Ideas on a Museum to the Conflict - Workshops

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In conjunction with its open call for ideas on what form a living memorial museum to the conflict in and about Northern Ireland could take, Healing Through Remembering have organised a series of public art-based workshops to encourage people to make a submission to the call.

Event Date:

Friday 28 July 2006


 

Saturday 30 September 2006


Start Time:

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End Time:

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Location:

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Cost:

Free


Event Type:

Event


Workshop dates and venues as follows:paintbrushes

  • 28 Jul The Border Arts Centre Dundalk 11am-2pm
  • 8 Aug Imperial War Museum London 2-5pm
  • 12 Aug St. Patricks Trian Armagh 11am-2pm
  • 24 Aug Irish Film Institute Dublin 2-5pm
  • 7 Sept Waterfront Hall Belfast 2-5pm
  • 16 Sept The Junction L/Derry 11am-2pm

The public workshops will include information about HTR and its work, and artists will be there to help people create their vision of the museum – this can include various art forms, visual and written.

All workshops are free of charge and open to the general public.

As spaces at the workshops are limited early booking is advised. Places can be reserved by emailing Icon of an envelopecallforideas@healingthroughremembering.org or calling Icon of a telephone +44 (0)28 9023 8844.


Healing Through Remembering (HTR) has issued an Open Call for Ideas on what form a Living Memorial Museum to the conflict in and about Northern Ireland should take – and as part of the project there will be a series of special public workshops across Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Great Britain.

The concept of a Living Memorial Museum (LMM) is one recommendation being examined by HTR, and an important part of the ongoing discussions is what form such a museum could take.

The LMM sub group are looking for a range of imaginative ideas and want to hear from adults and children alike.

There are plenty of options to think about. Should a museum be in a new building or an existing one? Should it be in one building or should it tour a number of places and sites? Maybe it shouldn’t be a building at all - maybe a virtual space on the internet.

Submissions to the Open Call for Ideas can be written, be a photograph, a drawing, a sketch or a painting. Photographs of models are also welcome, but at this stage not models themselves because of a limit on display space. Multi-media submissions such as DVDs or CD-Roms are also welcome.

Full information on the Open Call for Ideas may be obtained from the project organiser, Emma McClintock, at Healing Through Remembering, Alexander House, 17A Ormeau Avenue, Belfast, BT2 8HD. T: 028 9023 8844.

HTR has been supported in the project by The Border Arts Centre, the Imperial War Museum London, the University of Ulster and Interface, the university’s Centre for Research in Art, Technologies and Design.

The closing date for receipt of submissions is 30 September 2006.


Healing Through Remembering | Lainey Dunne | 25 Jul 2006
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