Exhibition - Writing With Thread: Traditional Textiles Of Southwest Chinese Minorities

Writing with Thread features over 500 objects from the most inclusive collection of Southwest Chinese ethnic minority costumes in the world. Writing with Thread showcases the finest and rarest costumes from 15 ethnic groups and nearly 100 subgroups, exploring the meanings associated with the production and use of indigenous clothing. In societies without written languages, traditions and customs are orally passed form generation to generation. The textile arts, largely practiced by women, provide tangible evidence of a group's 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. Photo, Right: Miao Woman’s Ensemble, Gejia style. From the exhibition Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities. Photo by Wang Lin-Sheng, courtesy of the Evergrand Museum, Taoyuan, Taiwan. This exhibition was curated by Angela Sheng, Assistant Professor of Chinese Art History at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from the collection of the Evergrand Museum, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

When : May 15, 2009 - August 16, 2009

Hours: The Museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and closed on Mondays from September through the the end of May

Admission Rates
Adult single-museum admission is $6 for New Mexico residents, $8 for nonresidents; $12.00 one day, two-museum pass (Museum of Indian Arts & Culture & Museum of International Folk Art OR New Mexico Museum of Art and Palace of the Governor's Museum) Youth 16 and under and Foundation Members always free! Membership information»

Sundays: New Mexico residents with I.D are admitted FREE!
Students with I.D. Receive a one-dollar discount.
Wednesdays: New Mexico resident seniors (60+) with I.D. are free!

$18 four-day pass for Five museums (Museum of International Folk Art, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts, on Museum Hill; and the New Mexico Museum of Art and Palace of the Governor's Museum, downtown).

Location:
Museum Hill
706 Camino Lejo
Santa Fe, NM 87505