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Special Acknowledgement: All Images Courtesy & © The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust
Musings of Mystery and Alphabets of Agony:
The Work of Edward Gorey Exhibition Period
September 26- December 10, 2010 Exhibition Summary
In homage to the unique vision of Edward Gorey (1925–2000) and in honor of the 10th anniversary of the artist's death, the University of Hawai'i Art Gallery in collaboration with the University of Hawai'i Library presents Musings of Mystery and Alphabets of Agony: The Work of Edward Gorey. This exhibition showcases the John A. Carollo - Edward Gorey Collection from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Library'due south Special Research Collections and features a selection of more than than 700 of the over 1500 Edward Gorey books (many signed and outset editions), art books, original prints, posters, note cards, handmade toys and other curious objects nerveless by John Carollo, Honolulu composer and defended Goreyphile for over 35 years. Special loans of rarely seen original drawings and personal items from The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust and the Edward Gorey House will also be featured. Exhibition Highlights
Known for its excellence in exhibition blueprint, the University of Hawai'i Art Gallery will create a unique "Gorey-esque" environment that includes a library and reading room and signature architectural elements and characters, where Gorey's life and imaginary world will come up alive. Themes that volition be explored include mystery and murder, creatures and objects, children's books and menaced children, Gorey alphabets and poetical play, Surrealism, theater and ballet, and Gorey as a fine creative person with international fame. Created in deference to Gorey's iconic alphabet book The Gashlycrumb Tinies, a scavenger hunt for its 26 young characters in unlucky and disastrous circumstances is a special attribute of the exhibition that volition appeal to visitors of all ages. "This exhibition honors the timeless, remarkable talent of Edward Gorey," said Lisa Yoshihara, director of the University of Hawaiʻi Art Gallery. "This collaboration betwixt the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Library and the UH Fine art Gallery is an opportunity to celebrate and share the rich holdings of our campus for the educational enjoyment and enrichment of our students and the community. The exhibition volition delight Gorey fans with an interpretative look to his intellect and artistic talents and innovate a whole new generation to this internationally acclaimed American genius. Many will observe his mixture of whimsy and mystery darkly humorous, his give-and-take craft incredible, and his elegantly drawn depictions simply divine. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see such as vast range of Gorey's works." Sponsors
Sponsored by the University of Hawai'i Department of Art and Art History and the Higher of Arts and Humanities and Academy of Hawai'i at Manoa Library; and supported by grants from the Hawai'i Quango for the Humanities and past the "We the People" initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Hawai'i Country Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the National Endowment for theArts; Rianna Williams; anonymous donors; and Manoa Arts & Minds, a partnership that cultivates the listen and spotlights the best of art, music, theater, dance and special performances at UH Mānoa.     University of Hawaii Library'due south Special Research Collections
The University of Hawai'i Library'southward Special Research Collections includes a number of separate collections of materials that are rare, unique, or otherwise extraordinary. All of them crave distinct, often unique, policies and procedures for conquering, processing, storage, and patron use to preserve them for future generations. The John A. Carollo-Edward Gorey Collection began in 1998 when John Carollo donated the showtime of his books authored past or illustrated by Edward Gorey. A Gorey fan and collector since his youth, Carollo has increased the collection's holdings to more than 1500 items over the concluding 12 years to shape this strong and significant collection. Through Musings of Mystery and Alphabets of Desperation: The Work of Edward Gorey the public has an infrequent opportunity to run across and larn from big number of works that are non e'er readily available. Publication
A full-color catalogue will feature an essay by Dr. Joseph Stanton, humanities scholar and specialist in art history and American studies at the Academy of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Hours and access
Monday – Friday 10:30 – 5:00;
Dominicus 12:00 – 5:00. Closed Saturdays, March 22 - 26, Spring Pause
April 2, Good Friday; April 4, Easter Sunday Admission is free. Donations are appreciated.
