About the Archive
The Northern Ireland Troubles Archive will be a web-based resource about the ways in which the Arts reflected the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The Arts Council recognises the contribution that the Arts make to the development of a more tolerant and inclusive society, and has undertaken to create a resource that gathers information about relevant art forms, practitioners and their work in one online archive. The goal is to create an inclusive resource that reflects the relevant work of all parts of the arts community in Northern Ireland during the years of the conflict. In this way, we can acknowledge the unique political context within which the arts have struggled and flourished in the recent history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland; a journey from the Civil Rights marches of the late 1960s to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.
The Troubles Archive will cover a broad range of Arts activity across a variety of art forms including visual art, literature, drama, film, radio and television, music and architecture. The Archive will also contain recorded interviews with artists, writers and other practitioners, speaking about their lives and work in the context of the Northern Irish Troubles and will seek to serve a wide community of researchers, students, academics, visitors to Northern Ireland and survivors of the conflict.
Essays
The Arts Council has undertaken the commissioning of a series of essays as a way of introducing the various art forms which are included in the Archive. These will be published individually throughout 2008 in advance of the Archive’s launch in 2009. For more information on the Essay Commissioning Process click here
Contact Us
Contact us for further information about the Troubles Archive project or with information on arts practitioners and/or existing archives and collections:
Andrea Rea
Troubles Archivist
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
MacNeice House
77 Malone Road
Belfast BT9 6AQ
Tel: 02890 385262
Email: area@artscouncil-ni.org
