Location: Lecture Room, IMMA
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Valerie Wilson, Curator of Textiles at The Ulster Folk Museum, shares her fascinating curatorial research exploring the vital role women have played in Ulster’s textile industries. This lecture Quilts in context: Irish patchwork and quilting in everyday life, makes intriguing parallels between a collection of twentieth century quilts in Ulster Folk Museum (National Museums NI) and Gee’s Bend quilts presented at IMMA.

Special guest Valerie Wilson (National Museums NI) presents this lunchtime lecture that looks at the crucial place patchwork quilts holds in Ulster’s history, culture and heritage. This lecture is an opportunity to share research, making transatlantic connections across quilting practices, highlighting significant work of named Irish female makers. More details here

Location: Matheson Creativity Hub, IMMA
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12 – 1pm – Film Viewing of Picturing Derry (57mins)
1 – 2.30pm – In-Conversation with Filmmakers

To mark National Heritage Week, join us for Recording History: On Picturing Derry, a conversation between the Directors of Picturing Derry, Sylvia Stevens and David Fox, chaired and convened by Dr Isobel Harbison.

Our guests come together to discuss Picturing Derry, its influences, production and subsequent reception, since its first broadcast in 1985 (Channel 4’s Eleventh Hour:  1982–90). The event concludes with an open discussion, exploring wider initiatives to preserve the rich film heritage of the North of Ireland / NI from 1968 to 1990, addressing the importance of conserving under-documented histories of independent film, documentary and artists’ moving image, and to ensure diverse voices and perspectives are represented and made accessible for future generations. More details here.

Location: Matheson Creativity Hub, IMMA
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IMMA Collection: Art as Agency | In Conversation Series
The Model Plot (2025) by Deirdre O’Mahony, with Sebastian Cichocki and Christina Kennedy

Join us for a special evening of conversation as artist Deirdre O’Mahony explores The Model Plot 2025, her most recent iteration of the long-term project PLOT, currently installed on IMMA’s Garden Terrace. Presented as part of the IMMA Collection: Art as Agency in-Conversation Series, this talk investigates the politics of land, rural sustainability, food and climate resilience security, through the lens of community engaged art.

Bringing local and global contexts into dialogue, we consider how traditional knowledge systems and collective action can shape future ecologies in times of climate crisis. The event includes artist talk, featuring guest response by Sebastian Cichocki, Senior Curator, the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (MSN), and a chaired conversation with Christina Kennedy, Head of Collections, IMMA. More details here.