Event Details
"The word that caused the outbreak of war - 'Freedom'", Sabah Obido. (Photo Martin Melaugh)
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| Exhibition and associated activities: | From Displacement to Empowerment |
| Description: | This exhibition programme is a partnership between the Regional Cultural Centre Letterkenny and Conflict Textiles, in collaboration with Letterkenny Amnesty group. It takes place in the context of UN World Refugee Day 2024, (20 June) & UK Refugee week 2024 (17 - 23 June), the theme of which is "Our Home".
Through this selection of textiles and sculpture, we are invited to reflect on the experience of refugees and asylum seekers fleeing from persecution, conflict, violence and human rights violations.
This exhibition programme builds on previous collaborations: Chilean arpilleras (2008), War-Torn Children (2018) and Every Action Counts – Making arpillera dolls (2021).
Exhibition programme:
-Launch event and film, 20 June (6.30pm)
-Hands on textile workshop facilitated by Fabric Artist Deborah Stockdale (July, date tbc)
-In conversation with Roberta Bacic, Conflict Textiles curator (date tbc)
All associated activities will include a guided tour of the exhibition. Children will have the opportunity to engage with the exhibition through RCC arts workshops. All exhibitions within the RCC will be included in a celebration event as part of the Errigal Arts Festival (13 - 28 July 2024).
This exhibition is a satellite of the Conflict Textiles retrospective exhibition Threads of Empowerment: Conflict Textiles’ International Journey at the Ulster Museum, Belfast (June 2024 - March 2025). |
| Commissioned by: | Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal |
| Date(s): | 11th June 2024 - 7th September 2024 |
| Venue: | Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Port Rd, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Republic of Ireland |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Facilitator: | Jeremy Howard, Regional Cultural Centre (RCC) |
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