Conflict Textiles
@conflicttextiles.bsky.social
Conflict Textiles is a large collection of international textiles, exhibitions and associated events, all of which focus on elements of conflict, peace and human rights. Visit www.conflicttextiles.com
Ten years ago in the Netherlands the Arpilleras: stories of life and survival exhibition included a number of our textiles. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
December 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Ten years ago in the Netherlands the Arpilleras: stories of life and survival exhibition included a number of our textiles. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
What Are Our Collective Dreams? Global Connections - Abandoned Friendships exhibition, Zacheta Museum of Art in Warsaw includes this arpillera that depicts Cuatro Álamos a clandestine detention centre located within the larger official prison camp of Très Àlamos. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
December 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
What Are Our Collective Dreams? Global Connections - Abandoned Friendships exhibition, Zacheta Museum of Art in Warsaw includes this arpillera that depicts Cuatro Álamos a clandestine detention centre located within the larger official prison camp of Très Àlamos. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
For #internationalhumanrightsday we are collaborating with @ulsteruni.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @ulsteruniincore.bsky.social and the Tower Museum on a programme of events in Belfast and Derry full details and register cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
December 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
For #internationalhumanrightsday we are collaborating with @ulsteruni.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @ulsteruniincore.bsky.social and the Tower Museum on a programme of events in Belfast and Derry full details and register cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
Short film showing the Threads of Empowerment exhibition @ulstermuseum.org June 24 - April 25
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Threads of Empowerment: Conflict Textiles’ International Journey exhibition
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November 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Short film showing the Threads of Empowerment exhibition @ulstermuseum.org June 24 - April 25
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7sAp...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7sAp...
This textile from Argentina Irene, Marta, Hilda, Patricia: Ahora y Siempre Presentes / Irene, Marta, Hilda, Patricia: Now and Always Present remembers 4 young women who disappeared cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This textile from Argentina Irene, Marta, Hilda, Patricia: Ahora y Siempre Presentes / Irene, Marta, Hilda, Patricia: Now and Always Present remembers 4 young women who disappeared cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
Tomorrow we open an exhibition with @ark-ni.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social McClay Library. The theme of the 4 pieces connect to ARK's annual Northern Ireland Life and Times survey, which in 2025 included questions exploring public sentiment to education. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Tomorrow we open an exhibition with @ark-ni.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social McClay Library. The theme of the 4 pieces connect to ARK's annual Northern Ireland Life and Times survey, which in 2025 included questions exploring public sentiment to education. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
In the context of present flagrant human rights violations, including Palestine, Ukraine, and Sudan, Conflict Textiles @ulsteruni.bsky.social @ulsteruniincore.bsky.social Queens University Belfast and the Tower Museum present a 3 day programme (8-10 December) cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
In the context of present flagrant human rights violations, including Palestine, Ukraine, and Sudan, Conflict Textiles @ulsteruni.bsky.social @ulsteruniincore.bsky.social Queens University Belfast and the Tower Museum present a 3 day programme (8-10 December) cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
We have received a generous donation. Cassettes of Exile / Cassettes del Exilo made by Jimeno Pardo and donated by her and her family. A powerful #arpillera it shows how tapes were used as a form of communication …https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttextiles/search-quilts2/fulltextiles1/?id=467
November 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
We have received a generous donation. Cassettes of Exile / Cassettes del Exilo made by Jimeno Pardo and donated by her and her family. A powerful #arpillera it shows how tapes were used as a form of communication …https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttextiles/search-quilts2/fulltextiles1/?id=467
In this early #arpillera the shortage of work, a burning issue of daily life is portrayed …In keeping with the arpillera tradition, the sun still shines from behind the mountains, reflecting, perhaps, that there is still hope. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In this early #arpillera the shortage of work, a burning issue of daily life is portrayed …In keeping with the arpillera tradition, the sun still shines from behind the mountains, reflecting, perhaps, that there is still hope. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
Our grateful thanks to our dear friend Theresa Wolfwood who has generously donated this arpillera ¿Dónde están? / Where are they? to the collection. An important piece it has already been displayed in over 20 exhibitions/events cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
November 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Our grateful thanks to our dear friend Theresa Wolfwood who has generously donated this arpillera ¿Dónde están? / Where are they? to the collection. An important piece it has already been displayed in over 20 exhibitions/events cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
ARK/Conflict Textiles - The Environment @ark-ni.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social On this cotton pañoleta / headscarf, Rosa Borras commemorates environmental activist, Guadalupe Campanur, who was murdered on 16th January 2018. She was 32 years old. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
ARK/Conflict Textiles - The Environment @ark-ni.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social On this cotton pañoleta / headscarf, Rosa Borras commemorates environmental activist, Guadalupe Campanur, who was murdered on 16th January 2018. She was 32 years old. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
Our Human Rights 2025 Programme is now finalised. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Our Human Rights 2025 Programme is now finalised. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
“…the arpilleras were a ... way to interpret my pain and at the same time communicate it to others
… a denouncement … my protest through the arpilleras has been silent, strong, desperate, full of unending tears.
” (p145)
Mireya Rivera Veliz (Sepúlveda, 1996)
… a denouncement … my protest through the arpilleras has been silent, strong, desperate, full of unending tears.
” (p145)
Mireya Rivera Veliz (Sepúlveda, 1996)
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“…the arpilleras were a ... way to interpret my pain and at the same time communicate it to others
… a denouncement … my protest through the arpilleras has been silent, strong, desperate, full of unending tears.
” (p145)
Mireya Rivera Veliz (Sepúlveda, 1996)
… a denouncement … my protest through the arpilleras has been silent, strong, desperate, full of unending tears.
