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Participants who created new textiles pictured at the launch of the exhibition: 'Stitching and Unstitching The Troubles exhibition - Phase 2', at the Braid, Ballymena, April 2013

Participants who created new textiles pictured at the launch of the exhibition: 'Stitching and Unstitching The Troubles exhibition - Phase 2', at the Braid, Ballymena, April 2013

 

Exhibition and associated activities:Stitching and Unstitching The Troubles-phase 2
Description: This exhibition includes textiles developed by local communities prompted by a series of workshops which followed the September 2012 exhibition in Coleraine: Stitching and Unstitching The Troubles-phase 1

Through these textiles and a number of other pieces from Northern Ireland, England, Spain, Chile, Peru and Colombia, we are invited to explore the multi-layered impact of conflict and its aftermath with a central emphasis on The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Phase two of this two phase programme of exhibitions and workshops incorporates a series of related events.

The exhibition launch takes place on Monday 15th April 2013 at 2.00 pm.
Exhibition opening times are: Monday to Friday 10 am - 5 pm, Saturday 10 am - 4 pm.
All events are free, but booking is essential.
Booking: Maria Cagney, (028) 2563 5926
maria.cagney@ballymena.gov.uk

Web links:
The Braid Museum - News
The Braid Museum - Exhibitions
For information on all phases of this exhibition programme, see:
Northern Ireland Community Archive
Follow up: Stitching and Unstitching The Troubles II: Exploring Responses to Conflict Through Textile Art
Commissioned by: Causeway Museum Service and Mid-Antrim Museums Service
Date(s): 13th April 2013 - 29th June 2013
Venue: Mid-Antrim Museum at The Braid, Ballymena
1-29 Bridge Street, Ballymena, Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Curator: Roberta Bacic assisted by Breege Doherty
Facilitator: Cultural Fusions, Causeway Museum Service and Mid-Antrim Museums Service
Outcome: This exhibition showcased 25 textiles created by women on a cross-community basis, exploring their experiences of and response to The Troubles in Northern Ireland. It prompted questions, conversations, connections and collaboration. Many of these textiles have since been exhibited in a variety of venues in several continents and are a valuable textile resource on The Troubles in Northern Ireland.




Documents: • Exhibition invite, Ballymena, April 2013 - view
• Exhibition leaflet - Ballymena, April 2013 - view
• Exhibition poster - Ballymena, April 2013 - view
• Film screening - Ballymena, May 2013 - view
• Launch invitation - view
• press release - Ballymena - SUTT 2 - view
• press coverage - Ballymena Guardian - view
• press coverage - Ballymena Times - view
 




Textiles Displayed:Peace Quilt - Common Loss
Events of 1992
Executed at dawn
Shared Visions
No going back
Northern Ireland Peace Quilt
Hermanos Mapuche en huelga de hambre / Mapuche people on hunger strike
NO a la ley antiterrorista / NO to the antiterrorist law
Toma de terrenos en los barrios de Lima / Squatters in the shantytowns of Lima
Encadenamiento / Women Chained to Parliament Gates
No a la impunidad / No to impunity
Retorno de los exiliados / Return of the exiles
¿Dónde están los "desaparecidos"? / Where are the "disappeared"?
Through the Barricades
William King, RIP
Troubles in Ballymoney
Ballykelly Bombing
Ballymoney Bombing
Coleraine Bombing
The First Bomb in Coleraine
In Times of Trouble
11th September, 1973, Santiago de Chile
The Side of the Wall
The Road Less Travelled
Untitled
The Hills of Carnlough
Regent's Park, London, IRA Bombing
The Bridge, Carnlough
Pub Bombing, Waterfoot, Cushendall
Praying for Peace
Justice for All
Locomotive 'Otter'
Hotel Bombing, Cushendall
Alexander Mc Neill
Annie Magill from Garfur Hill