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- Title
Art, Education, and a "new world society": Joseph McCulley's Pickering College and Canadian Muralism, 1934-1950.
- Authors
Niergarth, Kirk
- Abstract
In Depression-era Pickering College, a Quaker-founded private school in Newmarket, Ontario, headmaster Joseph McCulley guided what he called "a great experiment" in democratic education. McCulley's educational philosophy was influenced by progressivism, social Christianity, and democratic socialism. These ideological influences are also evident in a 1934 mural executed by Pickering College's artist-in-residence, Harold Haydon. Not only is the subject matter of this particular mural consistent with McCulley's ideals, but the mural form in general was a component of McCulley's conception of the place of art in a coming "new world society": in this future society, McCulley wrote, "art in all its forms shall no longer be the prized possession of a favoured few but its enrichment of life shall be the heritage of all." This essay explains the connection between McCulley's educational philosophy and the contemporary meaning of Haydon's mural. It then compares Haydon's mural to other Canadian murals of the 1930s and 1940s.
- Subjects
ESSAYS; MURAL art; MCCULLEY, Joseph; ART; EDUCATION; PROGRESSIVISM (Canadian politics); HAYDON, Harold
- Publication
Journal of Canadian Studies, 2007, Vol 41, Issue 1, p172
- ISSN
0021-9495
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.3138/jcs.41.1.172