18 NOVEMBER

Stitching what cannot be said: D Contemporary hosts textile workshop with Jimena Pardo and Conflict Textiles

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D Contemporary invites the public to The Silent Vocal Language of Textiles, a hands-on workshop led by textile artist Jimena Pardo with Roberta Bacic, founder and curator of Conflict Textiles and Visiting Professor at Ulster University. The workshop follows D Contemporary’s exhibition of the same name (18 September – 5 October 2026), which brought works from the internationally recognised Conflict Textiles collection to London.
Around the world, women and communities have used cloth, thread and appliqué to bear witness when speaking out was difficult or dangerous. Chilean arpilleras, three-dimensional textiles made by women in Latin America as testimony during periods of political violence and social upheaval, sit at the heart of the collection alongside Irish quilts and textiles from many other places.