Hamilton Library presents Looking for Edward Gorey: An afternoon soiree

Posted: Oct 21, 2011

Paula Mochida, the University Librarian, is pleased to announce an afternoon soiree on Sunday, October 30, 2011, in UH Mānoa's Hamilton Library celebrating the release of a 164-page catalogue, Looking for Edward Gorey, produced as a companion to the exhibition Musings of Mystery and Alphabets of Agony: The Work of Edward Gorey. The exhibition was originally presented by the University of Hawai‘i Art Gallery in collaboration with the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Library on September 26 - December 10, 2010.

 

The afternoon soiree will be held in the Hamilton Library Sunny Alcove from 2:00-5:00 p.m.

 

2:00 John A. Carollo - Edward Gorey Collection in the University of Hawai‘i Library’s Special Research Collections

2:05 The Gorey Exhibit Team

2:15 *Lecture by Humanities Scholar, Dr. Joseph Stanton

3:00-5:00 Catalogue signing along with light refreshments, an Edward Gorey inspired photo booth, postcard, and mask activities.+

* Seating for the lecture is limited to first-come-first-seated.

+ While supplies last

 

The exhibit, catalogue and corresponding events were supported by a grant from the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, through appropriations from the State of Hawai‘i Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts; and a grant from the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities and by the “We the People” initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Also supported by Riánna M. Williams, the Blodwyn Goo Endowment, and anonymous donors. Additional support provided by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Outreach College, Department of Music and Department of English; The Mānoa Foundation; Mānoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing; Hawaiʻi State Public Library System; Barnes and Noble Booksellers; and Mānoa Arts & Minds, a partnership that cultivates the mind and spotlights the best of art, music, theater, dance and special performances at UH Mānoa.