Category: Events
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The Programme of the Amazing Lace Symposium
This is the final version of the programme: The Symposium will take place on Saturday, 23 March 2024, at the Absolute Hotel in Limerick. Friends of Lace Limerick will be at the venue from 9am, to welcome the participants and facilitate setting-up the pop-up exhibition. The symposium will open at 10 am, with a welcome […]
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Announcing our keynote speaker for the Amazing Lace Symposium
This post is part of a series of posts detailing the talks and panels scheduled for the Amazing Lace Symposium 2024 on 23 March in the Absolute Hotel. To see the whole programme, go here. Our keynote speaker for the Amazing Lace Symposium is Bairbre Guilfoyle. The title of her keynote is: ‘Lacemaking in Ireland: […]
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Amazing Lace Symposium 2024
Friends of Lace Limerick in collaboration with Limerick Museum are delighted to announce a new edition of the Amazing Lace Symposium for 23 March 2024 in Limerick. We aim to start at 10am (or 10:30) and finish before 5pm. Two previous editions took place in October 2018 and November 2019. The venue is the same: The […]
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Brainstorming with Giordana Giache
The second brainstorming workshop was led by Giordana Giache, lacemaker, educator and reputed artist, founding member of Lumen Street Theatre , in the Limerick Museum on the morning of 24 November. Building on the results of the previous workshop, the participants discussed several topics. Below a sample of these topics: Again, the participants discussed how […]
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Meeting with Brazilian lacemakers in Dublin
The Brazilian Embassy in collaboration with the Guild of Irish Lacemakers, organised a meeting between a group of visiting Brazilian lacemakers and Irish lacemakers at the Mansion House on Thursday 23 November 2023 between 10am and 3pm.. The Brazilian lacemakers visiting come from Divina Pastora in Sergipe, where a needle lace, originally brought there by Irish nuns, is a […]
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Brainstorming with Paula Rafferty
The brainstorming workshop led by Paula Rafferty took place on 9 November 2023 in the UL City Campus. Paula Rafferty is a renowned Quilter and Textile Artist and a fabulous teacher. We worked in groups and we kept on rotating in order to generate as many ideas as possible. Three topics were put to discussion: […]
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Lacemakers training in FabLab Limerick
As part of the “Lace Making in the Digital Age” project funded by Creative Ireland and Limerick City and County Council through Creative Ireland- Made in Limerick, a group of lacemakers, artists and members of the public attended a 4-week training in Fablab Limerick. The first Fablab session took place on Thursday, October 19 2023. […]
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Lace Making in the Digital Age
Creative Ireland – Made in Limerick project – Registration now open With the support of the Creative Ireland- Made in Limerick programme, Friends of Lace Limerick are offering training for lacemakers and artists in using digital fabrication. The training will take place in 4 consecutive Thursdays in Fablab Limerick from 6:30 to 7:30pm, starting with 19 […]
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Recording of talk on Maude Kearney
On October 3rd 2023, we celebrate 150 years from the birth of Maude Kearney, luminary of Limerick lace. The famed Limerick lace-maker, designer and entrepreneur Maude Kearney was born on this day in 1873. For over fifty years, Mrs Kearney ran a lace-making business in Limerick City called the Thomond Lace Industry, which employed between […]
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A conversation with Susan Frawley
Dr. Susan Frawley is the chairperson of Friends of Lace Limerick. As part of a series of videos dedicated to HeritageWeek2023 and AugustCraftMonth2023, we invited her to talk about the Friends of Lace group, their projects and upcoming events. The series of ten videos created as part of the Laces of Ireland are all available […]