Description
Book SynopsisThe first major historical study of the Banff School of Fine Arts,
Uplift reveals the foundational role of the school in shaping what is today the globally renowned Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
Trade ReviewUplift reflects Reichwein’s expertise in social and environmental history and Wall’s expertise in communication, public art, and memory. They build the Banff School for readers and illustrate how attitudes around nature and Canadian identity prevalent in the 1920s were formalized and regionalized in the 1950s. -- Dale Barbour * NiCHE *
This is a thoughtful, at times entertaining book which provides a valuable lens through which to view no just the history of the Banff Centre but also the complex and vital relationships between culture, education, and the state. -- Ben Fullalove, Alberta University of the Arts * Alberta Views *
Uplift is an impressive work of scholarship and will be of great value for academics in various fields. -- Catherine Annau * The Canadian Historical Review *
Uplift is the first history of the Banff School of Fine Arts. The historical narrative presented therein is comprehensive and investigative ... Pearl Ann Reichwein and Karen Wall adroitly weave together a wealth of primary source information to show how the Banff School was embedded in a complex network of interactions between national park tourism, art, adult extension education, and cultural policy. -- Danielle Raad, Yale University Art Gallery * Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Artists, Tourists, and Citizens
1 Uplifting the People: Extension Education and the Arts
2 Branding Banff: Arts Education, Tourism, and Nation Building
3 Building a “Campus in the Clouds”: Space, Design, Modernity
4 “Wholesome, Understandable Pictures”: Practices of Landscape Painting and Production of Landscapes
5 Presence and Portrait: Indigeneity in the Park
6 “Leading Artists of the World”: Teachers as Tourist Attractions and Pedagogues
7 “Some Paint, Some Tan”: Students Coming to the Mountains
Conclusion: The Arts, Nature, and Democracy
Notes; Bibliography; Index
