Jan Ziolkowski, Director of Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC, asked Tomie to participate in his exhibition in 2018, “Juggling the Middle Ages,” by lending artwork from THE CLOWN OF GOD and speaking at an exhibition event.
Tomie spoke and autographed in the Music Room at Dumbarton Oaks. (The photo is of Tomie, Jan Ziolkowski, and Jewell Stoddard, retired Director of Children’s Services, Politics and Prose Bookstore.)
The Music Room is where the “Dumbarton Oaks Conversations” took place in 1944 during which the United Nations was formulated.
Tomie read THE CLOWN OF GOD in the Music Room. I used my phone to capture the reading. It’s a crude recording, yet it IS a recording - the last recording - of Tomie reading THE CLOWN OF GOD. I gave the recording to Simon & Schuster, the publisher of the new edition of THE CLOWN OF GOD. Maybe they’ll post it someday. (Bob)
http://jugglingthemiddleages.com/events/
https://blogs.openbookpublishers.com/the-death-of-tomie-depaola-and-the-juggler-of-notre-dame/
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