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.
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Future Exhibitions / Events:
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| 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 20th 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] |
| Web links: |
http://www.verbalartscentre.co.uk/ |
| Other info: |
(Additional details to be added later) |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Events of the Year Quilts and Testimonies of Survival and programme
An exhibition of year quilts by Irene Mac William 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, Co 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; Poster (to be added later) |
| Web links: |
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| Other info: |
(Additional details to be added later) |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Events of the Year Quilts and Testimonies of Survival and programme
An exhibition of year quilts by Irene Mac William 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] |
| Web links: |
http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/Museums/Events |
| Other info: |
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; [PDF; 37KB]
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
(Additional details to be added later) |
| 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: |
Invitation; Poster (to be added later) |
| Web links: |
http://www.gwu.edu/~artx/ & http://www.artandremembrance.org |
| 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; March 4, 2012 7-8:30 p.m, Abramson Family Founders Room, School for International Service, American University.
(Additional details to be added later) |
| 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: |
Invitation; catalogue; poster (to be added later) |
| Web links: |
http://www.odr.info |
| Other info: |
(Additional details to be added later) |
| Present Exhibitions / Events: |
| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Permanent / Rotating Exhibit of Quilt
Permanent / on-going display
Display of story quilts at The Verbal Arts Centre. The display began on 20 April 2008. A single large quilt is 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 present day | |
| Launch: |
20th April 2008 |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
The Verbal Arts Centre |
| Documents: |
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| Web links: |
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| Other info: |
See information below for current and previously displayed quilts |
| Previous Exhibitions / Events: |
| 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: |
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| 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/ |
| Other info: |
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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
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| Documents: |
Poster [PDF; 184KB] |
| Web links: |
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| Other info: |
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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Richard Branson Centre |
| Documents: |
Poster [PDF; 69KB] |
| Web links: |
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| Other info: |
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| 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: |
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| Documents: |
Invitation [PDF; 396KB] |
| Web links: |
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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Richard Branson Centre |
| Documents: |
Poster [PDF; 66KB] |
| Web links: |
Rathlin Development & Community Association (RDCA) Web Page [PDF; 72KB] |
| Other info: |
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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
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| Documents: |
Invitation [PDF; 154KB]
Catalogue [PDF; 563KB]
Poster of closing charity event at Newburyport, MA
[PDF; 285KB] |
| Web links: |
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| Other info: |
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| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Arpilleras: Voices on tapestries |
| Venue: |
Embassy of Chile
37-41 Old Queen Street, London. SW1H 9JA |
| Dates: |
8th March to 31st March 201 | |
| Launch: |
Monday 8th March 2010 at 6.30pm |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
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| 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: |
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| Documents: |
Launch Invitation [PDF; 249KB]
Exhibition 'Flyer' [PDF; 239KB]
Exhibition Press Release [PDF; 110KB] |
| Web links: |
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| 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: |
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| Dates: |
14th January to 26th February 2010 | |
| Launch: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
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| Documents: |
Nova exposició al CIRD: 'Arpilleres habitades de memòria' [Notice]
Centre d’Informació per les Dones [Web site]
Ajuntament de Barcelona
Arpilleres habitades de memòria (Notice) [PDF; 223KB] |
| Web links: |
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| Other info: |
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| 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: |
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| Launch: |
9th December 2009; 12.00pm |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
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| Documents: |
Note [PDF; 122KB] |
| Web links: |
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| Other info: |
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| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Textiles With A Story |
| Venue: |
Coleraine Town Hall
The Diamond, Coleraine, Northern Ireland. |
| Dates: |
4th December 2009, 10am to 4pm | |
| Launch: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
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| Documents: |
Exhibition Flyer
[PDF; 404KB] |
| Web links: |
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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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| 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: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
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| 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: |
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| Web links: |
www.flowerfield.org/shownews.php?id=168 [PDF copy; 42KB] |
| Other info: |
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| Exhibition |
| Title: |
Women's Real Lives |
| Venue: |
At four venues in Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Dates: |
5th to 27th March 2009 | |
| Launch: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
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| Documents: |
Information about the exhibition [PDF; 16KB]
Venues and Launch Dates [PDF; 42KB]
Original note about exhibition, 29 September 2008 [PDF; 28KB] |
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| 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: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
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| Documents: |
Note about exhibition [PDF; 281KB]
Information about the arpilleras [PDF; 464KB] |
| Web links: |
www.ecumenics.ie/content.php?cid=1029 |
| Other info: |
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| 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: |
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| 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] |
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| 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: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Verbal Arts Centre |
| Documents: |
Details [PDF; 1326KB] |
| Web links: |
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| 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: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
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| 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: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS) |
| Documents: |
Invitation [PDF; 136KB]
CLAS Notice [PDF; 41KB] |
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| 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: |
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| Launch: |
Tuesday 14 October 2008 at 10.15am |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Verbal Arts Centre |
| Documents: |
Invitation [PDF; 101KB] |
| Web links: |
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| 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: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
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| 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: |
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| Launch |
| Title: |
New Irish Quilt - 'Shared Visions' |
| Venue: |
Stormont Building
Ballymiscaw, Stormont, Belfast. BT4 3XX |
| Dates: |
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| Launch: |
Thursday 25 September 2008 |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
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| Documents: |
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| Web links: |
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| 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: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Regional Cultural Centre |
| Documents: |
Details of Seminar [PDF; 36KB] |
| Web links: |
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| 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: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Derry City Council Heritage & Museum Service |
| Documents: |
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| Web links: |
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| 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: |
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| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Organisers: |
Derry City Council Heritage & Museum Service |
| Documents: |
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| Web links: |
See also: www.derrycity.gov.uk/museums/quilt.asp |
| Other info: |
See: main page |
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