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Transcontinental Perspectives - Apr 2005
The document provides an overview of Banff, Canada, detailing its history from human occupation around 11,000 BC to its designation as Canada's first national park in 1885 due to the discovery of hot springs by railway workers. It highlights Banff's role as an inspiration for artists and describes major attractions, including The Banff Centre and various museums. Additionally, it mentions the ARLIS/NA 34th annual conference scheduled for May 2006 and includes practical details about program submissions and conference resources.
Transcontinental Perspectives - Apr 2005
- 1. 1 AdaptedfromaposterbyJamesCrockartinCanadianPacificRailwayArchivesA6189 ARLIS/NA 34th Annual Conference5-9 May 2006 Banff, Alberta
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- 3. 3 Calgary - Banff Banff:~ 80 miles from the Calgary International Airport.
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- 7. 7 Calgary Restored DollBlock, Stephen Ave.
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- 9. 9 There isevidence of human occupation in the Bow Valley from as early as 11,000 BC. Cree, Kootenay, Stoney, and Plains Blackfoot have lived here for centuries. Banff – The Early Years
- 10. 10 Banff – TheEarly Days The year was 1883… Canada’s first transcontinental railroad accelerated western expansion. Railway workers discovered some hot springs above what is now the Town of Banff. Tourism potential recognized In 1885, designated as Canada’s first national park. Banff – The Early Years
- 11. 11 Banff – TheEarly Years
- 12. 12 Banff – TheEarly Days Banff – The Early Years Banff has long been a source of inspiration for artists of all disciplines. Group of Seven members and many local artists recorded the spectacular scenery
- 13. 13 Cathedral Peak andLake O’Hara, 1927 J.E.H. MacDonald
- 14. 14 Mount Lefroy, 1930Lawren Harris
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- 18. 18 The Banff Centre Began in 1933 Presents events year-round in: • visual arts • music • dance • opera • theatre • films and • lectures. Attractions
- 19. 19 Walter Phillips Gallery Known for a contemporary art program Maintains a permanent collection and organizes nine shows of art, video screenings, lectures and performances every year Attractions
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- 24. 24 Visitors are transported toan elevation of 7,486 feet above sea level. Attractions Sulphur Mountain Gondola
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- 26. 26 The Fairmont BanffSprings Hotel Castle in the Rockies Photograph courtesy of Twelve-Foot Hedgehog Productions
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- 34. 34 Programming Our conferencetheme is “Transcontinental Perspectives: ARLIS/NA in the Canadian Rockies” Guidelines for program submissions can be found on the conference website: http://www.arliscanada.ca/banff2006 The deadline for program submissions is May 14th . Our programming team – led by Marilyn Nasserden and Jill Patrick – is eager to develop a highly relevant and comprehensive program for this conference.
- 35. 35 Banff Conference Website James Rout, our conference webmaster, is pleased to announce that the Banff Conference Website is now on-line: http://www.arliscanada.ca/banff2006 If you have not yet obtained a Houston conference evaluation form, they can be downloaded directly from the Houston Conference Website at: http://www.arlis- txmx.org/arlisna2005/evaluation.php Houston Conference Evaluation
- 36. 36 Photographs in thispresentation used courtesy of: James Rout Kathy Zimon The Banff Centre The Banff Cave and Basin Canadian Pacific Archives The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel Jonathan Ley The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Douglas Leighton The Banff-Lake Louise Tourism Bureau Sulphur Mountain Gondola The Luxton Museum Banff Park Museum David and Shannon Berns Calgary Downtown Association City of Calgary Twelve-Foot Hedgehog Productions
- 37. 37 ARLIS/NA 34th Annual Conference5-9 May 2006 Banff, Alberta
Editor's Notes
- #2 On behalf of the ARLIS/NW and ARLIS Canada chapters, we invite you to attend the next ARLIS/NA conference to be held in Banff, Alberta – a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most beautiful locations on earth. The conference dates are May 5 to 9, 2006. The Conference Theme is Transcontinental Perspectives. Appropriately, the conference image is an adaptation of a 1936 Canadian Pacific Railway poster by graphic artist, James Crockart. Look for the postcard of this image that we are distributing here in Houston as a reminder.
