The Hotel: Occupied Space explores the hotel as both symbol and space through the concept of “occupancy. ” By examining the various ways in which the hotel is manifested in art, photography, and film, ...

“Ronald Hawker’s endeavour to explore the material objects—the pieces in the collections—and then make relevant, illuminating connections with broader social, political, and economic events is ...

“Mother Tongue’s noble rescue project, now eight in the Unheralded Artists of BC series… insightfully written… a sumptuously designed book, and contains a generous number of photographs of Akroyd’s ...

“Uncovers an important chapter in the adolescent years of Canadian identity… the book is an expertly collected document of the early efforts made by a young, spirited country desperate to define itself. ...

In the early decades of the twentieth century, the visual arts were considered central to the formation of a distinct national identity, and the Group of Seven’s landscapes became part of a larger program ...