Article

Alex Honnald relaxing on El Cap's Texas Flake

How Google Captured El Capitan Through Alex Honnold's Eyes

In January, a small team of climbers, photographers and software engineers tackled a tall task -- creating a 3,000-foot photo tour of one of rock climbing's cro

Many Ways to Be Lost

An essay by Walter Phillips Gallery curator, Peta Rake, included in our 2015 Walter Phillips Gallery Fall exhibitions publication.

Tyler Los-Jones, detail view of "held above our heads in stone" (2015). Fiberglass, foam, paint, glitter, dimensions var

held above our heads in stone: An Interview Between Tyler Los-Jones and Benedict Fullalove

Calgary-based artist Tyler Los-Jones discusses levitation, land art and artifice with Alberta College of Art and Design professor and art historian Benedict J.

Five Mountain Storytellers Share Their Yarn-Spinning Secrets

Mountains inspire stories. We asked five old-school storytellers to share what they seek in a good story and how to tell a good campfire tale.

Author James Raffan on What the Liberal Government Could Do for the North

Canada's new government is already starting to make big changes. Author James Raffan hopes a relationship with those who live above the 60th parallel is part of

"You need to face the Bear. You need to be the bear."

Faculty member Cheryl Rose shares her experience at Getting to Maybe: A Social Innovation Residency.

Two pre-lasted shoes

These Boots Are Made for Learning

Banff Centre's summer Theatre Boots and Shoes team shows us how a boot evolves from 2D pieces of leather to something you'd actually wear.

1976 Banff Festival Poster

Mountain Fest 1976-80: The High Point on Banff's Cultural Calendar

Looking back over the years of the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival

Alastair Lee

Citadel: An Interview With Filmmaker Alastair Lee

The film "Citadel" follows two alpinists as they attempt the first ascent of the north-west ridge of the famed mountain. We caught up with filmmaker Alastair Le

From BISQC to Cleveland: Dover Quartet Wins Another Prestigious Chamber Award

The Dover Quartet were partway through a four-hour morning rehearsal when they got the big news — they were the 20th recipients of the Cleveland Quartet Award,

Jaspreet Singh

"The Signalman’s Son"

A poem by Canadian writer Jaspreet Singh, a frequent participant in The Banff Centre’s self-directed writing residencies and the Leighton Artists' Colony.

Jazz: The Universal Language

Is jazz universal? Five musicians from different parts of the world explain their relationship with jazz and what influences them.

Phone (Main Switchboard)
403.762.6100

Address
107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
PO Box 1020
Banff, Alberta
Canada
T1L 1H5

Find us on Google Maps

Banff Centre is supported by

Follow Us

We recognize, with deep respect and gratitude, our home on the side of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain. In the spirit of respect and truth, we honour and acknowledge the Banff area, known as “Minihrpa” (translated in Stoney Nakoda as “the waterfalls”) and the Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda) – comprised of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney Nations – as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Shuswap Nations, Ktunaxa Nations, and Metis Nation of Alberta, Rockyview District 4. We acknowledge all Nations who live, work, and play here, help us steward this land, and honour and celebrate this place.