Belsize Square Synagogue and Virginia Woolf by CultureCamden

Belsize Synagogue LGBTQIA+ group
Artists Anna Reading and Kat Hudson worked together with a LGBTQIA+ Jewish group based at Belsize Synagogue during the summer of 2023 to explore the life and work of Virginia Woolf. The creative outcomes of these workshops are presented through a book, combined and layered to reflect the collaborative discursive environment of the sessions. The group were introduced to Virginia Woolf through a presentation from a specialist on her work, and through sections of her texts.
Discussions in the sessions varied from shared interests to deeper conversations around overlapping identities. These conversations were documented through making; including collage, drawing, mono-printing, and textiles. This documentation has been brought together alongside a series of quotes from Virginia Woolf’s dairy and poetry and responses from the participants themselves.