” (p145)
Mireya Rivera Veliz (Sepúlveda, 1996)
Roberta Bacic, Conflict Textiles curator was honoured to attend Reverse Migration, a Poetic Journey, the first solo exhibition in Ireland by internationally renowned Chilean artist, poet, and activist Cecilia Vicuña at the IMMA, Dublin. Roberta photographed with Cecilia.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Roberta Bacic, Conflict Textiles curator was honoured to attend Reverse Migration, a Poetic Journey, the first solo exhibition in Ireland by internationally renowned Chilean artist, poet, and activist Cecilia Vicuña at the IMMA, Dublin. Roberta photographed with Cecilia.
imma.ie/whats-on/cec...
imma.ie/whats-on/cec...
On display @ulsteruni.bsky.social Coleraine campus library is a poignant memorial to Chilean woman Teresa Durán, who died in 2011. Teresa was an anthropologist and human rights academic, whose work led her to focus on the issue of the Mapuche people identity. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
November 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
On display @ulsteruni.bsky.social Coleraine campus library is a poignant memorial to Chilean woman Teresa Durán, who died in 2011. Teresa was an anthropologist and human rights academic, whose work led her to focus on the issue of the Mapuche people identity. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
The Mapuche, an indigenous people in Southern Chile have endured colonisation for well over 500 years. Forcibly displaced many live in the capital Santiago. Land struggles and demanding restitution is an ongoing issue…https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttextiles/search-quilts2/fulltextiles1/?id=400
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The Mapuche, an indigenous people in Southern Chile have endured colonisation for well over 500 years. Forcibly displaced many live in the capital Santiago. Land struggles and demanding restitution is an ongoing issue…https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttextiles/search-quilts2/fulltextiles1/?id=400
Good to meet this week with Butterflies in Spirit / Memory group from Transformative Memory International network. Mostly indigenous women connected to the indigenous disappeared women in Canada.
They visited our exhibition @ulsteruni.bsky.social Belfast campus
They visited our exhibition @ulsteruni.bsky.social Belfast campus
November 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Good to meet this week with Butterflies in Spirit / Memory group from Transformative Memory International network. Mostly indigenous women connected to the indigenous disappeared women in Canada.
They visited our exhibition @ulsteruni.bsky.social Belfast campus
They visited our exhibition @ulsteruni.bsky.social Belfast campus
Human Rights 2025 Programme From 8-10 Dec Conflict Textiles in collaboration with @ulsteruni.bsky.social @ulsteruniincore.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and The Tower Museum will host a 3 day programme to mark #internationalhumanrightsday cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
October 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Human Rights 2025 Programme From 8-10 Dec Conflict Textiles in collaboration with @ulsteruni.bsky.social @ulsteruniincore.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and The Tower Museum will host a 3 day programme to mark #internationalhumanrightsday cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
Yesterday the Conflict Textiles Trust met @ulsteruni.bsky.social to discuss future plans. Pleasure to meet with colleagues from @ulsteruniincore.bsky.social and CAIN
October 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Yesterday the Conflict Textiles Trust met @ulsteruni.bsky.social to discuss future plans. Pleasure to meet with colleagues from @ulsteruniincore.bsky.social and CAIN
NEW Short film. Threads of Conflict, by Bavatharani Anantharaja, 2025. It explains what Conflict Textiles is and how it has developed. Bavatharani made this as part of her Social Documentary module, Masters Degree in Film and TV Production @ulsteruni.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT5S...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
NEW Short film. Threads of Conflict, by Bavatharani Anantharaja, 2025. It explains what Conflict Textiles is and how it has developed. Bavatharani made this as part of her Social Documentary module, Masters Degree in Film and TV Production @ulsteruni.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT5S...
It is #bookweek in Northern Ireland. In 2023 we published The book, Arpilleras Poéticas to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1973 coup. Arpilleras Poéticas brings Latin American poetry into dialogue with textile art cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
October 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
It is #bookweek in Northern Ireland. In 2023 we published The book, Arpilleras Poéticas to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1973 coup. Arpilleras Poéticas brings Latin American poetry into dialogue with textile art cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
A large crowd attended the exhibition opening which was addressed by the curators, Museum Director and the Chilean Ambassador in Poland, Rodrigo Ruiz
October 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A large crowd attended the exhibition opening which was addressed by the curators, Museum Director and the Chilean Ambassador in Poland, Rodrigo Ruiz
The What Are Our Collective Dreams? Global Connections - Abandoned Friendships exhibition at the Zacheta in Warsaw opened last night. It is spectacular and Conflict Textiles is pleased to be part of it.
October 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The What Are Our Collective Dreams? Global Connections - Abandoned Friendships exhibition at the Zacheta in Warsaw opened last night. It is spectacular and Conflict Textiles is pleased to be part of it.
About to participate in this event at Zacheta, Warsaw zacheta.art.pl/pl/kalendarz...
Craft and Resistance | Discussion in English O czym wspólnie marzymy? | Weekend otwarcia - Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki
Event in english Craft and Resistance, a conversation between Ukrainian artist Oksana Briukhovetska, Roberta Bacic, curator of Conflict Textiles (Ulster University, Belfast), and Professor Gillian Ro...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
About to participate in this event at Zacheta, Warsaw zacheta.art.pl/pl/kalendarz...
Set up well underway at the Zachęta – National Gallery of Art in Warsaw. Looking forward to the opening tomorrow evening. This textile Day of visit is on display cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
October 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Set up well underway at the Zachęta – National Gallery of Art in Warsaw. Looking forward to the opening tomorrow evening. This textile Day of visit is on display cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...