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Stream Encore Classics

Watch our collection of much-loved Festival and World Tour films from the past decade.

Photo by Donald Lee

Banff International String Quartet Competition

August 29 – September 4, 2022

For over 30 years, Banff International String Quartet Competition has celebrated the art of chamber music while providing career support for emerging string quartets.

Online and In-Person Programs

Learn more about our Programs for Spring 2022

Events

Film Screenings, Concerts, Talks, Gallery Tours, and more!

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Moving through this period together.

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Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is a learning organization built upon an extraordinary legacy of excellence in artistic and creative development. From our home in the stunning Canadian Rocky Mountains, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity aims to inspire everyone who attends our campus – artists, leaders, and thinkers – to unleash their creative potential.

Programs

Ali Bosley, cream & sugar (2021), BAiR 2D Open Studios. Photo: Rita Taylor

April 25 - May 27, 2022

Banff Artist in Residence - Spring 2022

This program is designed for visual artists exploring self-directed research themes, experimenting with production techniques, and cultivating new directions in their work.

Application deadline: Jan 19, 2022

Man in black top showing textile example to crowd

March 07 - March 26, 2022

Indigenous Haute Couture Fashion Residency - Design & Pattern Development

The Indigenous Haute Couture Fashion Residency with D'Arcy Moses offers artists the opportunity to develop their design and pattern skills at haute couture level.

Application deadline: Jan 19, 2022

Leading Teams: Good Governance for Councils and Boards

February 15 - February 18, 2022

Introductory Leading Teams: Governance for Indigenous Councils and Boards - Online

Lead your team by exploring the structure and management of a governing body for maximum efficiency and effectiveness, with particular focus on building solid foundations for Indigenous governance...

Registration deadline: Jan 25, 2022

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Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is located on the lands of Treaty 7 territory. We acknowledge the past, present, and future generations of Stoney Nakoda, Blackfoot, and Tsuut’ina Nations who help us steward this land, as well as honour and celebrate this place.

Events

Cris Derksen, Cellist

Decolonizing the Narrative Conversation Series

Decolonizing the Narrative Conversation Series is a monthly online conversation session that invites leading Indigenous Art creators to talk about their practices and processes.

Invisible Beauty

Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour

The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour has launched! Film programs are now touring throughout Canada, the US and over 40 other countries.

Encore: Classics

A collection of much-loved Festival and World Tour films from the past decade! Now available to watch.

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Banff Centre is hiring.

Stories

Simon Ross sits on a bench in the snow on the Banff Centre campus

Banff Centre Announces Simon Ross as Director of Indigenous Leadership

Banff Centre Announces Simon Ross as Director of Indigenous Leadership Celebrating 50 years of Indigenous Leadership Programming

Derek Beaulieu chosen as Banff Poet Laureate

Banff Centre’s Literary Arts Director, Derek Beaulieu, named Banff Poet Laureate

From the film The Rescue

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival announces 2021 Film and Book Grand Prize Winners

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is thrilled to announce The Rescue as Grand Prize winner in the Banff Mountain Film Competition and Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard as Grand...

Virtual Inspiration

Opera group performs on stage.

Curated Spotify Playlists

Discover curated playlists from Banff Centre residencies, programs, and competitions.

Reading in a hammock, by a lake, surrounded by mountains

Literary Arts Reading List

Our Director of Literary Arts, Derek Beaulieu, recommends these titles by Banff Centre faculty and friends.

Opera in the 21st Century Virtual Open Studios : Digital Image of Students in Zoom Call

Opera in the 21st Century Virtual Open Studios

In this online version of our Open Studios events, you are invited to meet the participants and explore the artistic research and work created in our 2020/21 Opera in the 21st Century program.

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