Self-organisation, friendship, collaboration, acts of resistance: a genealogy of feminist-led and women-led artist initiatives dedicated to social justice and activism in the island of Ireland.
A research project by Alessia Cargnelli
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'Irish Women Artists Group' article written by Paula Brown, Women's Review, No.16, 1986. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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PR leaflet of Festival of Women in the Arts, Dublin 1987. NIVAL, Dublin.
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'Irish Women: Our Lives, Our Identity: Report of the London Irish Women Conference', 1987; p.27. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Slides Boxes, Research image. WAAG Collection, National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) NCAD, Dublin.
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Nell Mc Cafferty, invitation acceptance to San Francisco Symposium, 1988. Alice Maher Archive.
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IWAG Slide Collection, Carol Key, 1989. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Documentation of WAAG 'Swiss Visit' for IAWA event, dinner together, 1988. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Women's News, Issue 40, Dec-Jan 1988-89; p.10. Highlights of the year: "Louise Walsh (Women's News) tours USA". Louise Walsh Archive.
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'Shady Ladies earn praise', Ulster's Newspaper (date unknown). Louise Walsh Archive.
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Artist May Stevens, WAAG & NIWAG 'Derry Seminar', Derry 1988. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Array Collective/Studios, Placards and Sufragettes-Style aprons for Rally for Choice, 2017. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Pr material for Nancy Spero and Leon Golub double exhibition, Orchard Gallery, Derry 1987. Orchard Gallery Archive.
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Identities Catalogue, NIWAG at ARE, 1988; paperback. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Documentation of 'Derry Seminar' panel discussion, Derry, 1988. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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'Eye to Eye' Conference, Battersea Arts Centre, March 1986, still from video featuring Geraldine O'Reilly and other panelists. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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From left: panelists Anne Crilly, Helen Chadwick, Fionna Barber, Aileen McKeogh, May Stevens at 'Derry Seminar' 1988. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Special on NIWAG and 'Identities', Women's News, Issue 31, November 1987; p.11. Una Walker Archive.
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'Eye to Eye' Event PR postcard, IWAG with WASL at Battersea Arts Centre and IWI at the London Irish Women's Centre, March 1986. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Constitution draft of IAWA, pag 1. Image courtesy of the Women's Art Library, Special Collections, Goldsmiths University of London.
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Review of 'Eye to Eye' in Battersea (newspaper unknown), 1986. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Art Beyond Barriers, catalogue published by Frauen Museum, Bonn 1989; image from WAAG section, picturing Alice Maher work.
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Research Image, Layering methodology, 2021.
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'Eye to Eye' Conference, Battersea Arts Centre, March 1986, still from video documentation featuring Anne Tallentire. Courtesy of Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Guerrilla Girls response to WAAG invitation to 'Women Artists and the Environment' Conference, Dublin 1991, WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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“Irish artist subvert imagery: Alice Maher paints life between the sheets”, article by Cary Zaff, Golden Gate, San Francisco, 1988. Alice Maher Archive.
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Special on NIWAG and 'Identities', Women's News, Issue 31, November 1987; p.10. Una Walker Archive.
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Handwritten letter (pag. 1) from Paula Brown from WASL explaining how 'Eye to Eye' is a joint event between LIWC and WASL, 1986. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Review by Fionna Barber on 'Prism I and II', group shows by IWAG at the London Irish Women's Centre. Spare Rib, 1986. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Women's News, Issue 31, Nov 1987. Front Cover. Louise Walsh Archive.
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Still from video. Rally for Choice, July 2018. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Identities, 1988, NIWAG Catalogue, Published by ARE, Front Cover. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Meadbh Publishing adviertised on Women's News, issue 43, July/August 1989. Louise Walsh Archive.
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Breeda Mooney and other artists at "Women Artists and the Environment" Conference, Dublin 1991, WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Call out for participants for NIWAG meeting 'Women's Art Issue Now', April 1987. Una Walker Archive.
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Rally For Choice, July 2018. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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The Green Man, Array Colletive at Glastobury, 2022. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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'Women framed in gentility', article on Irish Women Exhibitions, Dublin 1987, by Waldemar Januszczak, the Guardian Arts. 1987. Alice Maher Archive.
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Identities (1988, ARE Publication) and other printed materials from NIWAG. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Monument to Unknown Workers 'Scandal', Women's News, Issue 42, May-June 1989; p.4. Louise Walsh Archive.