Parking fees may apply. Supported by:
The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust
Edward Gorey Business firm  |
Gorey Events |
| Special Events / Lecture + Discussions / Workshops + Demonstrations / Picture show Series |
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|  "Dracula: A Toy Theatre" | HALLOWEEN EVENT
Miss D. Awdrey-Gore presents: " An Edward Gorey Haunted Mystery Family Soirée "
Lord's day, October 31, 12:00-8:xxx p.m.
Footing floor, UHM Art Edifice Fun and educational art activities, scavenger hunt, costume contests and prizes for kids and adults, gallery tour, and 2 movies! Come in costumes! Bring your camera! 11:thirty – 6:xxx p.chiliad. Food by Papa Lucks—sandwiches, pastries, snacks, beverages
12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Educational activities
12:00 – 6:00 p.k. UH Fine art Gallery open
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Gallery tour with John A. Carollo, Collector and Donor
two:30 p.g. Costume parade and contest for children
three:30 p.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG)
v:15 p.grand. The Mānoa Readers / Theatre Ensemble functioning
5:45 p.chiliad. Costume parade and contest for adults
6:15 p.thousand. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (R) The public is invited. |
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|  "The Blueish Aspic"  | SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
The Mānoa Readers / Theatre Ensemble
Friday, October 22, 7:30 p.m.
Orvis Auditorium, Music Building, UHM
Presents curious and enigmatic interpretations from the writings of Edward Gorey: Ascending Peculiarities, Wuggly Umps, Nosebleeds and Other Happenings: The Sublime, Absurd and Mystical Mr. Gorey
Directed past Tim Slaughter, Manager, Customs Services Division, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Outreach College
Additional performance at the University of Hawai'i Art Gallery
Sunday, October 31, 5:fifteen p.m. The Mānoa Readers / Theatre Ensemble productions are sponsored by Outreach Higher, The Mānoa Foundation, and Mānoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing, with farther support from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Department of English language. The public is invited. |
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Lectures + Discussions |
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|  "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" | BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSELLERS, ALA MOANA
Lecture - The Dangerous Alphabets of Edward Gorey
by Dr. Joseph Stanton, Humanities Scholar, Academy of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Saturday, October 30, 2:00 – 3:00 p.yard.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Ala Moana
Teenagers through adults The public is invited. |
|  "The Unstrung Harp" | Console Word
"Looking for Edward Gorey: life in Cape Cod, the legacy of his museum, a managing director's personal friendship, the passion of a lifetime collector, and the interpretation of a scholar"
Thursday, November 4, 7:00 - viii:thirty p.chiliad.
Art Auditorium, Art Edifice, UHM A panel discussion featuring Rick Jones, Manager and Curator of the Edward Gorey House, collector John A. Carollo, and University of Hawai'i at Mānoa humanities scholar Dr. Joseph Stanton. The public is invited. |
|  "Fantod" | HAWAI'I STATE LIBRARY EVENTS, 478 S. King St. The following presentations may be repeated at public libraries in communities on O'ahu. For updated information check http:www.hawaii.edu/artgallery/ Reading Room Events, Beginning Floor Lecture - The Dangerous Alphabets of Edward Gorey
past Dr. Joseph Stanton, Humanities Scholar, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Thursday, October 7, 6:thirty – seven:30 p.grand.
Teenagers through adults Lecture - Unleashing Inventiveness with Alphabets of Nonsense and Creatures of Imagination
past Lisa Yoshihara, Director, University of Hawai'i Art Gallery
Demonstration - Create Your Own Simple Book
by Shannon Leitch, Curatorial Graduate Assistant, University of Hawai'i Fine art Gallery
Thursday, October fourteen, 6:30 – 7:thirty p.k.
Ages 10+ years and upwardly; Participants will make their own volume and can fill information technology with their drawings and texts inspired by Edward Gorey. The public is invited. |
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Workshops + Demonstrations |
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|  "The Wuggly Ump" | HAWAI'I Land LIBRARY EVENTS, 478 South. King St.
Reading Room Events, First Floor The following presentations may be repeated at public libraries in communities on O'ahu.
