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Awards
for Smith People
Ted Hughes and Syliva Plath, from No Other Appetite |
An exhibition
catalog, ‘No Other Appetite’:
Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, and the Blood Jet of Poetry, compiled
by Karen Kukil, associate curator of special collections,
and Stephen C. Enniss, director of special collections
at Emory University, is a co-winner of the 2007 Katharine
Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab American Book Prices Current
Exhibition Award. The awards, which are presented by the
Association of College and Research Libraries, are given
annually in recognition of outstanding exhibitions catalogs
issued by American or Canadian institutions. The catalog
represents an exhibition held at New York City’s
Grolier Club in late 2005, which included objects mostly
from Smith’s Sylvia Plath Collection and the Ted
Hughes Papers and Library at Emory University. The Grolier
Club is a society for bibliophiles and enthusiasts of graphic
arts. “In a deep red binding, this memorable volume
brings together two significant collections of 20th-century
literature,” said Marcia Reed, chair of the awards
committee. “Mirroring the poets’ marriage,
the beautifully designed and well illustrated catalog succeeds
admirably in publishing a book that conveys the weight
of its subjects’ lives and works in both text and
image.”
Elliot Offner's Great Blue Heron
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Elliot
Offner,
the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities Emeritus,
was recently named a recipient of the National Sculpture
Society’s Medal of Honor, its highest award.
Offner, who has received numerous awards, grants and recognition
for his art, served as president of the National Sculpture
Society from 2000 to 2003. The society is the oldest organization
of professional sculptors in the United States. Offner will
be presented with the award during the society’s annual
awards dinner on May 19 at Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys
Island, South Carolina. Brookgreen Gardens is the first public
sculpture garden in the United States, and this year celebrates
its 75th anniversary. Brookgreen Gardens is dedicating a
new building on its 9,000-acre property this month, to be
called the Elliot and Rosemary Offner Sculpture Learning
and Research Center. Offner retired from Smith in 2004 after
41 years on the faculty.
 Judith
Marksbury, director of college relations, was
honored by the United Way of Hampshire County (UWHC) with
its Hennessey Award, given annually to individuals who,
through service and dedication, make the greatest impact
on the United Way campaign. Marksbury was presented with
the award during the United Way campaign celebration breakfast
on May 11. Marksbury, who served a two-year term as chair
of the UWHC board, served this year as chair of the leadership
committee for the campaign, which accounted for nearly
half of the $1.1 million total raised. Leadership donors
are those who contribute at least $1,000.
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