Culture Club: Helen's shoes were made to win the Golden Fleece.(Features)

From: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) | Date: March 18, 2002 | Copyright information

IN THE last fortnight, one of the big arts events was the play Sacred at the Queen's Dram Lab and Riverside, a take on Jason and his Golden Fleece.

Now comes another good arts story, the winning of the prestigious Golden Fleece Award for traditional craftspersons to Co Antrim lass Helen McAllister.

Helen, 38, received her top prize, the first-ever Golden Fleece Award, complete with a cheque for EUR15,000 from the Republic's Minister for the Arts, Heritage, Ga...