- #3 Banff is located within Banff National Park, just north of the state of Montana, and 80 miles west of Calgary. Calgary International Airport, into which you will be flying, is Canada’s third busiest Direct flights are available from most US cities. To give you an idea of distances, my flight from Calgary to Houston took 4 hours, non-stop.
- #4 There is regular bus and shuttle service to Banff from the Airport. A popular saying in Southern Alberta is “if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes!” The average temperature in May is a daytime high of 61….although it varies greatly.
- #5 When you see this distinctive Chinook cloud arch, you know warm weather is on the way. The term "chinook« by the way is derived from the name of a First Nations tribe that lived along the Columbia River.
- #6 Before traveling to Banff, we’d like to tell you a bit about Calgary. Hopefully, you will have an opportunity to see some of the sights in this great Canadian city. We will be organizing tours. Calgary is Canada’s oil and gas capital and the home of many multi-national energy corporations. In the foreground you see Calgary’s oldest bridge – the Centre Street Bridge. In the background on the left is the Calgary Tower built by Husky Oil in 1969 – long since eclipsed by a forest of skyscrapers With a population of just under 1 million, Calgary is the fastest growing, and fifth largest city in Canada.
- #7 Our city, 100 years old this year, is proud of its heritage. Shown here is a photo of the recently renovated old city hall, built in 1912, and the new Municipal Building guarded by a restored lion from the bridge seen on the previous slide. (The Toronto architectural firm Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden designed the mirrored triangular structure, which also houses the aptly named Triangle Gallery of the Visual Arts.)
- #8 Stephen Avenue Walk, named for the Canadian Pacific Railway’s first president, Lord George Mount Stephen, is one of only three National Historic Districts in Canada and is the most intact historical street west of Montreal. Thirty buildings have been restored in the past eight years, including the Doll Block, shown here.
- #9 Now let’s travel from Calgary to Banff. Banff is a one-and-a-half hour scenic drive, on the double lane Trans-Canada Highway, roughly following the Bow River through golden prairies and rolling foothills into the front ranges of the Rocky Mountains.
- #10 Archaeologists have found evidence of human occupation in the Bow Valley from as early as 11,000 BC. Native peoples, including Cree, Kootenay, Stoney, and Plains Blackfoot, have lived in these mountains and valleys for centuries.
- #11 In 1883, Canada was rapidly expanding west, primarily due to the construction of Canada’s first railroad. Hot springs above the Bow River valley that runs through what is now the Town of Banff. The CPR recognized the site’s tourism potential. In 1885, the Canadian Government set aside the hot springs and surrounding lands as Canada’s first national park. (The graphic image: a 1925 poster in the Canadian Pacific Railway Archives. The artwork is by Gordon Fraser Gillespie.)
- #12 William Cornelius Van Horne, GM of the Canadian Pacific Railway, is quoted as saying “If we can’t export the scenery, we’ll import the tourists.” What you see here is an example of “build it and they will come” – a spectacular hotel and spa in the Canadian Rockies that capitalizes on the scenery. On the left is a 1920s brochure from the CPR Archives. The original Banff Springs Hotel was designed for the Canadian Pacific Railway by Bruce Price, a New York architect, in 1886–88. It was destroyed by fire in 1925, but rebuilt and enlarged by W.S. Painter and W.S. Orrock following Price’s original design. The Banff Springs Hotel is considered to be the Canadian prototype for the Chateau Style - inspired by Scottish Baronial architecture of the 16th and 17th centuries and French chateaux of the Renaissance. The CPR subsequently used the style for brick hotels on other picturesque sites, including the Château Frontenac in Quebec City and the Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia..
- #13 Blessed with one of the most awe-inspiring landscapes in the world, Banff has long been a source of inspiration for artists of all disciplines.
- #14 Canada’s Group of Seven painters were frequent visitors, including J.E.H. MacDonald…
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- #16 It was incomparable views like this one that inspired so many artists to come and paint in the Rockies. (Contemporary Photographer, Jonathan Ley)
- #17 Welcome to Banff, shown here at the foot of Mount Rundle towering above the town.
