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Woolf Arts Archive holds first major public event

Posted in art, events, Freshwater, play, Turkey, tagged , , on Thursday 3 April 2025| Leave a Comment »

The Woolf Arts Archive, a global project devoted to the collection and appreciation of art inspired by the life and works of Virginia Woolf, held its inaugural major public event.

Panelists at the Woolf Arts Archives symposium

Titled “Following an Author’s Trail: Virginia Woolf, the Woolf Arts Archive and Freshwater: A Comedy” symposium, the event was held March 6 in Ankara, Turkey.

About the symposium

The event brought together scholars, artists, and theatre practitioners to explore Woolf’s enduring influence across different art forms.

It featured a rich exchange of ideas with numerous talks addressing themes also relevant to International Women’s Day.

The sessions ranged from the Woolf Arts Archive’s creative role to Woolf’s artistic and cultural legacy, including her female characters and the afterlife of her works. A highlight of the symposium was the Woolf Arts Archive’s performance of the third staged reading of Freshwater in Turkish.

Featured talks

  • “Following an Author’s Trail: Virginia Woolf and Woolf Arts Archive” by Prof. Dr.
    Mine Özyurt Kılıç.
  • “A Shell of Many Layers: Woolf Arts Archive and the Snail’s Journey” by Atahan
    Mahir Karabiber.
  • “From Drops to Waves: Woolf Arts Archive as a Basin” by Tuğba Çanakçı.
  • “Dimbola Lodge as a Precursor to the Bloomsbury Group” by Nidanur Yıldırım.
  • “Flawed Eyes and Faces Behind the Visible: Julia Margaret Cameron, Diane Arbus, Vivian Maier and; Cindy Sherman” by Independent Artist/Curator Can Akgümüş.
  • “Representation of Female Characters in Fictional Texts” by Dr. Abdullah Özdemir.
  • “Freshwater as a Play” by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Z. Gizem Yılmaz.
  • “Waves Hitting the Stage: Translating Woolf” by Dr. Ercan Gürova.

TED University’s Department of English Language and Literature hosted the event, which was supported by TEDU WIL (TED University Women in Literature).

Mine Özyurt Kiliç, professor of English at Social Sciences University of Ankara, Turkey, and a member of the International Virginia Woolf Society (center), conceived of the archives project and made it a reality with the help of a dedicated team. Team members include Can Akgümüs, Atahan M. Karabīber, and Tugba Canakci.

 

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Gorey illustrations of Woolf in Freshwater

Posted in art exhibits, books, Freshwater, tagged , , on Friday 13 August 2010| Leave a Comment »

Virginia Woolf and Edward Gorey. I know something about both. But I did not know there was a connection between them until now.

It turns out that Gorey, known for his charmingly off-kilter stories and illustrations, created illustrations for the 1985 edition of Virginia Woolf’s play Freshwater: A Comedy. Woolf’s farce about her famous great-aunt Julia Margaret Cameron was her only work for the stage.

First performed in 1935 for one of the Bloomsbury Group’s theatrical evenings, Woolf’s lone play was later produced in New York. It is still being staged today, although not everyone appreciates its wit and humor.

Gorey, of course, is still popular, perhaps thanks to his animated credits for the PBS show “Mystery.” An exhibit of his work, “Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey,” opens today at the Orlando Museum of Art in Orlando, Fla., and will run through Oct. 31.

A catalog of the exhibit, which contains 175 reproductions, is also available. And you can shop for all sorts of thrilling items at the Edward Gorey House Store in Yarmouthport, Mass. One of my favorites is a set of note cards titled “Neglected Murderesses.”

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Woolf writing for the stage: Take the poll

Posted in Freshwater on Friday 2 July 2010| Leave a Comment »

Alexis Soloski, theatre blogger at The Guardian, argues that novelists cannot write plays.

Virginia Woolf does not escape her criticism. To wit: “And I will freely commiserate with anyone forced to endure Virginia Woolf’s Freshwater; that Woolf never intended it for performance only confirms her great intelligence.”

Reviewers on this side of the pond, however, have praised Woolf’s only play. Cast your vote for or against Woolf’s play as entertainment.

Take Our Poll

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Freshwater on North Haven for one weekend run

Posted in Freshwater, performance, tagged , on Friday 8 May 2009| 1 Comment »

Virginia Woolf’s comedy Freshwater opens May 14 and will run for one weekend in the island town of North Haven, Maine.

The play concerns Woolf’s great-aunt, the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, and her coterie of artists that included Alfred Lord Tennyson and George Frederick Watts.

Performances will be 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 1 p.m. May 14 through 17, at Waterman’s Community Center, Main Street.

More details are available.

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Virginia’s 127th birthday party will be on two stages

Posted in Anne Fernald, Freshwater, performance, play, tagged , , , , , on Wednesday 14 January 2009| 1 Comment »

Woolfians can celebrate Virginia Woolf’s 127th birthday on stage from afternoon to evening on Jan. 25 with performances of Woolf’s own play Freshwater and a staged reading of Edna O’Brien’s award-winning play Virginia.

Virginia will be performed at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Arthur Seelen Theater. Freshwater will begin at 7 p.m. at the at the Julia Miles Theater, 424 West 55th St. Both theaters are in Manhattan.

Get details of the performance of Freshwater, Woolf’s only play, here and here.

O’Brien’s play, Virginia, is a 90-minute exploration of Woolf’s inner life, as well as her relationships with husband Leonard, lover Vita and her writing. It is sponsored by the Drama Book Shop in association with the year-old Shakespeare’s Sister Company.

After the performance,  Anne Fernald, author of Virginia Woolf: Feminism and the Reader and the literary blog Fernham, will be on hand for a question and answer session. Director Joannie Mackenzie and artistic director Kris Lundberg will join her.

The event is free to the public with a suggested $10 donation in support of the Shakespeare’s Sister Company.

The Arthur Seelen Theatre is located in the basement of the Drama Book Shop, 250 W. 40th St., in Manhattan.

Read Anne’s post about the event here.

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