
[PDF; 285KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
n.a. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Arpilleras: Voices on tapestries |
| Venue: |
Embassy of Chile
37-41 Old Queen Street, London. SW1H 9JA |
| Dates: |
8th March to 31st March 2010 | |
| Launch: |
Monday 8th March 2010 at 6.30pm |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
|
| Documents: |
Invitation [PDF; 355KB]
Exhibition Press Release (Spanish) [PDF; 105KB] |
| Web links: |
http://chileabroad.gov.cl/reino-unido/files/informativo-n4-junio-91.pdf page 20 |
| Other info: |
Arpilleras that cry out (Part 2): Film by Gustavo Neves, [Video (YouTube); 4'48"] |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Cultural Stories in Textiles |
| Venue: |
Harpur’s Hill Community Centre
Lisnablagh Road, Coleraine. Northern Ireland. |
| Dates: |
25-27th February 2010 | |
| Launch: |
26th Februaruy 2010 at 4pm |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
|
| Documents: |
Launch Invitation [PDF; 249KB]
Exhibition 'Flyer' [PDF; 239KB]
Exhibition Press Release [PDF; 110KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
Photograhs of launch and workshop [PDF; 681KB]
Arpilleras that cry out (Part 1): Film by Gustavo Neves, [Video (YouTube); 6'17"] |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Arpilleras habitadas de memoria |
| Venue: |
Centre d'Informació i Recursos per a les Dones |
| Dates: |
14th January to 26th February 2010 | |
| Launch: |
14th January 2010 at 7.00 pm |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Centre d’Informació per les Dones
Ajuntament de Barcelona (Barcelona City Council)
|
| Documents: |
Ajuntament de Barcelona
Arpilleres habitades de memòria (Notice) [PDF; 223KB] |
| Web links: |
Centre d’Informació per les Dones [Web site] |
| Other info: |
n.a. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Launch of the Millennium Limavady Borough Quilt |
| Venue: |
Verbal Arts Centre (NI) Ltd
Stable Lane and Mall Wall, Bishop Street Within, Derry, Northern Ireland. BT48 6PU |
| Dates: |
| |
| Launch: |
9th December 2009; 12.00pm |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
|
| Documents: |
Note [PDF; 122KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
n.a. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Textiles With A Story |
| Venue: |
Coleraine Town Hall
The Diamond, Coleraine, Northern Ireland. |
| Dates: |
4th December 2009, 10am to 4pm | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
|
| Documents: |
Exhibition Flyer
[PDF; 404KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
Including display of quilts and arpilleras, and drop-in workshops and guided tours
Photographs of exhibition [PDF; 638KB] |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
The Human Cost of War |
| Venue: |
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road, London. SE1 6HZ
Whitechapel Art Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London. E1 7QX
St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace
78 Bishopsgate, London. EC2N 4AG |
| Dates: |
8th to 21st November 2009 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Movement for the Abolition of War |
| Documents: |
Exhibition Leaflet [PDF; 411KB]
Exhibition Catalogue [PDF; 595KB]
Movement for the Abolition of War Press release [PDF; 87KB] |
| Web links: |
See also: http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/diana-francis/human-cost-of-war
www.abolishwar.org.uk/ |
| Other info: |
n.a. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Threads of Life: Quilts and arpilleras that speak out |
| Venue: |
Community Base, World Museum Liverpool
William Brown Street, Liverpool. L3 8EN |
| Dates: |
16th October to 1st November 2009 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
World Museum Liverpool |
| Documents: |
Exhibition Catalogue [PDF; 1368KB]
Exhibition Programme [PDF; 1422KB] see pages 4 and 14 |
| Web links: |
See also: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ [PDF copy; 114KB]
www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ |
| Other info: |
n.a. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Finding our voices - The power of Arpilleras |
| Venue: |
Communities Connect
DKIT Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Ireland |
| Dates: |
29th September to 10th October 2009 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Communities Connect |
| Documents: |
Catalogue [PDF; 1629KB] |
| Web links: |
www.communitiesconnect.info
www.dkit.ie |
| Other info: |
(Additional details to be added later) |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
'Threads of destiny: Testimonies of violence, hope and survival' |
| Venue: |
International Exhibition in Germany
Frauen In Der Einenwelt, Germany
www.frauenindereinenwelt.de |
| Dates: |
9 May to 26 July 2009 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
|
| Documents: |
Note about exhibition:
English [PDF; 76KB]; German [PDF; 76KB]; Spanish [PDF; 81KB] |
| Web links: |
See also: http://www.latinotopia.de/cultura/quiltsandarpilleras.php [PDF copy; 217KB] |
| Other info: |
Includes five Irish quilts and seven Chilean Arpilleras (some of which featured in the Derry exhibition) |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Arpilleras that cry out |
| Venue: |
Flowerfield Arts centre, 185 Coleraine Road, Portstewart, Northern Ireland. BT55 7HU |
| Dates: |
22nd June to 10th July 2009 | |
| Launch: |
22nd June 2009 |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Flowerfield Arts centre / Coleraine Borough Council |
| Documents: |
|
| Web links: |
www.flowerfield.org/shownews.php?id=168 [PDF copy; 42KB] |
| Other info: |
n.a. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Women's Real Lives |
| Venue: |
At four venues in Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Dates: |
5th to 27th March 2009 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
|
| Documents: |
