LCSNA Fall 2013 Meeting

The fall 2013 meeting was held in Los Angeles on the weekend of November 1-3, at USC’s Doheny Library and environs. Linda and George Cassady put together a wonderful program around the theme of “Lewis Carroll Outsiders.” Saturday presentations included a discussion with the editors of The Alice Project, an online venture wherein a large number of artists each illustrated one page of Wonderland; media scholar Henry Jenkins in conversation with graphic novelist Bryan Talbot (Alice in Sunderland) via video; Christopher Tyler, author of Parallel Alices: Alice through the Looking-Glass of Eleanor of Aquitaine; a panel of winners of the USC Libraries Wonderland Award; a presentation by game designer American McGee; and a tour of the Cassady Lewis Carroll Collection exhibition at the USC Libraries. On Sunday, there were two optional side trips: to the foundry where Karen Mortillaro casts here anamorphic Alice sculptures, and to Daniel Singer’s house in Altadena to view his magnificent Disney/Carroll collection. Our thanks to all who made this meeting so very memorable!