{"product_id":"uplift-9780774864527","title":"Uplift","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first major historical study of the Banff School of Fine Arts, \u003cem\u003eUplift\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the foundational role of the school in shaping what is today the globally renowned Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eUplift\u003c\/em\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eUplift\u003c\/em\u003e is an impressive work of scholarship and will be of great value for academics in various fields. -- Catherine Annau * The Canadian Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eUplift \u003c\/em\u003eis 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Artists, Tourists, and Citizens \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Uplifting the People: Extension Education and the Arts \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Branding Banff: Arts Education, Tourism, and Nation Building\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Building a “Campus in the Clouds”: Space, Design, Modernity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 “Wholesome, Understandable Pictures”: Practices of Landscape Painting and Production of Landscapes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Presence and Portrait: Indigeneity in the Park\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 “Leading Artists of the World”: Teachers as Tourist Attractions and Pedagogues\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 “Some Paint, Some Tan”: Students Coming to the Mountains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Arts, Nature, and Democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes; Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404946612567,"sku":"9780774864527","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774864527.jpg?v=1730488151","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/uplift-9780774864527","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}