Exhibit Opening - Shared Threads: Community, Story, and Belonging

Shared Threads: Community, Story, and Belonging

Shared Threads explores the weaving of community through textile and image. Drawing inspiration from Celtic knotwork—an ancient visual language of continuity, connection, and interdependence—the works reflect how individual lives are bound together into something stronger and more enduring: community.

Textiles such as linen and wool hold deep meaning within Irish culture. Here, they become both material and metaphor—threads crossing, patterns emerging, looping, and holding tension—mirroring how communities in Ireland and across the diaspora are shaped through shared histories, relationships, and care. These materials also invite dialogue with other cultural traditions of making, where textiles carry memory, identity, and knowledge across generations.

Patterns and images of peace appear not as distant ideals, but as lived moments: quiet gestures, shared spaces, and acts of belonging woven into everyday life. The works create openings for reflection on how different cultures express peace, connection, and resilience, and how…