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Stormont Demonstration, 28th October 2019, the day of the decriminalisation of abortion and same-sex couple marriage in the North. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Array Studios Placard Making Workshop, Rally for Choice, 2017. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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'Irish Women: Our Lives, Our Identity: Report of the London Irish Women Conference', 1987; p.29. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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22.03.86 (c) Joanne O’Brien (SCANNED FILM). Courtesy of Joanne O’Brien.
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Documentation of WAAG 'Swiss Visit' for IAWA event, communal dinner 3, 1988. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Press scandal after 'Monument to Unknown Workers' project reveal. Louise Walsh Archive.
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Identities, 1988, NIWAG Catalogue, Published by ARE, Front Cover. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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NIWAG handwritten meeting call-out, summer 1988. Una Walker Archive
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IWAG Slide Collection, Artist unknown. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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International Artists (IAWA) selected for Dublin Cultural Capital by WAAG, 1991. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Array Collective/Studios, International Womens Day, March 2019. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Women's Studies International Forum, Special Issue 'Feminism in Ireland', edited by Ailbhe Smyth, Vol.11, No. 4, 1988. Front Cover.
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'Non credere di avere dei diritti' (Do not think you should be given rights), Self-published by Milan's Bookshop Collective 1977
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Art and Research Exchange PR leaflet for 'Identities' Group Show by NIVAG, Belfast, November 1987, WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Emma Speech, Array Collective/Studios, International Womens Day, March 2019. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Guerrilla Girls in Debate, PR photo by Genevive Fox (possibly 1991), Courtesy of WAL collection.
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'Bust-up over red light statue... Sculptor bares her soul', News Letter (date unknown). Louise Walsh Archive.
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Array Studios, Placards and T-Shirt making workshop for Rally for Choice, 2017. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Stormont Demonstration, 28th October 2019, the day of the decriminalisation of abortion and same-sex couple marriage in the North. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Array Collective/Studios, International Womens Day, March 2019. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Array Collective/Studios, International Womens Day, March 2019. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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WEA, Women's Studies: Women and the Visual Image Workshop PR leaflet cover. Una Walker Archive.
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Research Image, Layering methodology: Experiential Knowledge and body-thinking, 2021.
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Art Beyond Barriers, catalogue published by Frauen Museum, Bonn 1989. WAL Special Collections, Goldsmiths, London.
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Banners for International Womens Day, March 2020 - in solidarity with Rivoluzione Femminista. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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'Eye to Eye' Conference, Battersea Arts Centre, March 1986, still from video documentation featuring Anne Tallentire. Courtesy of Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Folder containing materials on 'Prism I and II' shows, IWAG at London Irish Women Centre, 1986. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Shite Night Art, in solidarity with Save Cathedral Quarter Campaign, Array Collective/Studios, October 2018. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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'Off the Map', publication cover draft. Catalogue for the exhibtion at Chesenhale Gallery, London 1987. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Stormont Demonstration, 28th October 2019, the day of the decriminalisation of abortion and same-sex couple marriage in the North. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Pro-Choice Queen Maeve and others, Array Colletive at Glastobury, 2022. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Notes in preparation to Milan's Bookshop Collective Visit, February 2020. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Photographic documentation of WAAG & NIWAG 'Derry Seminar', 1988. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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'Eye to Eye' Conference, Battersea Arts Centre, March 1986. Still from video focumentation featuring Pauline Cummins. Courtesy of Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Research Image, Louise holding her copy of 'Unifinished Revolution', by Maedbh Publishing, Belfast 1989. Zoom conversation, March 2022.
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Work of NCAD students collective for 'Art Beyond Barriers', Catalogue, Published by Frauen Museum, Bonn 1989. Special Collections WAL, Goldsmiths, London.
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Documentation of 'Derry Seminar', Derry, 1988. Research Image with folder. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Hannah Arent in a TV interview with Gus Gunter, 1964
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Journal on Milan's Bookshop Collective Visit with Luisa and Marirì, page 2, February 2020. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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'Derry Seminar' (1988) Photo Documentation Folder, Research Image. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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'Women at A.R.E' article by Alice Maher. Women's News, Issue 33, Dec-Jan 1987-88. Alice Maher Archive.
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éire says relax, made in Array Studios for Rally for Choice, October 2017. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Art Beyond Barriers, catalogue published by Frauen Museum, Bonn 1989. WAAG section, picturing Breeda Mooney and Pauline Cummins.
