Event Details
'Como hacer una arpillera / How to make an arpillera', Fundación Solidaridad workshop. (Photo: Rory McCarron) |
| Exhibition : | Textile Voices From Our City: 2013 & Story Textiles From Around The world |
| Description: | This exhibition, curated by Roberta Bacic and organised by The North West Quilting Group, co-ordinated by Marlene Milner, features arpilleras, quilts and wall hangings by local and international women.
Their intention has been to depict relevant places and spaces in the city that make it what it is within the context of Derry City's Year of Culture. In resonance with the rotating exhibitions that have been
sponsored by the VAC since 2008, textiles from all continents are included in Story Textiles From Around The world.
Workshops take place on the 3rd August from 10.00 am until 4.00 pm
Tel: 028 7126 6946
Email: info@verbalartscentre.co.uk
The Verbal Arts Centre |
| Commissioned by: | Verbal Arts Centre, and curator |
| Date(s): | 3rd August 2013 - 9th October 2013 |
| Venue: | Verbal Arts Centre, Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Stable Lane and Mall Wall, Bishop Street Within, Derry, Northern Ireland. BT48 6PU |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Facilitator: | The Verbal Arts Centre, Marlene Milner -The North West Quilting Group, the curator |
| Outcome: | Through the workshops it is anticipated that attendees will be inspired and will begin the process of experimenting with fabrics and start creating their own fabric stories |
