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Western Isles – Stornoway & Tarbert Branch Libraries

By Alicia Bruce:

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Newly appointed Artist in Residence for Leabharlainn nan Eilean Siar/Western Isles Libraries ‘Our Freedom’ project. Moira contemplates incorporating vintage hankies to create a bunting installation and starts hanging them in her Stornoway garden as bagpipes begin playing in the distance for Remembrance Sunday.

Leabharlainn nan Eilean Siar/Western Isles Libraries facilitated a community project that honours the vital role Hebridean women played during World War II, highlighting the bravery and resilience of island women, and how their contributions helped shape the freedoms we enjoy today.

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Rebecca (Taobh Tweeds) in her loom shed on a winter Saturday night.

Image by Alicia Bruce with Leabharlainn nan Eilean Siar/Western Isles Libraries, Stornoway.
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An independent weaver born and raised in Harris, she designs and makes fabric in her loom shed. Harris Tweed, or Clo Mor (The Big Cloth) is the only fabric in the world governed by its own Act of Parliament.

Image by Alicia Bruce with Leabharlainn nan Eilean Siar/Western Isles Libraries, Stornoway.
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Writer in residence, Anne Fraser, at Stornaway Library. Anne led workshops asking ‘What did the women of Lewis do during World War Two?’

Image by Alicia Bruce with Leabharlainn nan Eilean Siar/Western Isles Libraries, Stornoway.
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Writer in residence, Anne Fraser, working with collections at Stornaway Library.

Photographer info:

Alicia Bruce

Based in Edinburgh, where she is a Teaching Fellow at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, Alicia Bruce is an award-winning, working-class photographer, community collaborator, educator, and activist. Her photography sits between documentary and staged imagery focusing on communities, environments and human rights. Alicia is a member of the collective Women Photograph.

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