Quilts at The Verbal Arts Centre

Exhibit: Permanent / Rotating Exhibit of Individual Quilts
Permanent / on-going 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 - often six weeks - before being replaced with a new piece. (Photographs by Martin Melaugh unless stated otherwise.)

Venue:
Verbal Arts Centre (NI) Ltd
Stable Lane and Mall Wall, Bishop Street Within,
Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland. BT48 6PU
T: 028 7126 6946 F: 028 7126 3368
E: info@verbalartscentre.co.uk
W: www.verbalartscentre.co.uk

Quilt Currently on Display

Quilts Previously on Display

Nuestra Travesía / Our journey
On display: 15 January 2011 to 28 February 2011
Photo by: Rory McCarron
Leaflet [PDF; 175KB]

Textile Installation on Afghanistan
On display: 8 November 2010 to 15 January 2011
Leaflet [PDF; 54KB]

From Threads of Life to Following the Thread
On display: 15 August to October 2010
Leaflet [PDF; 122KB]

Sheep in Quilts
On display: 1 July to 15 August 2010
Leaflet [PDF; 78KB]
Letterkenny Museum brochure page 1 [PDF; 295KB]
Letterkenny Museum brochure page 2 [PDF; 319KB]

Guatemalan Textiles
On display: 29 March to 28 June 2010
Leaflet [PDF; 70KB]

'The Bill of Rights'
On display: Monday 8 March to 27 March 2010
WOMEN BUILDING BRIDGES Art Exhibition and Programme celebrating International Women's Day 2010 - Poster [PDF; 382KB]

'Limavady Borough Millennium Community Quilt'
Created by:
On display: 9 December 2009 to 7 March 2010
Note [PDF; 122KB]

'The African Quilt'
Created by: Roland Agbage (Nigeria) and Polly Eaton
On display: 22 October to ...
Note [PDF; 79KB]

'Cultures from the heart'
Created by: The Women’s Centre, Multi-Cultural Group
On display: 10 September to 12 October 2009
Note [PDF; 120KB]

'Events of 1998'
Created by: Irene MacWilliam
On display: 10 July to 10 September 2009
Note [PDF; 103KB]

Visions of The Community Quilt
Created by: Tina Maclaughlin
On display: 5 May to 10 July 2009
Note [PDF; 92KB]

Sew and Sew Quilt
Created by: Sew and Sew group
On display: 6 April to 5 May 2009
Note [PDF; 43KB]

Peruvian Arpilleras
Created by: various Peruvian quilters; stitched together by Amelia Stewart
On display: 7 February to 6 April 2009
Catalogue [PDF; 1972KB]

'Shared Visions'
Created by: 32 women from diverse communities around Belfast, Northern Ireland
On display: 13 January to 6 February 2009
Photo by: Cristopher Keenan
Note [PDF; 182KB]

'Micro Cosmos'
Created by: Deborah J. Stockdale
On display: 3 December 2008 to 12 January 2009
Launched: Wednesday 3 December 2008 at 3.00pm, Verbal Arts Centre.
Details [PDF; 1326KB]; Photographs of lauch [PDF; 472KB]

'a piece of me, a piece of us'
Created by: young mothers from the Women's Centre in Derry.
On display: 14 October to 2 December 2008
Launched: Tuesday 14 October 2008 at 10.15am, Verbal Arts Centre.
Each participant made an arpillera and assembled them into a large quilt.
Invitation [PDF; 101KB]; Photographs of lauch [PDF; 725KB]

'A Quilt for the World'
Created by: Women of One World, , Nuremberg, Germany, with squares done by women from many countries to participate in Beijing's Women's Conference in 1995
On display: July to August 2008
Note [PDF; 154KB]

'Women’s Rights are Human Rights'
Created by: Organized by CAJ (Committee for the Administration of Justice) and with participation of women from the whole of Ireland to bring to Beijing's Women's Conference in 1995
On display: 20 April to 30 June 2008