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Truth and Reconciliation Summit

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is holding a Truth and Reconciliation Summit on Saturday, October 29, 2016 as a way to bring Bow Valley residents together to learn and discover ways to live the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action.

Banff Mountain Book Competition Announces 2016 Long List

Check out our long list for the 2016 Book Competition, chosen from the best in mountain and adventure literature, mountain fiction, mountain image, mountain guidebooks and mountaineering articles and history.
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January 16 - February 17, 2017

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Body as Site

Body As Site is a five-week residency program that invites artists, designers, architects, curators, and researchers to explore the body as a site of investigation in contemporary art.

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Banff Centre Artists Build Interactive Spaceship at Beakerhead

Beama Visuals, an art and production collective, were the first participants in our Big Bang Residency—where art meets science and engineering. They created a giant, interactive spaceship that premiered this week at Calgary's Beakerhead.
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September 24, 2016

Bruce Cockburn: Banff Mineral Springs Hospital Fundraiser

The iconic singer-songwriter, Bruce Cockburn in a solo acoustic concert in support of the Banff Mineral Springs Hospital. 

Eric Harvie Theatre
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$50

The Art of Stillness Weekend

Step away from the pace of everyday life and explore the art of stillness across a weekend featuring a conversation with Pico Iyer, a performance of "Music for Heart and Breath" by Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry, slow suppers, library listening gatherings and facilitated walks.
Emerging Writers Intensive
November 19 - November 27, 2016

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Emerging Writers Intensive

The Emerging Writers Intensive (previously Writing with Style) is an eight-day writing workshop featuring different genres. This program is for new writers at varying levels of accomplishment, from not-yet-published writers to those with one published book.  

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Artist Mark Clintberg Uses Still Life to Look at the Overlooked

Artist Mark Clintberg was at Banff Centre as lead faculty for the thematic residency, Still Alive. Read our Q+A to learn more about the residency, his practice, and why the still life room of any museum deserves your attention.
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Mountain Film Festival Schedule Now Available!

Check out the full schedule of events and guest speakers for the 2016 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, and buy tickets!