The 2023 Halloween Envelope Art Contest winners, revealed.

The 2022 Halloween Envelope Art Contest winners, revealed.

Three new acquisitions have recently enriched the archives of the Edward Gorey House. Without the funding mechanism to purchase Edward’s increasingly valuable works, we rely on the generosity of friends, strangers, and those jaded collectors trying to unclutter their lives. Frequently the Edward Gorey House is turned to during such times. Consequently, we are regularly blessed with generous donations of unique Gorey ephemera—like the items showcased here.

In the Fall of 2019 the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust allowed the House to borrow several boxes of Gorey’s notebooks, journals, folders, and binders of material for use in this year’s exhibit. In pouring over the contents (a nice way to spend a winter) of what would become our 2020 exhibit He wrote it all down Zealously, it quickly became apparent that the List was a defining component.

When purchasing what is now the Edward Gorey House in 1979, at no time, did Edward Gorey plan to have a museum house in his name on Cape Cod - in fact, some might wonder if he'd be pleased with the idea. After Edward's sudden death of a heart attack, in the upstairs of the house, in the presence of his friend and current curator, Rick Jones, his trustees were approached with an idea that was not on the table for converting Edward's assets into his final wishes of supporting animal welfare. Not only was it not on the table, it was not anywhere in the room, the town of Yarmouth Port or on this plane of existence.

Featured are some of an on-going book arts series we call The Edward Gorey Binding Project currently on display at the Edward Gorey House. This collection of rebound Gorey-authored books are produced by Dallas, Texas book artist Patrice Miller. Patrice has been using Gorey’s actual books as a jumping off place in which to reinterpret the cover.

Notes from Scott Black of the Xerces Society.

Guest blogger Irwin Terry tells us about Goreyana — a blog cebrating the works of Edward Gorey

A benefit for the Edward Gorey House, Goreyosity Shop will exhibit in the Great Hall Gallery of the Cultural Center of Cape Cod and run from Wednesday, May 22nd till the culminating Goreyosity Shop Gala Auction on Saturday evening, June 1st at 6:30pm. Goreyosity Shop is an exciting repurposing of materials from the vast collections (also called the Wondrous Debris or the Barn of Sacred Junk) of Author/Artist Edward Gorey into new works of art and fine crafts by local artists.

Whiling away this past winter in Kew Gardens, NY, Deborah Grumet and her daughters made a 1:24 scale version of the Edward Gorey House. It is not an exact replica, but the attention to little details—including found objects, photos, bowls of pebbles, Red Rose Tea figurines, posters, and the last waffle of the millennium—make it an authentic artist’s representation of our museum, and a Gorey fan’s true labor of love. We thought we would share it with you.