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The University of Hawaii Art Gallery is pleased to announce that its exhibition catalogue, Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities, received a Pele Regional ADDY Award for book design.

PRESS INFORMATION: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2010

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(808) 956-6888 Lisa Yoshihara, Director
(808) 956-6888 Sharon Tasaka, Associate Director
email:     gallery@hawaii.edu

UH ART GALLERY CATALOGUE WINS PELE AWARD

The University of Hawai'i Art Gallery exhibition catalogue Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities wins a Pele Regional ADDY Award for book design at the 31st annual Pele Awards ceremony held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Tapa Ballroom on April 10, 2010. The American Advertising Federation District 13 presented the awards to recognize the best design and advertising work created in Hawai'i during the previous year. Local winners will compete in the national ADDY awards competition in Orlando, Florida, June 12.

With scholarly essays and 345 stunning color images of the rich and intricate textiles and costumes, the 430-page catalogue is an outstanding and rare publication that provides seminal and significant contributions to the fields of textiles and costume research. It presents a deeper appreciation for the people and the cultures that created them. Kelli Ann Harada, Watumull Grant for Museum Studies in the Arts intern and recent University of Hawai'i at Manoa graduate, designed the elegant catalogue. UH Art Gallery Director Lisa Yoshihara stated, "This recognition clearly demonstrates the caliber of work our students do. The gallery is committed to giving our students a quality education and professional opportunities to work with faculty and staff."

The catalogue accompanied Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities, an exhibition of over 500 of the finest and historically significant textiles and costumes from Southwest China that was held at the UH Art Gallery from September 21 to November 30, 2008 and subsequently traveled to the Chazen Museum of Art, Madison Wisconsin and the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The collection on loan from Taiwan-based collector Huang Ying Feng focused on a region of topographic, climatic and human diversity, home to 31 of China's 56 ethnic groups.

Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities catalogue is available for $50.00 at the University of Hawai'i Art Gallery. $50.00 + $7.00 shipping (media mail) or $13.50 (priority mail) within the U.S. Checks should be made payable to UH Art Gallery and sent to UH Art Gallery, Department of Art & Art History, 2535 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822. Shipping charges for multiple copies and foreign destinations will be determined on an individual basis. For a list of publications by the UH Art Gallery go to www.hawaii.edu/artgallery/publications.html

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