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.

While residing in his Yarmouth Port home from the mid-1980s until his death in 2000, Edward Gorey collected thousands of items. They all share certain commonalities: a reflection on the passage of time, a small story in their wear and decay, a quiet inscrutability. Many of these objects are cherished items and integral to the permanent collection of the Edward Gorey House.  They are priceless examples of Gorey's fascination with shape and texture. There remain, however, thousands of additional objects—boxes of iron scrap, of wood, stones, wicker, fabric, frames, yard sale art, knick-knacks— repetitious quantities of items that would likely never see the light of day in our exhibits. Yet each piece reflects Edward's character, his love of antiquity, of camp, of oddities and practical tableware, each possess the wabi sabi that he found in unlikely objects.