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
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.
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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...
All packed and ready for our journey to Warsaw. Excited to be part of this important exhibition and for the opportunity to further expand our networks. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
October 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
All packed and ready for our journey to Warsaw. Excited to be part of this important exhibition and for the opportunity to further expand our networks. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
Today we are packing our textiles to take to Warsaw. In 2022 we made a short video for the exhibition Tras las huellas de los/as desaparecidos/as in Mexico. It shows the textiles for that exhibition being prepared and packed for the journey to Mexico. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4j...
Tras las huellas de los/as desaparecidos/as, Mexico, 2022
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October 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Today we are packing our textiles to take to Warsaw. In 2022 we made a short video for the exhibition Tras las huellas de los/as desaparecidos/as in Mexico. It shows the textiles for that exhibition being prepared and packed for the journey to Mexico. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4j...
The next rotation of our Rincón de la Arpillera Embajadora is now live. The arpillera on display is Danza del pueblo mapuche cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext... (Photo: Roser Corbera)
October 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The next rotation of our Rincón de la Arpillera Embajadora is now live. The arpillera on display is Danza del pueblo mapuche cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext... (Photo: Roser Corbera)
One arpillera we will display in Warsaw is Al Servicio de la vida / Servicing life
It depicts many activities and areas of support that the Catholic church undertook to assist part of the population persecuted and abandoned by the Pinochet dictatorship. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
It depicts many activities and areas of support that the Catholic church undertook to assist part of the population persecuted and abandoned by the Pinochet dictatorship. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
October 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
One arpillera we will display in Warsaw is Al Servicio de la vida / Servicing life
It depicts many activities and areas of support that the Catholic church undertook to assist part of the population persecuted and abandoned by the Pinochet dictatorship. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
It depicts many activities and areas of support that the Catholic church undertook to assist part of the population persecuted and abandoned by the Pinochet dictatorship. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
What Are Our Collective Dreams? Global Connections - Abandoned Friendships. The exhibition opens the archives of Zachęta to revisit the networks of global artistic relations forged during the socialist era in Poland. Conflict Textiles is delighted to be part of it cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
October 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What Are Our Collective Dreams? Global Connections - Abandoned Friendships. The exhibition opens the archives of Zachęta to revisit the networks of global artistic relations forged during the socialist era in Poland. Conflict Textiles is delighted to be part of it cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
For International Day of Nonviolence on 2 Oct 2025 @ulsteruni.bsky.social Library Belfast Campus will welcome the university community and beyond to an interactive session that explores and shares direct experiences and testimonies of nonviolent practise and action. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
For International Day of Nonviolence on 2 Oct 2025 @ulsteruni.bsky.social Library Belfast Campus will welcome the university community and beyond to an interactive session that explores and shares direct experiences and testimonies of nonviolent practise and action. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
Cultura y Ciudadanía Dialoga con Mondiacult
A photo taken by Roser Corbera of the session
Left to right, Maider Maraña(moderator), Xabier Fidel Paya Ruiz, Aida Šehović & Roberta Bacic
A photo taken by Roser Corbera of the session
Left to right, Maider Maraña(moderator), Xabier Fidel Paya Ruiz, Aida Šehović & Roberta Bacic
September 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Cultura y Ciudadanía Dialoga con Mondiacult
A photo taken by Roser Corbera of the session
Left to right, Maider Maraña(moderator), Xabier Fidel Paya Ruiz, Aida Šehović & Roberta Bacic
A photo taken by Roser Corbera of the session
Left to right, Maider Maraña(moderator), Xabier Fidel Paya Ruiz, Aida Šehović & Roberta Bacic
Don’t forget you can see details on all our textiles and every event we have organised or participated in on our fully searchable online archive. Conflicttextiles.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Don’t forget you can see details on all our textiles and every event we have organised or participated in on our fully searchable online archive. Conflicttextiles.com
In her talk today at Cultura y Ciudadanía Dialoga con Mondiacult Conflict Textiles Curator Roberta Bacic will illustrate the power of textile art cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...
September 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
In her talk today at Cultura y Ciudadanía Dialoga con Mondiacult Conflict Textiles Curator Roberta Bacic will illustrate the power of textile art cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...