St Ives Study Weekend 2021

The Virginia Woolf Society of GB held this year’s Study Weekend in Virginia Woolf’s beloved St Ives. In Porthmeor Studios, to the evocative accompaniment of waves breaking on the beach, delegates listened to talks on:

– Virginia and St Ives (Sarah Latham Phillips)
– Telling Stories of St Ives – Julia Stephen and Virginia Woolf (Marion Dell)
– St Ives 1881–1895 (Janet Axten, archivist)
– Virginia Woolf and the Artistic Impact of St Ives (Maggie Humm)
– Dress in To the Lighthouse (Claire Nicholson)

Plus:

Maggie Humm interviewed by Marion Dell about her novel Talland House
Guided visit to Talland House garden
Slow reading of passages from To the Lighthouse
Homemade cream tea in Zennor
Guided visits to the Tate St Ives and Barbara Hepworth Museum & Sculpture Garden

This and other VWSGB events are available to members only. If you’re not a member but would like to be, please see the Membership page

 

VWSGB Chair Claire Nicholson welcomes delegates
VWSGB Chair Claire Nicholson welcomes delegates
Group toast
Group toast
Gardener Polly Carter talks about Talland House garden
Gardener Polly Carter talks about Talland House garden
Homemade cream tea for delegates
Homemade cream tea for delegates
Homemade cream tea for delegates
Guided visit to the Tate St Ives
Guided visit to the Barbara Hepworth Museum & Sculpture Garden
Guided visit to the Barbara Hepworth Museum & Sculpture Garden