Main entry:

Leighton, David.

Title & Author:

Artists, builders, and dreamers : 50 years at the Banff school / David Leighton ; research and photograph selection by Peggy Leighton.

Publication:

Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, ©1982.

Description:

160 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Preface -- Introduction -- 1. A missionary vision -- 2. The road to Damascus -- 3. A woman ahead of her time -- 4. Cowboy with a a palette -- 5. The master builder -- 6. The unknown star -- 7. Always go for the best -- 8. A lonely gift -- 9. The Fathers of Confederation -- 10. The eternal passion -- 11. The territorial imperative -- 12. Visionary in a vest -- 13. From craft to art -- 14. Du courage, en avant! -- 15. The Hungarian connection -- 16. The newest profession -- 17. Cameron's cold-water chalet -- 18. From the ashes -- 19. The sound of music -- 20. The silver foxes -- 21. Changing the guard -- 22. The grand design -- Cast of characters.

Summary:

"On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Banff Centre, David and Peggy Leighton offer a fascinating history of this world-renowned arts and cultural institution. 'Artists, Builders and Dreamers' spotlights the far-sighted individuals who dreamed of a first-class school for artists amid the grandeur of the Canadian Rockies - and made it happen. From modest beginnings as a branch of the University of Alberta's Extension Department to early days as a summer school of theatre and visual arts, today's Banff Centre has emerged as one of the most prestigious of international schools. Over the past fifty years, the Centre has earned a reputation for excellence in such diverse fields as music, photography, writing, visual arts, drama, dance, and business administration. It has numbered among its faculty Aaron Copland, Anton Kuerti, Oscar Peterson, A.Y. Jackson, Mariette Rousseau-Vermette, Douglas Campbell, Michael Langham, Alice Munro, W.O. Mitchell, and Margaret Atwood. Its alumni include actors Bruno Gerussi, Fiona Reid, Frances Hyland, and Tom Peacocke, as well as writer Robert Kroetsch, pianist Marek Jablonski, and ballerina Evelyn Hart, to name just a few. Here is the story of how an inspiration, moulded into a reality, grew beyond its originators' wildest dreams." --dust jacket.

ISBN:

0771052448
9780771052446

Subject:

Banff Centre Anniversaries, etc.
Banff Centre Histoire.
Banff Centre.
Arts Study and teaching Alberta Banff.
Arts Étude et enseignement Alberta Banff.
Anniversaries.
Arts Study and teaching.
Alberta Banff.

Added entries:

Leighton, Peggy.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 1525
Call No.: ID CAN; ID:85-B338
Status: Available