Contact - Irish Linen Memorial

Please Note:

The authors of Lost Lives: David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, Chris Thornton, Dave McVea have no connection whatsoever with this project in any of its forms. It is carried out without their permission or approval.

No profits have been made from this project:

Any artist's fees or grants to date have gone directly back into the embroidery, the exhibitions or website maintenance.

Intention:

My memorial was conceived as a way in which art may contribute to healing the wounds of The Troubles.

Embroidery Coordinator Contact & Artist Contact

Lycia Trouton, creator.

ABOUT:
The artist was born in Belfast during The Troubles.

Her maternal grandparents lived in North Belfast from post-war to 1980s. Her parents also lived in North Belfast until 1970 immigration to Canada, where the artist grew up. Subsequently, the artist lived in the USA and Australia; currently, she lives in Northern Ireland part of the year.

BIOGRAPHY of SCULPTOR, Lycia Trouton:

Lecturer, Artist, Art-Critic since 2006
DCA. U of Wollongong, Australia, 2005
10 years as a working site-sculptor and educator (1991 - 2001).
MFA. Cranbrook Academy Michigan USA, 1991
BFA (Hons). Carnegie Mellon, PA, USA, 1988

The Linen Memorial was created with funding from the Canada Council of the Arts, February 2001.

Further funding and support from:

Corrymeela Centre for Peace and Reconciliation, 2007 and 2008.

Canadian High Commission, Canberra ACT Australia. 2004

Research Unit for Art, Performance and Text, Visual Art and English depts. University of Wollongong, Australia. 2001 - 5.

Family and Friends.

CONTACT DETAILS for Artist Lycia Trouton:

EMAIL lyciatrouton@gmail.com

1)
Belfast Co. Antrim and Bangor, Co. Down
Northern Ireland

2)
Balmain, an innerwest suburb in Sydney
NSW, Australia

Maureen Trouton - Embroidery Coordinator
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
EMAIL rwmas02@yahoo.ca

The artist and her mother are currently seeking volunteers who consider themselves to be utilitarian sewers or expert needleworkers to finish the crafting of The Linen Memorial in 2008 - 9. Approximately 125 more handkerchiefs are in need of embroidery.

An information package and sewing instructions, together with a sample hanky with ten printed names and the skeins of thread are included.

Sewing deadlines are 1) mid-November 2008 and 2) mid-May 2009. Thank you for considering this as a way of contributing.

The Linen Memorial
is copyright © 2001 Lycia Trouton