UH Manoa Campus Events Calendar
Blythe: Creative Direction Behind a Pop Cult Icon
November 17, 6:00pm - 7:30pmManoa Campus, Art Auditorium, Art Building
Creative director and arts entrepreneur Junko Wong presents the lecture "Behind Blythe: Creative Direction Behind a Pop Cult Icon" in conjunction with "Degrees of Distinction: Alumni Invitational Exhibition at the University of Hawai'i Art Gallery. A book-signing of Nā Wāhine ‘Auli‘i, Wong's story about Blythe’s visit to Hawai‘i follows the lecture. Fashionable, collectible Blythe dolls and books will be for sale. Junko Wong is the founder and president of Cross World Connections International, a firm that represents international artists and illustrators, operates three stores and an online illustration school. A driving force in the designer toy culture, she is the executive producer and creative director of the Blythe doll, a fashionable and highly-desired collectible. Wong received a BFA, 1980, from the Department of Art and Art History, University of Hawaii at Manoa, and has lived in Japan since 1983.
Ticket Information
Admission is free. Donations are appreciated. Parking fees may apply.
Event Sponsor
UHM Dept. of Art & Art History, College of Arts and Humanities, and Mānoa Arts & Minds http://www.manoa.hawaii.edu/chancellor/arts_minds/, Manoa Campus
More Information
Sharon Tasaka, 808-956-6888, gallery@hawaii.edu, http://www.hawaii.edu/artgallery
| Tuesday, November 17 | |
| 11:30am | International Education Week Talk Story Session Sinclair Library Heritage Room |
| 12:00pm | Global Roundtable: Pacific Islands Roundtable Kuykendall 106 Events Room and Gallery |
| 1:30pm | Matthew McPherson, guitar Orvis Auditorium |
| 2:30pm | MIX = Manoa International Exchange Sinclair Library Heritage Room |
| 3:30pm | Lecture: The Internet and Social Change in China Architecture Building, Room 205 |
| 3:30pm | Dark Matter and The First Stars Watanabe Hall 112 |
| 6:00pm | Shidler Graduate Programs Info Session The Plaza Club, 900 Fort St, Suite 200 |
| 6:00pm | Blythe: Creative Direction Behind a Pop Cult Icon Art Auditorium, Art Building |
| 7:30pm | Jenny Quigley, mezzo-soprano Orvis Auditorium |
| 11:30pm | Interview Preparation Workshop QLC 208 |
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