The public is invited. |
|  "The Wuggly Ump" | Demonstration - Create Your Own Elementary Volume
by Shannon Leitch, Curatorial Graduate Banana, Academy of Hawai'i Art Gallery
Thursday, October 14, 6:30 – vii:30 p.k.
Ages x+ years and upwards; Participants volition brand their own book and tin fill information technology with their drawings and texts inspired past Edward Gorey. The public is invited. |
|  | Demonstration - Musings Over Manga: Exploring Edward Gorey'south Techniques Through Comics
by Brady Evans, Exhibition Intern, University of Hawai'i Fine art Gallery
Sat, Nov 6, 11:30 a.m. – 12:thirty p.g.
Ages 10+ years and up; Sketch along with the artist and expand your manga drawing skills! The public is invited. |
|  | Demonstration - A Strange and Untimely Alphabet Revealed Through Line: Drawing Inspiration from Edward Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies
past Shannon Leitch, Curatorial Graduate Assistant, University of Hawai'i Art Gallery
Sabbatum, Nov xx, 12:45 – 1:45 p.m.
Ages x+ years and upwards; Construct an alphabet book, depict your ain Gorey-esque figures using crosshatching and reveal your ain dark and unexpected tale! The public is invited. |
|  | Sit-in - Form, Light, and Crosshatching
by James Kuroda, Senior Exhibit Specialist, Hawai'i Country Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Thursday, December 9, half dozen:30 – vii:30 p.m.
Ages 10+ years and upwardly; Participants will draw and complete a character using crosshatching! The public is invited. |
|  "The Wuggly Ump" | EVENTS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES ON O'AHU
Sit-in - Musings Over Manga: Exploring Edward Gorey's Techniques Through Comics
past Brady Evans, Exhibition Intern, University of Hawai'i Art Gallery
Ages 10+ years and up; Sketch along with the creative person and expand your manga cartoon skills!
Kaimuki Public Library, Monday, Oct. 4, 6:30 – 7:xxx p.m. Sit-in - Create Your Own Simple Volume
by Shannon Leitch, Curatorial Graduate Assistant, University of Hawai'i Art Gallery
Ages ten+ years and up; under x accompanied by an adult.
Kapolei Public Library, Saturday, Oct. 9, 11:xxx a.1000. – 12:30 p.m.
Kalihi-Palama Public Library Auditorium, Mon, October. xviii, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Liliha Public Library, Wednesday, Oct. 20, iii:00 – 4:00 p.m. Reading and craft activity - An Edward Gorey Children's Story Time
by UH Art Gallery staff and friends
Kapolei Public Library, Sat, Oct. 9, ten:30 – eleven:00 a.m.
Kailua Public Library, Saturday, Nov. 27, 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. The public is invited. |
|  "The Wuggly Ump" | BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSELLERS, ALA MOANA
Demonstration – Gorey News!
past Teri Skillman, Events and Communications Coordinator, Academy of Hawai'i Library
Sat, October 23, 11:30 a.m. – 12:xxx p.yard.
Pre-schoolers and upward, hands-on postcard activity for children Lecture - The Unsafe Alphabets of Edward Gorey
by Dr. Joseph Stanton, Humanities Scholar, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Sabbatum, Oct 30, 2:00 – iii:00 p.one thousand.
Teenagers through adults The public is invited. |
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Film Serial |
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An Edward Gorey Film Festival
UHM Art Auditorium Edward Gorey was inspired by the vast range of books and films that he voraciously consumed from silent classics, mystery, thrillers, and pop culture. The films selected include his favorites such as Louis Feuillade'southward Les Vampires and Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes. Others were selected for similarities that tin exist seen in the characters, stories, and dark sense of humor. Each film is preceded past a short educational presentation. |
|  | Sunday, October three, three:30 p.m.
Les Vampires , by Louis Feuillade (Writer / director, 1873–1925), (122 min., unrated)
Chatsworth, CA: Paradigm Entertainment [distributor] Water Bearer Films, 2000.
Cast: Musidora, Édouard Mathé, Marcel Lévesque, Jean Aymé, Fernand Hermann, Stacia Napierkowska, Renée Carl.