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'Eye to Eye' Conference, Battersea Arts Centre, March 1986, still from video documentation featuring members of the public. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Documentation of WAAG 'Swiss Visit' for IAWA event, communal dinner, 1988. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Slides from Alanna O'Kelly Work, WAAG slides collection. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Anne Tallentire performing 'The Gap Betweent two birds', 1987. Chiesenhale Digital Archive, London.
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Leaflet of 'Bloody Sunday March' in London (date unknown), and other printed materials. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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'Eye to Eye' Event PR postcard, IWAG with WASL at Battersea Arts Centre, March 1986. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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'Eye to Eye' production - handwritten notes by Anne Tallentire, 1986. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Still from video. Rally for Choice, July 2018. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Stormont Demonstration, 28th October 2019, the day of the decriminalisation of abortion and same-sex couple marriage in the North. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
![](https://collectiveherstories.alessiacargnelli.com/media/pages/home/40180739f6-1688677076/iwd-2019-array-friends-2-ac-800x.jpg)
Array Collective/Studios, International Womens Day, March 2019. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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'Art, Prostitution ...and Hypocrisy', Women's News, Issue 42, May-June 1989; p,6. Louise Walsh Archive.
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'Eye to Eye' Conference, Battersea Arts Centre, March 1986, still from video documentation featuring Anne Tallentire. Courtesy of Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Research Image, Array Studios Rally for Choice, 2017. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Pauline Cummins, WAAG Slide Collection, National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) NCAD, Dublin.
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Altered tracks PR postcard, Performance by Anne Tallentire for 'Off the Map', Chiesenhale Gallery, 1987. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Miscellaneous PR materials related with 'Off the Map', IWAG exhibtion at the Chiesenhale Gallery, London 1987. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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'Eye to Eye' Conference, Battersea Arts Centre, March 1986, still from video with Pauline Cummins, Geraldine O'Reilly, Anne Carlise. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Maebh Ruane, Mary Duffy, Pauline Cummins, 'Women Artist and the Environment Conference at IMMA', 1991. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Letter from Fran Hegarty to Anne (pag 1), May 1987. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Letter from Pauline Cummins to Anne Tallentire, after 'Eye to Eye' event in London, March 1986. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Anne Crilly, Helen Chadwick, Fionna Barber, Aileen McKeogh at 'Derry Seminar', 1988. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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NIWAG Meeting Report, handwritten, January 1988. Una Walker Archive.
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Women's News, Issue 40, Dec-Jan 1988-89; p.16. Louise Walsh Archive.
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Monument to Unknown Workers 'Scandal', Women's News Cover, Issue 42, May-June 1989. Louise Walsh Archive.
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Constitution draft of WAAG, pag 1. Image courtesy of the Women's Art Library, Special Collections, Goldsmiths University of London.
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Nuclear Power? No Thanks, Greenpeace at Glastobury, 2022. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Cover of Women's News, Issue 27, June-1987. Illustration by Louise Walsh. Louise Walsh Archive.
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Stormont Demonstration, 28th October 2019, the day of the decriminalisation of abortion and same-sex couple marriage in the North. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Special on NIWAG and 'Identities', Women's News, Issue 31, November 1987. Una Walker Archive.
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Materials from Prism I and II Show Folder, IWAG at London Irish Women Centre, 1986. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Stormont Demonstration, 28th October 2019, the day of the decriminalisation of abortion and same-sex couple marriage in the North. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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WAAG Slide Collection Archive Box, Research Image. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Array Collective/Studios, Placards making workshop for Rally for Choice, 2017. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Feminist Arts News, Vol 2, Issue 3. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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WAAG exhibition form, possibly for the show 'WAAG I', September 1987. Una Walker Archive.
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Prism I and II Catalogue, London Irish Women Centre. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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No title, 'Women Artists and the Environment' Conference, Dublin 1991. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Still from video. Rally for Choice, July 2018. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Photo documentation of 'Matri-arch', 1987. Exhibited as part of the groups show Identities (1987). Louise Walsh Archive.
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Eye to Eye, printed leaflet with programme of events. IWAG, London 1986. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Still from video. Rally for Choice, July 2018. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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PR leaflet for 'Performance Workshop with Fran Hegarty', Dublin (date unknown), WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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'Irish Women: Our Lives, Our Identity: Report of the London Irish Women Conference', 1987. Front Cover. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Journal on Milan's Bookshop Collective Visit with Luisa and Marirì, page 1, February 2020. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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PR leaflet for 'Women Artists and the Environment' Conference, Dublin 1991, WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Stormont Demonstration, 28th October 2019, the day of the abortion and same-sex couple marriage decriminalisation in the North. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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NIWAG meeting report, January 1988. Una Walker Archive.
