Strabane Poster Project
in conjunction with Strabane District Council

Participating Schools:

St. Mary’s Primary, Cloughcor
Donemana Primary School
St. Columba’s Primary, Clady
St. Eugene’s Primary, Victoria Bridge
Edwards Primary, Castlederg
Gaelscoil Ui Dhochartaigh, Strabane

A Community Relations Art themed project with Key Stage 2 primary pupils from the Strabane District Council Area examining symbols and emblems relevant to different groups in Northern Ireland. The second part of the workshop was used to design a cross-community emblem for their locality, focusing on peace. A Verbal Arts Centre facilitator visited the schools involved to introduce the idea of identity and also to examine artefacts which may belong to a particular community in Northern Ireland. The young people designed their own emblem, with assistance from the facilitator. Words and pictures, a logo for themselves or their community. Celebrating the themes of diversity, interdependence and tolerance. These designs were collected and made some of the most original used in a collage for a poster to be distributed throughout the Strabane District Council area.

For more information on the programme please contact Sarah Lapsley, Education Services Coordinator at the Verbal Arts Centre.