INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE WEEK - COMMUNITY AS SUPERPOWER

This special exhibition marks International Refugee Week 2025 and features eight remarkable embroideries from different parts of the world displayed for the first time and recently donated to Causeway Coast and Glens Museum Service by Roberta Bacic - Conflict Textiles' curator. The exhibition also includes eleven other arpilleras – from the Museum Service Collection and the Conflict Textiles Collection.

These beautiful & powerful textile works are created by communities in response to conflict in their home countries. From intricate stitching, handmade dolls to colourful embroidery, each arpillera tells a powerful story of resilience, joy, and beauty amidst conflict.

Image: Chilean arpillera "Weekend in a población", Conflict Textiles collection

Welcome and short talk on the power of arpillera and embroidery with Roberta Bacic, Conflict Textiles 12noon

Music and dance performance 12.30pm

Free arpillera doll workshop for children 8-12 years | Saturday 21 June | Workshop 1 - 10.30 - 11.15am | Booking Essential |BOOK HERE Workshop 2 - 11.30am-12.15pm | Booking essential | BOOK HERE