Event Details
Attendees listening intently to curator Roberta Bacic at the exhibition opening event. (Photo: Martin Melaugh) |
| Exhibition and associated activities: | Arpilleras that Cry Out |
| Description: | This exhibition included an official opening and reception; film shows, gallery talks by Bill Rolston and Roberta Bacic, cardmaking and arpillera workshops, children's workshops and guided tours. |
| Commissioned by: | Coleraine Borough Council and Flowerfield Arts Centre |
| Date(s): | 22nd June 2009 - 10th July 2009 |
| Venue: | Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart, Northern Ireland
185 Coleraine Road, Portstewart, Northern Ireland. BT55 7HU |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Facilitator: | Flowerfield Arts Centre |
| Outcome: | The entire exhibition programme gave viewers an opportunity to come face to face with the power of textiles, and other creative media, in giving voice to repression, violence and denial of human rights. It also provided a forum for discussing such issues. |
