CAILLEACH: 'The divine hag' - All Women's Group Exhibition
Date: Opens 6-9pm Thursday 6th March
Open Daily 12-5pm Friday 7th March Until Monday 10th March
Location: Vault Gallery, Belfast
Join curators Zippy, Wee Nuls and Kerrie Hanna as they celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, presenting a group show ‘CAILLEACH’ featuring work from 15 women artists based across the Island of Ireland.
The exhibition will launch alongside Late Night Art in the Vault Gallery Belfast on 6th March from 6-9pm. It will remain open until Monday 10th March.
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Alana McDowell | Bebhinn Eilish | Claire Prouvost | Fiona McDonnell | Grace Fairley | Holly Pereira | Jacky Sheridan | Kathi Burke | Laura Callaghan | Laura Nelson | Nichola Irvine | Nuala Convery | Wilhelmina Peace | Zipporah Reynolds
The word Cailleach translates as old woman, the divine hag. Within the Celtic wheel of the year The Cailleach is attributed as the Veiled One, mysterious, powerful, and often a shapeshifter who was celebrated as winter gave way to Spring. This is a moment to honour the deep ancestral knowledge which works its way down generations of women and to celebrate the power of the hag.
The work in this exhibition not only celebrates women’s power and the power of the collective to enact change, but also acts as a stark reminder of the ongoing fight for women's rights and the progress still needed to achieve true gender parity.
There will be interactive events throughout the week to include Placard Making for International Women’s Day March on Friday 7th and an Artist Breakfast on Sunday 9th. You are also warmly invited to join us for the IWD March itself leaving from Vault Marlborough House on 8th March to join the parade and make your voice heard for Women’s Rights both at home and across the World.
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