Date: 6th February, 2026 Niki has been invited by the St. Luka school principal to present her practice and teach feltmaking. Using the ancient art of knotmaking the participants would create their own beatiful symbols of home, love and spirituality. About St Luka’s School The National High School of Applied Arts “St. Luke” – Sofia is a national cultural […]
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Launch Date: 4th Feburary 2026 A photo exhibition highlighting Dr Niki Collier’s work on Symbols of Mobility is to be installed at the Constantine Preslavski University of Shumen Gallery. The exhibition will run for one month with the launch taking place on the 4th of February 2026. The 10 photographs presented showcase the installations developed
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Date and Time: 4th FebruaryLocation: Constantine Preslavski Shumen University, Bulgaria. Dr. Niki Collier is giving a seminar on Brigid, the Druid goddess of arts crafts and healing and how the acts of connection with nature and community translate to the craft engagements in the context of our life
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Time and Date: 2nd February, 2-3pm Come and join Niki who will be giving a workshop on Celtic Knots in the National Ethnographic Museum, Sofia Bulgaria starting at 2pm on the 2nd February. About the Workshop The art of twisting textiles to create beatiful symbols is ancient. This workshop shows how to use a variety
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Running: February and March 2026 Dr Niki Collier’s first solo exhibition of her work, Symbols of Mobility, in Bulgaria is being held in the National Ethnographical Museum of Bulgaria in the captial, Sofia. The exhibition will be opened by H E. Mrs. Catherine Bannon, Irish Ambassador to Bulgaria and Armenia. In her speech the Ambassador
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Irish Heritage Textiles: A love story in Linen Using linen fabric and thread we would embroider original Irish flowers and explore traditions around irish embroidery and creating as a community. What are the most Irish Irish flowers? Using original patterns developed specifically for the course the participants had a go at embroidering clovers, roses, and dandelions.
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Niki Collier works at the intersection of art and performance. Her practice is known for its bold use of scale and interactivity, designed to spark empathy and provoke inspiration. Symbols of Mobility is an ambitious, multidisciplinary project that explores mobility not only as physical movement but as transformation — of identity, of place, and of
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A Saint or a Goddess – Celebrating our identity through creativity A talk on St Brigid’s sanctity and our relationship with her cultural construct in terms of christianity, catholicism and pagan traditions and connection to creativity. A fabric and fibre workshop exploring identity using St Brigid’s sanctity as thrope to explore relationship with religion and pagan traditions. The participants
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20th February – 23rd March 2025The Hunt Museum, Limerick Symbols of Mobility is a multidisciplinary, ambitious body of work which explores mobility as a change of state or place. Embracing mobility is a lifesaver in changing times. Each installation flies on the wings of the future giving us the support mechanism of wings, inspired by
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