Bethlehem to Baltimore: West Cork artist sells work to raise funds for Palestine
Artist Pat Fraser in her studio near Baltimore, Co. Cork, finalising her work for her exhibition "A journey through Palestine" which will run from July 22nd to July 24th (10am-6pm) at Inish Beg Estate, Baltimore. Pics: Denis Minihane.
West Cork-based artist Pat Fraser has many vivid memories of her visit to the West Bank in Palestine in 2018. “I was travelling with a group of doctors, journalists and psychiatrists,” she says. “The trip was organised by the Irish government, and was kept to a very strict schedule.
“We were on a journey to Jerusalem one day, and the bus hadn’t gone fifty yards when we were stopped by an Israeli army patrol. All the Palestinian people were ordered off, so the soldiers could check their permits. We were told we could stay on the bus, but we got off to show our solidarity.”
