Stirring Up Seattle
Allied Arts in the Civic Landscape
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Art History, American, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | R. M. Campbell | ISBN: | 9780295805382 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press | Publication: | December 19, 2014 |
| Imprint: | University of Washington Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | R. M. Campbell |
| ISBN: | 9780295805382 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press |
| Publication: | December 19, 2014 |
| Imprint: | University of Washington Press |
| Language: | English |
In the 1950s, the city of Seattle began a transformation from an insular, provincial outpost to a vibrant and cosmopolitan cultural center. As veteran Seattle journalist R. M. Campbell illustrates in Stirring Up Seattle: Allied Arts in the Civic Landscape, this transformation was catalyzed in part by the efforts of a group of civic arts boosters originally known as �The Beer and Culture Society.� This �merry band� of lawyers, architects, writers, designers, and university professors, eventually known as Allied Arts of Seattle, lobbied for public funding for the arts, helped avert the demolition of Pike Place Market, and were involved in a wide range of crusades and campaigns in support of historic preservation, cultural institutions, and urban livability.
In the 1950s, the city of Seattle began a transformation from an insular, provincial outpost to a vibrant and cosmopolitan cultural center. As veteran Seattle journalist R. M. Campbell illustrates in Stirring Up Seattle: Allied Arts in the Civic Landscape, this transformation was catalyzed in part by the efforts of a group of civic arts boosters originally known as �The Beer and Culture Society.� This �merry band� of lawyers, architects, writers, designers, and university professors, eventually known as Allied Arts of Seattle, lobbied for public funding for the arts, helped avert the demolition of Pike Place Market, and were involved in a wide range of crusades and campaigns in support of historic preservation, cultural institutions, and urban livability.
