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2010 June Archive

Programme 5a – Networking Consultation Event

Networking Consultation Event
Willowbank Business Park, Larne
Thursday 1st July 2010, 11.30am

Programme 5a – Networking Consultation Event

Networking Consultation Event
Dungiven Resource Centre
Wednesday 30th June 2010, 11.30am

Cultural Fusions inspires local students

Fifty students from Ballymoney’s Our Lady of Lourdes High School recently participated on the Cultural Fusions programme. The day-long event, which was held on Friday 11^th June, was delivered by Causeway Museum Service and included a visit to two exhibitions in the Braid Museum & Arts Centre in Ballymena, an artist talk and a DVD screening on peace building and democracy in South Africa.

Cultural Fusions offers exciting opportunities for local groups to develop culture and arts programmes with the assistance of the Cultural Fusions consortium. The overall aim of the programme is to promote a greater understanding and awareness of the rich cultural diversity of the North East, including ethnic minority and indigenous cultural traditions.

The programme of sessions delivered with Our Lady of Lourdes students was action packed. In the morning Mid Antrim Museum Service hosted the schools’ visit to the Braid where the students explored objects and archival material from the ‘Images of Ireland’ exhibition, many of which illustrate fusion of identity in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Artworks on loan from the Arts Council in the ‘Art of the Troubles’ exhibition especially made an impact on Year 10 art students who are currently working on a collective mural project exploring the Troubles and the diversity of identity and cultural tradition in contemporary Northern Ireland.

After lunch students met with local playwright and storyteller Damien Gorman who spoke of his own experiences as a young man growing up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Damien discussed the development of his writing practice and how it has helped him deal with different types of conflict experienced in his youth and adult life. Damien made a huge impression on the students who valued his openness and excellent story telling talents.

To round up the days programme, students then viewed a film which took them on a ‘Tour of the Constitutional Court’ in Johannesburg, South Africa which highlights the role art and architecture has played in shaping a more democratic society here while also enabling South Africans to acknowledge their long history of conflict. Exploring South African in this way enabled students to draw parallels between the history and nature of conflict there and in Northern Ireland.

For further information please contact Causeway Museum Service on 028 7034 7234.

Public Consultation on PEACE III Action Plan

Public Consultation on PEACE III Action Plan
The Braid
Thursday 1st July 2010, 7.00pm

Public Consultation on PEACE III Action Plan

The North East PEACE III Partnership is currently devising a Phase 2 Action Plan for the six North East council areas of Limavady, Coleraine, Ballymoney, Moyle, Ballymena and Larne for the period 2011 – 2013.

In order to develop the Action Plan, the Partnership wishes to hear the views of local people from the area. This will help to shape and develop the Action Plan. It is important that the Action Plan is suited and tailored to meet the needs of the local community and for this reason your input is crucial.

Public consultation meetings have been organised in the following venues to hear local people’s views on issues.

● Wednesday 16^th June at 7pm, Ballymoney Town Hall

● Thursday 17^th June at 7pm, Larne Leisure Centre

● Monday 21^st June at 7pm, The Braid, Ballymena

● Tuesday 22^nd June at 7pm, The Radisson Hotel, Limavady

● Wednesday 23^rd June at 7pm, The Marine Hotel, Ballycastle

● Thursday 24^th June at 7pm, Portrush Town Hall

For more information please visit www.northeastpeace.com or call 028 7034 7012