Originally published Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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Jewelry artist Mary Lee Hu will receive the eighth Irving and Yvonne Twining Humber Award, a $10,000 prize given in Seattle each year to...
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Jewelry artist Mary Lee Hu is known for her intricate work.
Jewelry artist Mary Lee Hu will receive the eighth Irving and Yvonne Twining Humber Award, a $10,000 prize given in Seattle each year to honor a female artist over 60.
Hu, known for her basketry technique of gold work, has long taught metalsmithing at the University of Washington and is represented by the Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery in Seattle. Her work has been collected by the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery, among others.
Previous recipients of the Twining Humber Award include Mary Randlett, Patti Warashina, Ramona Solberg, Doris Chase and Fay Jones.
Hu will be honored at a public reception from 6-8 p.m. May 28 at the Bellevue Arts Museum. (Reservations required; 206-467-8734 ext. 16 or www.artisttrust.org).
Sheila Farr, Seattle Times art critic
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