An Afternoon Adventure with Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke Storytelling June 21, 2015 The Getty Center Award winning children's author Cornelia Funke reads her latest Getty story, featuring William Dampier, a pirate, adventurer, explorer, and ghost tasked with keeping other ghosts and spirits haunting the Getty Center at bay. Ms. Funke is the author of The Thief Lord, Dragon Rider, the Inkworld trilogy, and, most recently, the MirrorWorld novels. A celebrated fantasy and adventure writer, her stories have been translated into 30 languages. Watch the video of Cornelia Funke reading the first part of her Getty-inspired story from her visit to the Getty Center in April 2014: http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/events/funke_storytelling/index.html For more about this event, visit the Getty Research Institute's website: http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/events/funke_storytelling/index2.html This family event complements the exhibition "A Kingdom of Images: French Prints in the Age of Louis XIV, 1660–1715," on view in the Getty Research Institute galleries from June 16 through September 6, 2015. www.getty.edu/kingdom http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/kingdom_of_images/index.html
Cornelia Funke Storytelling June 21, 2015 The Getty Center Award winning children's author Cornelia Funke reads her latest Getty story, featuring William Dampier, a pirate, adventurer, explorer, and ghost tasked with keeping other ghosts and spirits haunting the Getty Center at bay. Ms. Funke is the author of The Thief Lord, Dragon Rider, the Inkworld trilogy, and, most recently, the MirrorWorld novels. A celebrated fantasy and adventure writer, her stories have been translated into 30 languages. Watch the video of Cornelia Funke reading the first part of her Getty-inspired story from her visit to the Getty Center in April 2014: http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/events/funke_storytelling/index.html For more about this event, visit the Getty Research Institute's website: http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/events/funke_storytelling/index2.html This family event complements the exhibition "A Kingdom of Images: French Prints in the Age of Louis XIV, 1660–1715," on view in the Getty Research Institute galleries from June 16 through September 6, 2015. www.getty.edu/kingdom http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/kingdom_of_images/index.html