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Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

Join us for the 50th Anniversary.
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Upcoming Exhibition

SHARON LOCKHART
October 22, 2025 - January 7, 2026
Walter Phillips Gallery

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Inspiring Artists, Leaders and Creatives since 1933

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

Banff Campus Winter

Program Dates January 11, 2026 - January 16, 2026

Cultural Leadership: Reflecting Forward with Wise Practices

This program offers an opportunity to reflect upon leadership values, deepen cultural awareness and strengthen organizational skills.

Application Deadline

October 21, 2025

Leighton Artist Studios

Leighton Artist Studios

Ten remarkable studio spaces for professional artists in all disciplines. *26/27 Residencies now open for application - Deadline October 29, 2025.

EXILE choreographed by Meghann Michalsky of Project InTandem

Program Dates June 01, 2026 - June 20, 2026

Dance Production Residency 2026

Work with faculty and production teams to bring your dance production to the stage.

Application Deadline

October 29, 2025

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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.

Events

Landscape with large rock on Fogo Island

Date: Wed, Oct 22 2025 - Wed, Jan 07 2026

Walter Phillips Gallery

SHARON LOCKHART

New film and photography by Sharon Lockhart centre on the youth of Fogo Island, exploring place, landscape, and movement.

Brandee Caoba

Date: Thu, Nov 06 2025 @ 4:00 PM

Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Bldg, 204

Visual Arts Open Lecture Series: Brandee Caoba, Curator, SITE Santa Fe

Curator Brandee Caoba explores exhibitions as evolving spaces for empathy, dialogue, and social connection in this Visual Arts Open Lecture.

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Date: Fri, Nov 14 2025 @ 7:00 PM

Reading Night: Mountain Writers Intensive

Writers from the Mountain Writers Intensive share new work on mountains, wilderness, and human connection. Hosted by Helen Mort & Kate Harris.

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Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Launches 2026 Leadership Programs

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is thrilled to reveal a lineup of Leadership programs in 2026 and beyond.

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2025 Banff Mountain Film Competition category finalists announced

The 50th anniversary Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is excited to announce that 87 films have been chosen as finalists.

Banff Centre Campus. Photo by Donald Lee.

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Launches Over 30 Arts Programs for 2026 Spring and Summer Sessions (and Beyond!)

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is thrilled to reveal a lineup of arts programs for the spring and summer sessions in 2026 and beyond.

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Virtual Inspiration

Installation view of Elliptical Lineages, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, 2025. Photo: Rita Taylor.

Elliptical Lineages Artist Spotlights

Hear directly from a number of the artists exhibiting in Elliptical Lineages as they reflect on their work. On view from June 7 to September 7, 2025

Cris Derksen, Cellist

Decolonizing the Narrative Conversation Series

Decolonizing the Narrative Conversation Series is a bi-monthly conversation session that invites Indigenous Art creators to talk about their practice.

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Literary Arts Reading List

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

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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.