EXHIBITIONS

• Woolf in the World: A Pen and a Press of Her Own - A large exhibition of Woolf manuscripts, letters, first editions; Bloomsbury Group materials; Hogarth Press books; Woolf family photo album - Neilson Library; curated by Karen V. Kukil, associate curator of rare books, Smith College (through August 30).
• Vanessa Bell and Bloomsbury - This exhibit gathers a number of works of art associated with the Bloomsbury group. These include the writing desk once used by Woolf and several of the museum's paintings by Vanessa Bell, including one of Virginia Woolf; the exhibition also includes ceramics by Quentin Bell and works on paper by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant - in Smith's beautiful, newly renovated Museum of Art (closing June 15).
• Virginia Woolf: A Botanical Perspective: - contemporary and historical photos by several photographers and multimedia presentation by Elisa Kay Sparks (Clemson University) of gardens of Woolf, friends and family, including Monk's House, Sissinghurst, Charleston Farmhouse and others; related rare books - at the Church Gallery in the Lyman Conservatory. Through September 30, 2003.

• "The Politics of Mind": Writing on Woolf, Teaching Woolf - material from the Carolyn Heilbrun Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, and the papers of various Smith College faculty members in the Smith College Archives.
• "Her Novels Make Mine Possible": Virginia Woolf's Influence on Sylvia Plath - Mortimer Rare Book Room
• A Story of Their Own: Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, and Gloria Steinem - Mortimer Rare Book Room, Neilson Library

• The Cinema: Woolf in the Reel World
  • Woolf-related films introduced by scholars, June 4, 5, 6 and June 8 - Mrs. Dalloway, The Hours with sneak preview of DVD, Orlando and Carrington. See schedule.

• Book and art fair - sale of books by presenters; collector's books by and about Woolf; sale of contemporary art inspired by Woolf
• Book arts demonstrations by bookbinders and printers
• Auction of rare/unusual Woolfiana (courtesy Krystyna Colburn)
• "On Being Ill," with an introduction by Hermione Lee, published by Paris Press in 2002; this replication of the 1930 Hogarth Press edition (including Vanessa Bell's cover art) is associated with the conference. Hermione Lee will sign copies of "On Being Ill" on Saturday, June 7 at the evening reception at the Lyman Plant House.

• Concurrent panels and special subject panels
• World premier Lytton and Virginia, a staged reading of Woolf-Strachey correspondence
• A Room of One's Own performed by Clare Dalton

Woolf Watch at Smith College- Events leading to conference

Daily Hampshire Gazette feature article on conference