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Slide with 'Eye to Eye' poster (from a photo of Alanna O'Kelly), 1986. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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NIWAG programme of events for 'Identities', Women's News, issue 31, November 1987. Una Walker Archive.
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Original drawings by Louise Walsh for International Women's Day (map of events), Women's News, Issue 24, March 1987. Louise Walsh Archive.
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'Irish Women: Our Lives, Our Identity: Report of the London Irish Women Conference', 1987. Anne Tallentire writing about IWAG. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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'Eye to Eye' Conference, Battersea Arts Centre, March 1986, still from video documentation featuring Geraldine O'Reilly. Courtesy of Anne Tallentire Archive.
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WAAG Newsletter, May 1988. WAAG Collection, National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) NCAD, Dublin.
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IWAG Members adresses index (showing Anne's former address). Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Stormont Demonstration, 28th October 2019, the day of the decriminalisation of abortion and same-sex couple marriage in the North. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Documentation of WAAG 'Swiss Visit' for IAWA event, communal dinner 2, 1988. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Handwritten letter (pag. 2) from Paula Brown from WASL explaining how 'Eye to Eye' is a joint event between LIWC and WASL, 1986. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Photographic documentation of WAAG & NIWAG 'Derry Seminar', 1988. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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PR programme for 'Women Artists and the Environment' Conference, Dublin 1991, WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Array Collective/Studios, International Womens Day, March 2019. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Danish Visit, WAAG Collection, National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) NCAD, Dublin
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Original drawing by Louise Walsh for Reclaim the Night, published on Women's News, Issue 24, March 1987. Louise Walsh Archive.
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Poster of WAAG & NIVAG 'Derry Seminar', 1988. Fionna Barber Archive.
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Research Image, Testing layering methodology, 2021.
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Research Image. Folder with methodology.
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Image for magazine 'Women behind the wire' (possibly 1984). Courtesy of May Day Rooms Archive.
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Stormont Demonstration, 28th October 2019, the day of the decriminalisation of abortion and same-sex couple marriage in the North. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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From left - Helen Chadwick, Fionna Barber, Aileen McKeogh, May Stevens, Moira Roth at 'Derry Seminar', 1988 WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Report by Women Against Imperialism: 'Republican Women Prisoners in Armagh', 1980. May Day Rooms Archive.
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Original drawings by Louise Walsh for International Women's Day, Women's News, Issue 24, March 1987. Louise Walsh Archive.
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'Eye to Eye' Conference, Battersea Arts Centre, March 1986, still from video documentation with Pauline Cummins and Geraldine O'Reilly. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Banners for International Womens Day, March 2020 - in solidarity with Rivoluzione Femminista / Carla Lonzi. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
![](https://collectiveherstories.alessiacargnelli.com/media/pages/home/a2d63f5b79-1692614342/dinner-at-the-on-ormeau-rd-fionna-louise-alice-louise-walsh-archive-800x.jpg)
Christmas Dinner in Ormeau Rd with housemates Fionna, Alice and Louise, 1987. Photo by Anne Palmer. Louise Walsh Archive.
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'WAAG aims to rescue women artists from obscurity', by Patricia Deevy, Dublin Tribune, 3rd January 1991. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Still from video. Rally for Choice, July 2018. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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'carraíg agus an fharraíge' Festival of Irish Women's Culture, London Irish Women Centre (date unknown). Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Constitution paperwork and handwritten notes. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Slides from Pauline Cummins Work, WAAG slides collection. WAAG Collection, National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) NCAD, Dublin.
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Stormont Demonstration, 28th October 2019, the day of the decriminalisation of abortion and same-sex couple marriage in the North. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
![](https://collectiveherstories.alessiacargnelli.com/media/pages/home/7bf501a62a-1688677098/prism-i-and-ii-on-spare-rib-and-irish-women-in-london-mag-anne-tallentire-archive-800x.jpg)
Spare Rib feturing Prism I and II review and 'Irish Women in London' magazine. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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'Eye to Eye' Event PR poster (orginal copy made with collage of typrewritten text and handwritten font), 1986. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Invitation to screen Mother Ireland at WAAG seminar, Derry, June 1988. Letter dated April 1988. Courtesy of Margo Harkin, DFVW Archive.
