Where in the World is the Curator? Tokyo!

I have been invited to Japan to speak about children’s literature, literacy, the Kerlan Collection, open access, and Virginia Lee Burton.

  

This all began with request from Takenaka Corporation Gallery A4 for the loan of the materials from the Kerlan Collection. 

A video tour of the exhibit here 

Open to the Public 

Thursday, April 5^th

 10:00 am to 12:00 Bridges Workshop

Gallery A. Quad  1-1-1 Shinsuna, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan

For registration information http://www.a-quad.jp/exhibition/event.html

18:00 Evening lecture at Kyobunkan Bookstore  

Lisa Von Drasek will speak on Virginia Lee Burton, her books and her legacy and then Kyoko Matsuoka, the honorary director of Tokyo Children’s Library commentator and respondent.  

 

 

Saturday April 14^th

Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators 

The Kerlan Collection: Collection, Preservation, and Access to Children’s Literature, Rare Books, Manuscripts and Art

Saturday, April 14, 2018 6:30-8:00

Place: Tokyo Women’s Plaza, Conference Room 1

5-53-67 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

(by the United Nations University; map)

Fee:     500 yen SCBWI members; 1,000 yen nonmembers

Reservations required. To reserve, email japan (at) scbwi.org by Thursday, April 12.