Programs

Banff Centre is a post-secondary institution providing educational programs across leadership, mountain culture and artistic disciplines.
Indigenous Leadership programs provide the knowledge and skills to build communities and lead organizations.
Thematic residencies focus on artistic research and project development based on a specific theme.
Self-directed residencies allow artists to focus on their practice in a supportive environment.
Professional Training programs offer practical hands-on training.
Questions? Please email the Admissions Office or call 403 762 6180.
Jenna Reid "Affinity"
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Banff Artist in Residence Spring 2023

This program is designed for visual artists exploring self-directed research themes and cultivating new directions in their work. 
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Maggie Mercredis on stage
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Indigenous Dramaturgies Exchange 2023

This program invites participants with innovative, land-based dramaturgical practices to network, practice and share their artistic approaches.
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Image of Faculty Matt Madden (left) and Bishakh Som (right)
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Graphic Novels and Visual Narratives

Explore graphic novels, visual narratives, and sequential art as a place for personal narrative and memoir.
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iskwé works in the studio
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Indigenous Arts Residency: Digital Constellations 2023

Digital Constellations Residency supports Indigenous digital and visual artists with the development and research of a project in the early concept phase
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“In My Body” Dancers on stage
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Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award 2022 Production Residency

Celebrating exceptional choreographers in Canada. Cash award + two residencies in Banff. Past honourees: Crystal Pite, Wen Wei Wang, Christopher House.
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‘I sing of the sea I am mermaid of the trees,’ Ayesha Hameed, 2021 (detail) courtesy the artist.  
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Visual Arts Thematic: The Weapon of Theory as a Conference of Birds

Welcoming applications from visual artists who are interested in exploring music, language and rhythm as it affects the geological and bio-political.
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Two musicians performing with string instruments
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Indigenous Classical Music Gathering

ICMG brings together Indigenous artists working with the Classical genre to cultivate relationships, personal craft and build strong networks.
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“Tejal Shah, detail of film still from Between the Waves, 5-channel video installation, 2012. Courtesy of the artist, Ba
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Ecologies of Precarious Abundance: Queer Life and Natures

This residency program is intended for visual artists who work at the intersection of queer life and ecology.
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photo Seeping, Rotting, Resting, Weeping Candice Lin 2021
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Material Transformations

Material Transformations invites a collective investigation of the radical potential embedded in organic matter.
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Writers sitting in a studio with open books.
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Mountain and Wilderness Writing

This intensive writing program open to all genres is focused on mountain narratives, environmental journalism, wilderness adventure, or projects with an environ
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Writers sitting in a studio with open books.
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Mountain and Wilderness Writing

This intensive writing program open to all genres is focused on mountain narratives, environmental journalism, wilderness adventure, or projects with an environ
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Banff Centre 2022 Indigenous Haute Couture Residency
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Indigenous Haute Couture – Digital Embellishments 2024

Eight Indigenous fashion designers will bring projects that incorporate upcycled materials and/or digital embellishments.
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