June 5, 1999
		Reflections of the Goddess Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 1050 Independence Avenue, S.W. Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560 tel: (202) 357-4880, ext. 246; fax: 202 357 4911 internet: www.si.edu/Asia
			Held in conjunction with the exhibition Devi: The Goddess in Indian Art (opened Spring 1999), this one-day symposium examines the various roles the goddess plays in ancient and modern times and looks at how those roles are represented artistically. To register, contact: Reflections of the Goddess, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C. 20560-0707; fax: 202 357-4911. See also: EXHIBITIONS 9:30 a.m. •Welcome, Milo C. Beach (Director) •Introduction: "Is She One, Is She Many?" Vidya Dehejia (Associate Director and Chief Curator) Morning Session, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. •"Celebrating the Durga Puja in West Bengal," Susan Bean (Curator of Asian, Oceanic and African Arts and Cultures, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts) •"The Painter's Goddess: A Magic Diagram and Other Matters," B.N. Goswamy (Former Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Punjab University) •"Goddesses among Men: The Theyyam Bhagavathis of Malabar," Pepita Seth (photographer and independent scholar, New Delhi) Afternoon Session, 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. •"Kali's New Frontiers: A Hindu Goddess on the Internet," Rachel McDermott (Assistant Professor, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, Barnard College, New York) •"Ensuring the Prosperity of the Household: Women's Festivals Honoring the Goddess," Mary McGee (Associate Professor of Classical Hinduism, Columbia University, New York) •"God Came as a Lady: Anandamayi Ma (1896-1982)," Lisa Hallstrom (Adjunct Faculty, Smith College and Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts) •"The Artist and the Goddess in Dreamtime: Francesco Clemente's Evening Raga, 1992," Betty Seid (Researcher, Department of Asian Art, Art Institute of Chicago)
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