Arts

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Midsummer Gratitude Recap

Banff Centre hosted an online Midsummer Gratitude Event featuring artist alumni in online performances and videos that raised $830,073 to fund the sustainabilit

The Valentine Studio in the Leighton Artist Studios

Dear Artistic Community

Banff Centre is grounding our institutional vision around supporting artists. Providing artists the freedom to explore, create, collaborate, and inspire is – an

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2020 Online Programs and Events

As one of Alberta and Canada’s most cherished arts and leadership post-secondary institutions, Banff Centre is going digital to serve our participants with the

Leighton Studios

All About the Leighton Artist Studios

Located in a beautiful, secluded, wooded area on Banff Centre campus, the Leighton Artist Studios inspire and accommodate creative practice.

Creative Voices: 1979 - Crich Hall Goes Up in Flames

In 1979 a fire in the Crich Hall building sent our photography program up in smoke for several years. Luckily, no one was hurt, and artists exhibited the negati

Some Thoughts on Unthinking

Walter Phillips Gallery curator Peta Rake's "things you can't unthink" exhibition essay.

Kelly Cordes

Writer and climber Kelly Cordes talks about his book, The Tower, which won the Mountain and Wilderness Literature award at the 2015 Banff Mountain Book and Film

Literary Journalism Alum Wins Taylor Non-Fiction Prize

In the wake of winning one of the country's most prestigious writing prizes, Rosemary Sullivan talks about the journey of learning more about the daughter of an

Michael Robotham and Louise Welsh on Crime Writing

Novelists Michael Robotham and Louise Welsh discuss crime writing with Mojo Anderson.

Company 605's 'Vital Few' Explores How To Be Together, Separately

The innovative Vancouver dance company's latest work tackles the balance between unity and individualism, mirroring the company's own decade-long history.

This Sound Artist Makes Music Without Notes

Jess Rowland is a composer and sound artist with a day job in a neuroscience lab. She investigates what we hear and how we understand it.

Making A Killing At The Stock Market: Econ Writer Takes A Stab At Crime Fiction

During his work as a business journalist and author, Paddy Hirsch is used to dealing with hard facts. Now, he's trying his hand at crime fiction and is finding

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