- #18 Banff National Park welcomes over 5 million visitors each year and is one of the most popular parks in the world. The town of Banff has a population of just over 7,000. To contain the population and protect the environment, only people who are employed or have businesses in Banff are allowed to live here. Although small, Banff is a vibrant and cosmopolitan community with a very rich cultural life and history.
- #19 The Banff Centre is internationally renowned for creativity in the arts, mountain culture, and leadership Every year, thousands of talented artists come to study, exhibit and perform in Banff. Visiting artists have included Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller from Canada, Antonia Muntadas from Spain, Dan Graham from the US, and British 2005 Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller, as well as musicians: John Cage, and Toru Takemitsu to name a few.
- #20 The Town of Banff is home to a variety of museums, national historic sites, and galleries, including the Walter Phillips Gallery at the Banff Centre, a contemporary art gallery that champions curatorial innovation.
- #21 The Whyte Museum was founded in 1958 by Peter Whyte and Catharine Robb Whyte (formerly of Boston), who played a central role in shaping the art history of Alberta and Western Canada. The Museum and its library and archives focuses on the art and cultural history of the Rocky Mountains.
- #22 The Buffalo Nations Museum is the oldest Museum in Alberta dedicated to the history and contributions of Aboriginal people in the Bow Corridor. From beautifully ornamented costumes to hunting equipment, the displays cover traditional ways and current expressions of Aboriginal culture.
- #23 A national historic site, the Cave and Basin hot springs led to the creation of Banff National Park. Exhibits include a replica of the 1887 bathhouse and grand bathing pavilion.
- #24 The Banff Park Museum is a national historic site as well, and Western Canada’s oldest natural history museum, home to Rocky Mountain mammals, birds and insects preserved in Victorian style. Some of the displays date back to 1860.
- #25 To experience an open-air museum like none you have ever seen before, climb a mountain or, better-yet, hitch a ride on a gondola. At the summit, visitors can enjoy an unobstructed 360° view – the best view in the Rockies.
- #26 There are many animals which call the park home. In the Spring, Elk have been known to come into town to eat the tulips while bears like to eat dandelions along the park’s roadsides. (there are bears, elk, moose, mule deer, bighorn sheep, wolves, caribou, mountain goats, marmots, and an abundance of birds.)
- #27 Now we come to our Conference Hotel, located on the mountainside above downtown Banff. The Fairmont Banff Springs has 770 guest rooms and suites, 15 dining rooms and lounges, extensive recreational facilities, featuring a golf course and world-class European-style spa,…. and, yes, a state-of-the-art Conference Centre.
- #28 The Hotel recently underwent a major restoration and has been designated a historic site by the Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Following are a few pictures which will give you an idea of the exceptional beauty of this hotel…..starting with the Lobby shown here
- #29 Ramsay Lounge
- #30 the Spanish Walk.
- #31 Finally, here is the Conference Centre. One of the great features of this conference centre is the outside patio that one can access from the meeting rooms to get a well-deserved break and take in some fresh air and the view, …meet with friends
- #32 These are the doors to the patio from the main conference floor.
- #33 Another view from the conference floor out onto the patio.
- #34 This is the spacious common area outside of the main conference meeting rooms with natural light.
- #35 The Banff Conference Planning Committee needs your feedback. You should have received a Houston Conference Evaluation Form and a Banff Program Proposal Form in your registration bags. If you did not, there are extra copies at the Registration Desk or you can go to the Houston and Banff conference websites to print off copies.
- #36 For the first time in the Society’s history, we will be meeting in a location that is small, yet truly awesome in its natural grandeur. As Program Co-Chairs, we want to capitalize on the opportunity before us, to make Banff 2006 an inspirational and very relevant learning experience for everyone. As we have stated on the Program Proposal form, continuing education is an important mission of ARLIS/NA and priority will be given to proposals that provide opportunities for the advancement of strategic initiatives and the development of Core Competencies. We urge ARLIS/NA members to accept the challenge and submit Program Proposals that are timely, relevant, practical, and inspiring. The deadline is May 14th, 2005.
- #38 We hope to see you in Banff. Thank you.