Fly a Kite w/ Tyrus Wong

[sandra]

with who? i dunno either, but read below:


LETS GO FLY A KITE!
What: Volunteer Social
When: Saturday, June 26, 2004
When: 1pm - 5pm
Where: Santa Monica Beach/ NORTH of the pier
Parking: Lots are available at the pier or around Third Street
Promenade, on 4th or 2nd Street.
http://losangeles.citysearch.com/profile/11301253/


Join us at this fun kite-flying social with TYRUS WONG and let your
imagination soar sky-high with the colors and creativity of his
original hand-crafted kites. Bring your own kite and fly side by
side with this 93-year old beloved artist and learn a tip or two
about flying techniques.

**All participating volunteers will receive a FREE Tyrus Wong
brochure as a keepsake. The brochure contains information about
Tyrus Wong, his amazing career history and images of some of his
timeless art pieces.

So come out and meet Tyrus...
mingle with fellow CAM volunteers...
and enjoy a day of fun in the sun!
Guests are welcomed!

Please RSVP your attendance/guest by responding to this email
or call me at (213) 485-8568.

"Tyrus Wong: A Retrospective" is currently running at the Chinese
American Museum. The exhibit features fine and commercial art work,
kites and toys made by Tyrus Wong, a 93-year old Chinese American
pioneer in the arts. Mr. Wong worked as a lead artist on the Disney
animated classic, Bambi, having designed all the atmospheric
background scenes in the film during his tenure at Disney Studios.
He also worked on such notable films as The Wild Bunch and Harper
while working at Warner Brothers Studios. The exhibit also features
Mr. Wong's Christmas greeting card designs, which sold over a
million copies each. Over the past two decades of Mr. Wong's
retirement from his commercial art career, he has been flying
complex Chinese-style kites at Santa Monica Beach, which he has
designed and built himself.
The exhibit will close on October 17, 2004

[hooligan]

93 freaking years old? are you going kasie? i'll have a car up here by then, maybe i'll drop by to see the sites.

[sandra]

93 freaking years old? are you going kasie? i'll have a car up here by then, maybe i'll drop by to see the sites.

YW Field trip?

I have to be in Long Beach in the early evening, though, for an APEX event. Alberta Lee, Wen Ho Lee's daughter, will be our guest speaker.

Maybe we can make it an all-day YW thing?

[raacluse]

re: Tyrus Wong exhibit - oh, i saw that last xmas...

re: Alberta Lee - she must be campaigning for something (clearing her Dad's name?)... I once saw her speak... She seemed less savvy than I expected. Maybe she's changed since then.

[sandra]

re: Alberta Lee - she must be campaigning for something (clearing her Dad's name?)... I once saw her speak... She seemed less savvy than I expected. Maybe she's changed since then.

not campaigning. i'm one of the co-chairs of the Legal SIG for APEX, and we just thought it'd be nice to have her come speak for us - to educate the rest of the group why non-attorneys might and should be interested in legal issues. she's doing us a favor. blup.