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WRITING WITH THREAD: TRADITIONAL TEXTILES OF SOUTHWEST CHINESE MINORITIES
Address: University of Hawaii Art Gallery
2444 Dole St
Honolulu, HI 96822
Beginning Date: 09/21/2008 Ending Date: 11/30/2008
Description: Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities -
September 21-November 30, 2008
University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery; Free
Monday-Friday 10:30 a.m. 5 p.m.; Sunday Noon to 5 p.m.
Writing with Thread will feature over 500 objects from the most inclusive collection of Southwest Chinese ethnic minority costumes in the world. Writing with Thread will showcase the finest and rarest costumes from 16 ethnic groups and nearly 100 subgroups and will explore the meanings associated with the production and use of indigenous clothing. In societies without written languages, traditions and customs are orally passed from generation to generation. However, the textile arts, largely practiced by women, provide tangible evidence of a group¹s history, myths, and legends. The signs and patterns woven or embroidered in their clothing and the ceremonial and ritual use of textiles are often replicated in the accompanying silver ornaments made by men. Angela Sheng, Assistant Professor of Chinese Art History at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is curator of the exhibition. (For more information about Writing with Thread, visit www.hawaii.edu/artgallery)
WRITING WITH THREAD: TRADITIONAL TEXTILES OF SOUTHWEST CHINESE MINORITIES
Address: University of Hawaii Art Gallery
2444 Dole St
Honolulu, HI 96822
Beginning Date: 09/21/2008 Ending Date: 11/30/2008
Description: Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities -
September 21-November 30, 2008
University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery; Free
Monday-Friday 10:30 a.m. 5 p.m.; Sunday Noon to 5 p.m.
Writing with Thread will feature over 500 objects from the most inclusive collection of Southwest Chinese ethnic minority costumes in the world. Writing with Thread will showcase the finest and rarest costumes from 16 ethnic groups and nearly 100 subgroups and will explore the meanings associated with the production and use of indigenous clothing. In societies without written languages, traditions and customs are orally passed from generation to generation. However, the textile arts, largely practiced by women, provide tangible evidence of a group¹s history, myths, and legends. The signs and patterns woven or embroidered in their clothing and the ceremonial and ritual use of textiles are often replicated in the accompanying silver ornaments made by men. Angela Sheng, Assistant Professor of Chinese Art History at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is curator of the exhibition. (For more information about Writing with Thread, visit www.hawaii.edu/artgallery)
WRITING WITH THREAD: TRADITIONAL TEXTILES OF SOUTHWEST CHINESE MINORITIES
Address: University of Hawaii Art Gallery
2444 Dole St
Honolulu, HI 96822
Beginning Date: 09/21/2008 Ending Date: 11/30/2008
Description: Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities -
September 21-November 30, 2008
University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery; Free
Monday-Friday 10:30 a.m. 5 p.m.; Sunday Noon to 5 p.m.
Writing with Thread will feature over 500 objects from the most inclusive collection of Southwest Chinese ethnic minority costumes in the world. Writing with Thread will showcase the finest and rarest costumes from 16 ethnic groups and nearly 100 subgroups and will explore the meanings associated with the production and use of indigenous clothing. In societies without written languages, traditions and customs are orally passed from generation to generation. However, the textile arts, largely practiced by women, provide tangible evidence of a group¹s history, myths, and legends. The signs and patterns woven or embroidered in their clothing and the ceremonial and ritual use of textiles are often replicated in the accompanying silver ornaments made by men. Angela Sheng, Assistant Professor of Chinese Art History at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is curator of the exhibition. (For more information about Writing with Thread, visit www.hawaii.edu/artgallery)
** all of the above information was taken off of each respective organization's Web site
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