Notes: Silent film with music score and English titles, originally produced as French silent black-and-white motion picture show by the Gaumont Co., Ltd. in Paris and released as a motion picture in 1916. Color tinted in authentic period mode. 4 of 10 parts will be shown:
1. The Severed Head (33 min.)
ii. The Ring That Kills (fifteen min.)
3. The Cerise Lawmaking Book (42 min.)
four. The Spectre (32 min.)
Summary: Describes the achievements of Les Vampires, a secret social club of criminals led by Irma Vep. The gang uses kidnapping, poisonous gas, heavy artillery, and murder to gain ability over the aristocracy of Paris. |
|  | Sunday, October x, iii:30 p.yard. Murder on the Orient Express , directed by Sidney Lumet, (128 min., rated PG)
Hollywood, CA: Paramount, 1974.
Cast: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergen, Martin Balsam, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Rachel Roberts, Richard Widmark, Michael York.
Notes: Based on a volume by Agatha Christie. Screenplay, Paul Dehn; producers John Brabourne and Richard B. Goodwin; photographer, Geoffrey Unsworth; editor, Anne V. Coates; music, Richard Rodney Bennett.
Summary: Detective Hercule Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the Calais Coach of the Orient Express hoping to find the killer of an American millionaire before the local police arrive. |
|  | Sunday, October 17, 3:30 p.m. The Lady Vanishes , directed by Alfred Hitchcock, (97 min., unrated)
Gaumont British Films, MGM, 20th Century Fox, 1938.
Bandage: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Matriarch May Whitty, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, Mary Clare.
Notes: Based on the novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White. Originally released equally move motion picture in 1938. Screenplay by Sydney Gilliatt and Frank Launder; producer, Edward Black; director of photography, Jack Cox; editor, R.E. Dearing; musical director, Louis Levy.
Summary: Enroute back to England by train from Switzerland, an quondam lady disappears and two young people investigate. |
|  | Dominicus, Oct 24, three:xxx p.m. Dracula , directed by John Badham, (109 min., rated R)
Universal City, CA: MCA Domicile Video, 1986.
Cast: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan.
Notes: From the novel of the aforementioned title past Bram Stoker. Based on the phase play by Hamilton Deane and John 50. Balderston. Executive producer, Marvin Mirisch; screenplay, Due west.D. Richter; music, John Williams; special visual effects, Albert Whitlock.
Summary: Throughout history Dracula has filled the hearts of men with terror and the hearts of women with desire. This stylish new production of the classic gothic horror tale stars Frank Langella, repeating his electrifying honor-winning stage operation as the blood-thirsty Count, and Laurence Olivier equally the devout vampire hunter Von Helsing who is Dracula's nemesis. A great cast, fine direction, and a superbly atmospheric musical score make this the ultimate Dracula. |
|  | Sunday, October 31, three:30 p.m. The Nightmare Earlier Christmas , produced by Tim Burton & Denise di Novi, (76 min., rated PG)
Burbank, CA: Touchstone Pictures, 1993.
Cast: Voices of Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, Ken Page.
Notes: Based on a story and characters by Tim Burton. Music, Danny Elfman; director Henry Selick; screenplay, Caroline Thompson.
Summary: The story of Jack Skellington, the pumpkin rex, who decides to bring the magic of Christmas dorsum to Halloween Boondocks. |
|  | Sunday, October 31, 6:fifteen p.one thousand. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert , directed and written by Stephan Elliot, (103 min., rated R)
Los Angeles, CA: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1994.
Cast: Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Bill Hunter.
Notes: Producers, Al Clark and Michael Hamlyn; director of photography, Brian J. Breheny; film editor, Sue Blainey; music, Guy Gross.
Summary: With a contract to perform a drag evidence fashion out in the Australian desert, Tick, Adam, and Ralph each has his own reason for wanting to leave the safety of Sydney. Christening their battered pink tour double-decker "Priscilla," this wickedly funny and high-drama trio heads for the outback and into crazy adventures in fifty-fifty crazier outfits. |
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