Articles

Sarah Nelems joins Banff Centre as VP of Development

Canadian fundraising veteran, Sarah Nelems is joining Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity on April 1, 2019 as Vice President, Development. Nelems led the Canadian Red Cross “Come Hell or High Water” campaign in 2013.
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Gryphon Trio

Canada’s extraordinary Gryphon Trio appointed Directors Designate of Classical Music Summer Programs at Banff Centre

Homecoming for Annalee Patipatanakoon, Roman Borys, and Jamie Parker who met at Banff Centre as summer music students in the 1980s, who will take the helm of Classical Music Summer Programs beginning in 2019-2020
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SMU Meadows School of the Arts

Banff International String Quartet Competition announces new collaboration with SMU Meadows School of the Arts

Now valued at over $300,000, one of the richest prizes in chamber music just got richer  with the addition of SMU’s Peak Fellowship Ensemble-in-Residence Prize.
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MEC Takes on Diversity in the Outdoors

Spurred by a public criticism of the lack of diversity in advertising in the outdoor industry, Mountain Equipment Co-op's latest campaign challenges who dominates the outdoors.
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Andrea Peña receives 2018 Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award

Peña will receive a cash prize for the commission of a new work and the support of two residencies at Banff Centre.
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Image courtesy Banff & Lake Louise Tourism, photo by Jake Dyson
BISQC

BISQC 2019 Supporters

Let your passion for BISQC create something unique through a focused gift. Your support actualizes a bold vision – enabling BISQC to be a beacon for exceptional talent and an accelerator of creative work around the world.
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Bridget Moser
Bridget Moser

Bridget Moser Performs Her Mind For You

Bridget Moser is a video and performance artist whose work can be funny, alarming, and uncomfortable all at once.
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Banff Centre President | Janice Price

Janice Price, President and CEO of Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, is named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) in Toronto

Price will be honoured at an Awards Gala at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
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Jacqueline Bell

Arts writer and curator, Jacqueline Bell promoted to Curator at Walter Phillips Gallery

Bell assumes the position on November 1, 2018.  
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Image from the film The Weight of Water

The Weight of Water wins Grand Prize at the 2018 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

The Weight of Water wins Grand Prize in the 2018 Banff Mountain Film Competition
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Jacques Olek

Announcing the 2018 Summit of Excellence Award winner, accomplished Quebec climber Jacques Olek

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival announces 2018 Summit of Excellence Award winner, accomplished Quebec climber Jacques Olek
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Banff Mountain Book Competition announces 2018 Grand Prize Winner

The Eight Mountains by Paolo Cognetti takes the Grand Prize in the 2018 Banff Mountain Book Competition
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