Information about the exhibition [PDF; 16KB]
Venues and Launch Dates [PDF; 42KB]
Original note about exhibition, 29 September 2008 [PDF; 28KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
Exhibition to coincide with International Women’s Day 8 March 2009, showcased various creative art pieces by individuals, artists and groups of women from the Derry City Council area and beyond. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Arpilleras |
| Venue: |
Irish School of Ecumenics
683 Antrim Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Dates: |
2nd to 31st March 2009 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
|
| Documents: |
Note about exhibition [PDF; 281KB]
Information about the arpilleras [PDF; 464KB] |
| Web links: |
www.ecumenics.ie/content.php?cid=1029 |
| Other info: |
n.a. |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
L'art de la supervivència: les veus de la resistència de les dones xilenes |
| Venue: |
Centre for Equality of Women and Men, Barcelona, Spain |
| Dates: |
4th November to 12th December 2008 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Centre for Equality of Women and Men |
| Documents: |
Note (Catalan) about exhibition [PDF; 53KB]
Note (Catalan) about conference [PDF; 40KB]
Invitation (Catalan) [PDF; 19KB]
Flyer (Spanish) [PDF; 219KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
Plus one day conference:
Conferència de Roberta Bacic: L'artesania com expressió del compromís polític de les dones xilenes
4th November 2008 |
| Launch |
| Title: |
Launch of New Quilt 'Micro Cosmos' |
| Venue: |
Verbal Arts Centre (NI) Ltd, Stable Lane and Mall Wall, Bishop Street Within, Derry, Northern Ireland. BT48 6PU |
| Dates: |
Wednesday 3 December 2008 at 3.00pm |  |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Verbal Arts Centre |
| Documents: |
Details [PDF; 1326KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
Quilt entitled: 'Micro Cosmos'. Created by Deborah J. Stockdale
Photographs of lauch [PDF; 472KB] |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Arpilleras / Quilts that cry out, challenge and question
Arpilleras que claman desafían e interpelan |
| Venue: |
Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| Dates: |
12th to 14th November 2008 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
|
| Documents: |
Note [PDF; 240KB]
Catalogue [PDF; 1035] |
| Web links: |
www.thesharedsocietiesproject.clubmadrid.org/ |
| Other info: |
Selection of pieces specially curated by Roberta Bacic for the Global Forum on Leadership for Shared Societies |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
The Politics of Chilean 'Arpilleras' |
| Venue: |
Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS)
17 Mill Lane, Cambridge University, England |
| Dates: |
23rd to 31st October 2008 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS) |
| Documents: |
Invitation [PDF; 136KB]
CLAS Notice [PDF; 41KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
Exhibition took place during the festival of ideas |
| Launch |
| Title: |
New Irish Quilt - 'a piece of me, a piece of us' |
| Venue: |
Verbal Arts Centre (NI) Ltd, Stable Lane and Mall Wall, Bishop Street Within, Derry, Northern Ireland. BT48 6PU |
| Dates: |
|  |
| Launch: |
Tuesday 14 October 2008 at 10.15am |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Verbal Arts Centre |
| Documents: |
Invitation [PDF; 101KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
Quilt entitled: 'a piece of me, a piece of us'. Created by young mothers from the Women's Centre in Derry. Each of the participants made an arpillera and assembled them into a large quilt.
Photographs of lauch [PDF; 725KB] |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Chilean Arpilleras (Chilean quilts) |
| Venue: |
Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland |
| Dates: |
11th September to 11th October 2008 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
|
| Documents: |
Invitation [PDF; 232KB];
Press release, 11 September 2008 [PDF; 34KB] |
| Web links: |
www.donegalculture.com/exhibitions/ChileanArpilleras.html
RCC web page [PDF version; 96KB] |
| Other info: |
n.a. |
| Launch |
| Title: |
New Irish Quilt - 'Shared Visions' |
| Venue: |
Stormont Building
Ballymiscaw, Stormont, Belfast. BT4 3XX |
| Dates: |
| |
| Launch: |
Thursday 25 September 2008 |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
|
| Documents: |
|
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
Quilt entitled: 'Shared Visions'. Created by women from four different groups. |
| Seminar |
| Title: |
The Politics of Chilean 'Arpilleras' |
| Venue: |
Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. |
| Dates: |
23 September 2008, 6.00pm to 9.00pm | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Regional Cultural Centre |
| Documents: |
Details of Seminar [PDF; 36KB] |
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
A special evening of discussion, music, recitals, book signing and the screening of the film 'Threads of hope'. |
Original Exhibitions / Events:
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
The Art of Survival: International and Irish Quilts |
| Venue: |
Trail of 9 venues in Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Dates: |
8th March to 13th April 2008 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Derry City Council Heritage & Museum Service |
| Documents: |
|
| Web links: |
|
| Other info: |
See: main page |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
The politics of Chilean Arpilleras |
| Venue: |
Harbour Museum
Harbour Square, Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland. BT48 6AF |
| Dates: |
8th February to 13th April 2008 | |
| Launch: |
|
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Derry City Council Heritage & Museum Service |
| Documents: |
|
| Web links: |
See also: www.derrycity.gov.uk/museums/quilt.asp |
| Other info: |
See: main page |
|
