Banff Centre

Online and In-Person Programs

Learn more about our Programs for 2022.

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.

Events

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

Campus Update

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

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

Playwright Hiro Kanagawa with performer Patricia Cerra. Photo by Jessica Wittman

April 18 - April 30, 2022

Banff Playwrights Lab 2022

Experience an inspiring, interdisciplinary, and inclusive environment to work on your play while surrounded by performing artists from across the country and around the world.

Application deadline: Jan 26, 2022

Collage of program faculty, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and Nick Montfort

April 25 - May 07, 2022

Computational Writing

Explore the intersection of computing and literary art, not only by using pre-developed tools but also by directly undertaking programming.

Application deadline: Feb 09, 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

Naomi Schmold

Foundation Board

Naomi Schmold Appointed to the Banff Centre Foundation Board of Directors

January 20, 2022 Banff, AB – Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is pleased to welcome Naomi Schmold to the Banff Centre Foundation Board of Directors.

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

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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