Event Details
'Verdulería en la población / Greengrocers in a población', Anonymous. (Photo: Martin Melaugh) |
| Exhibition and associated activities: | Arpilleras and the Poetry of Survival: Textile Exhibition Latin America Week 2011 |
| Description: | This exhibition features arpilleras in both their traditional and politicised forms. It also shows their evolution from Chile to Peru, and their more recent incarnations in England and Ireland where traditional quilting styles have absorbed the original arpillera style and made it into something fresh and unique. |
| Commissioned by: | Queen's University Belfast, Latin American Studies Forum |
| Date(s): | 10th May 2011 - 9th June 2011 |
| Venue: | Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Queen's University Welcome Centre, Lanyon Building, Queen's University Belfast, University Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland. BT7 1NN |
| Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
| Facilitator: | Latin American Studies Forum (LASF), Queen's University Belfast |
| Outcome: | The Latin American Studies Forum (LASF) in Queen's University Belfast, prompted by the response to this exhibition, included a recital of Jaime Huenún's poetry linked to arpilleras, in its 2012 exhibition. |
