Visual Arts

Diane Borsato: A Clean Place to Swim

Walter Phillips Gallery welcomes visitors this summer with the communal possibilities of water in Diane Borsato: A Clean Place to Swim and creative artmaking for children and youth with Family ARTventures

JUNE 23, 2026 – WPG presents Diane Borsato: A Clean Place to Swim, an exhibition that considers how water fosters intimacy, solidarity, and belonging

Image of person wearing red hat and scarf

Walter Phillips Gallery opens Cheryl L’Hirondelle: where the voice touches (((acts, utterances, transmission for freedom))), celebrating the artist’s multi-decade career

FEB 5, 2026 - From Feb 13 to Jun 21, experience the first career survey of multidisciplinary singer/songwriter Cheryl L’Hirondelle’s multi-decade practice.

Landscape with large rock on Fogo Island

Walter Phillips Gallery at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Opens SHARON LOCKHART, an Exhibition of Film and Photography inspired by Fogo Island in Newfoundland and Labrador

OCT 22, 2025 - Banff Centre is proud to open SHARON LOCKHART exhibition today, October 22, 2025 until January 7, 2026.

Ryan Van Der Hout. Photo by Kristina Ruddick.

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Announces Ryan Van Der Hout as Winner of the 2026 Barbara Spohr Memorial Award

SEPT 11, 2025 - Banff Centre is proud to announce Ryan Van Der Hout (he/they) as the 2026 recipient of the Barbara Spohr Memorial Award for Photography.

Hali Heavy Shield, Naaahsa is an Artist!, 2023, revised 2025. Digital image. Courtesy of the artist.

Elliptical Lineages Exhibition Opens at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity's Walter Phillips Gallery

JUN 16, 2025 - Elliptical Lineages explores kinship and artistic exchange across generations, on view at Walter Phillips Gallery until Sept 7, 2025.

Rosalie Favell 'Facing the Camera'

Facing Photographs Exhibition Opens at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s Walter Phillips Gallery

FEB 12, 2025 - Featuring works primarily selected from Banff Centre’s permanent collection, Facing Photographs will run from February 14 to May 4, 2025.

A photograph of many people in blue across a glass building

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Announces Karen Zalamea Winner of the 2025 Barbara Spohr Memorial Award

DEC 5, 2024 - The photography prize is now given annually to any mid-career Canadian artist advancing the field of contemporary photography

Charwei Tsai, 'Sky Mantra' (Still), 2009

Exploring how Buddhist thought and practice has influenced artists

NEWS RELEASE September 15, 2023 – New exhibition at Walter Phillips Gallery, In the Present Moment: Buddhism, Contemporary Art, and Social Practice

Installation view of Rita McKeoughs exhibition with red roses

Walter Phillips Gallery Reopening

The Walter Phillips Gallery will reopen to the public on Saturday, September 26 with the extension Rita McKeough’s exhibition "darkness is as deep as the darkne

Visual + Digital Art Open Studio

Visual Arts Explores the Relationship between Art and Communities

Visual Arts at Banff Centre continues to offer exceptional programs and opportunities for emerging and professional artists, curators, art critics and researche

Rita McKeough, Detail of ‘Ghost Fern’ (2019).

Visual Arts Presents Darkness and Accessibility 2020

For the Winter Exhibition, Banff Centre’s Walter Phillips Gallery proudly presents Governor-General Award-winning visual artist Rita McKeough’s darkness is as d

Open Studio - Emmanuel Osahor

Open Studio: Visual Artist Emmanuel Osahor

While at Banff Centre, Emmanuel experimented with transferring paint to concrete. His work is inspired by shelters or gardens in Edmonton, and he paints using m

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