The Bogside Artists are a group of three men, William Kelly, Tom Kelly and Kevin Hasson. They come from The Bogside area of Derry and have been working together since 1993. Derry is the second largest city in Northern Ireland and is the birthplace of the Irish Civil Rights Movement. The aim of the artists is to turn the area of Rossville Street into an open-air gallery that will chronicle for posterity the main events of the troubles as they affected the inhabitants of The Bogside since 1969. This area is also the site of the Bloody Sunday massacre of January 30th, 1972, when fourteen civil rights demonstrators were cut down by Bntish paratroopers.

The Bogside Artists are engaged in a world tour of their work. The exhibition has already completed a tour of Australia where it was a great success. In addition to opening the exhibition in The State House’s famous Doric Hall the artists were also introduced before a full house of Representatives during a formal session. They received a standing ovation. Senator Steven Tolman and Representative David Donnelly subsequently introduced House and Senate resolutions recognising the work of The Bogside Artists and officially proclaiming their exhibition as belonging to the historical annals of the State House.

Senator Tolman stated, "I am proud to have been able to sponsor The Bogside Artists on The State House leg of their American tour. In my five years in the building, I have never seen so many people so excited about an art exhibition. We actually had Senators and Representatives asking to have the duration of the exhibition extended. I am especially happy to see the exhibition so being so warmly received in Boston which, as we all know, is Derry’s sister city."

The work was later seen at Stonehill College Irish Festival where at least ten thousand people got to see it and to view the BBC documentary made about the artists and their work.