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Documentation of WAAG 'Swiss Visit' for IAWA event, 1988, group photo. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Sacnned page, date unknown. WAAG Collection, National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) NCAD, Dublin.
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'Eye to Eye' Conference, Battersea Arts Centre, March 1986, still from video documentation featuring Anne Carlise. Courtesy of Anne Tallentire Archive.
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'Eye to Eye' Conference, Battersea Arts Centre, March 1986, still from video documentation featuring panelist (unknown). Courtesy of Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Handwritten Leflet advertising conference 'Women Artists and the Environment', Dublin 1991. Special Collections WAL, Goldsmiths, London.
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'Irish Women: Our Lives, Our Identity: Report of the London Irish Women Conference', 1987. Documentation of conference, pp. 34-35. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Banners for International Womens Day, March 2020 - in solidarity with Rivoluzione Femminista / Carla Lonzi. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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WEA, Women's Studies: Women and the Visual Image Workshop PR leaflet programme and workshop sign up. Una Walker Archive.
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Constitution draft of IAWA, pag 2. Image courtesy of the Women's Art Library, Special Collections, Goldsmiths University of London.
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Array Collective/Studios, International Womens Day, March 2019. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Women's News, Issue 40, Dec-Jan 1988-89. Cover illustration dedicated to Mother Ireland. Louise Walsh Archive.
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Women's News, Issue 27, May-June 1987; p.18. Louise Walsh Archive.
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PR material for 'Small Works', December 1990. Fundaraising for Dublin international Conference, 1991. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Illustration by Louise Walsh for Reclaim the Night, Belfast 2010s. Louise Walsh Archive.
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Stormont Demonstration, 28th October 2019, the day of the decriminalisation of abortion and same-sex couple marriage in the North. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Anne Tallentire work in WAAG Slide Collection, WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Bloody Sunday March, Promotional Leaflet, London (date unknown). Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Correspondence between Fionna Barber and Breeda Mooney in preparation of Derry Talk, June 1988. Fionna Barber Archive.
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Pauline Cummins addressing the audience at 'Derry Seminar' 1988. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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Call-out for Irish Women Artists to submit their work to WASL, featuring Gentileschi's 'Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (1638-39)'. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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'Eye to Eye' Conference, Battersea Arts Centre, March 1986, still from video documentation featuring Anne Carlise. Courtesy of Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Stormont Demonstration, 28th October 2019, the day of the decriminalisation of abortion and same-sex couple marriage in the North. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Negative Film, the day of the abortion decriminalisation in the North, 21st October 2019. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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'Women Artists Action Group' Review by Fionna Barber, Women's News, Issue 26, May 1987. Fionna Barber Archive.
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Detail of Monument to Unknown Workers. Louise Walsh Archive.
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Array Collective/Studios, Rally for Choice, 2017. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Women's Studies International Forum, Special Issue 'Feminism in Ireland', edited by Ailbhe Smyth, Vol.11, No. 4, 1988; p. 404.
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'Off the Map', publication cover and Alanna O'Kelly profile, exhibtion's catalogue, Chesenhale Gallery, London 1987. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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Stormont Demonstration, 28th October 2019, the day of the decriminalisation of abortion and same-sex couple marriage in the North. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Anne replies to thank you letter from Pauline Cummins after 'Eye-to-Eye' event in London 1986. Anne Tallentire Archive.
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A Women's Place, Phase 2, Head Gallery. WAAG Collection, National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) NCAD, Dublin.
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Array Collective/Studios, International Womens Day, March 2019. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Stormont Demonstration, 28th October 2019, the day of the decriminalisation of abortion and same-sex couple marriage in the North. Alessia Cargnelli Archive.
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Research Image, Irish Women Artists at WAL Collection. Women's Art Library, Special Collections, Goldsmiths University of London.
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Women's News, Issue 36, May 1988. Louise Walsh Archive.
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'Women We Love', Guerrilla Girls Cover on Esquire, Vol. 112, No. 2, August 1989. WAAG Collection, NIVAL, Dublin.
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'Irish Women: Our Lives, Our Identity: Report of the London Irish Women Conference', 1987; p.24. Anne Tallentire Archive.
Self-organisation, friendship, collaboration, acts of resistance: a genealogy of feminist-led and women-led artist initiatives dedicated to social justice and activism in the island of Ireland.
A research project by Alessia Cargnelli