{"product_id":"uplift-visual-culture-at-the-banff-school-of-fine-arts-hardback-9780774864510","title":"Uplift; Visual Culture at the Banff School of Fine Arts (Hardback) 9780774864510","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUplift\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eVisual Culture at the Banff School of Fine Arts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePearlAnn Reichwein (Author), Karen Wall (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774864510\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 November 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages, 30 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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) 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) \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) \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)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Banff School opened its doors in 1933 by offering a summer drama course. Since then, it has grown into a renowned cultural destination, today known as the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs PearlAnn Reichwein and Karen Wall recount in this engaging history, over its first four decades the school produced and circulated ideals of culture and liberal democratic citizenship that were intrinsic to the development of modern Canada. \u003cem\u003eUplift\u003c\/em\u003e traces the role of the school in shaping arts and cultural education, as reflected in its array of artistic, political, economic, and ideological interests. Situated within Banff National Park, the school and its surroundings combined stunning natural scenery and cultural capital in a symbolic national landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an era of unstable cultural policy and funding, \u003cem\u003eUplift\u003c\/em\u003e draws welcome attention to the place of fine arts, culture, and the humanities in public education and in Canada's history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Artists, Tourists, and Citizens \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Uplifting the People: Extension Education and the Arts \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Branding Banff: Arts Education, Tourism, and Nation Building\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Building a \"Campus in the Clouds\": Space, Design, Modernity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 \"Wholesome, Understandable Pictures\": Practices of Landscape Painting and Production of Landscapes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Presence and Portrait: Indigeneity in the Park\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 \"Leading Artists of the World\": Teachers as Tourist Attractions and Pedagogues\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 \"Some Paint, Some Tan\": Students Coming to the Mountains\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Arts, Nature, and Democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes; Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531137085720,"sku":"9780774864510","price":55.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/uplift-visual-culture-at-the-banff-school-of-fine-arts-hardback-9780774864510","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}