Event Details
Donated Chilean arpillera, Anonymous, 1978. (Photo: Roberta Bacic) |
| Exhibition and associated activities: | Stitching for Solidarity |
| Description: | This exhibition and associated activities mark 10 years of collaborative partnership between the Linen Hall Library and Conflict Textiles.
It features a collection of 12 Chilean arpilleras from 1976, 77 and 78 acquired in Chile by a German member of the Chile Solidarity Committee of Berlin (West). These arpilleras have never before been on public display. Conflict Textiles supported by a contribution from The Honorable The Irish Society have had them specially mounted on Irish linen.
Exhibition launch will be on the 3rd of July at 1pm. Tickets are free and available from the 15th of May.
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: | Linen Hall Library & Conflict Textiles |
| Date(s): | 1st July 2024 - 27th September 2024 |
| Venue: | Linen Hall Library
17 Donegall Square N, Belfast BT1 5GB |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Facilitator: | Patsy Horton, Arts&CulturalProgrammer; Ani Kanakaki, Marketing&DigitalCommunications |
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