Banff Centre Stories

2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition

Competitors Announced for 15th Triennial Banff International String Quartet Competition

Banff Centre announces the competitors for the 15th Banff International String Quartet Festival, taking place from August 25 - 31, 2025
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Boy standing facing the woods

World-renowned illusionist Scott Silven brings preview of The Lost Things to Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity April 16 & 17

World-renowned illusionist Scott Silven brings preview of The Lost Things to Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity April 16 & 17
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Amphitheatre on a sunny day with Cascade mountain in the background

Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival launches with over 70 concerts, talks, readings, exhibitions, performances, and screenings—including 50 free events

The 2025 festival runs from May to September at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Banff, Alberta
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Haema Sivanesan Headshot

Banff Centre Announces Haema Sivanesan as Director, Visual Arts

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Announces Haema Sivanesan as Director, Visual Arts
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Lantern slides from the University of Alberta archives collection

Unveiling the Banff Centre-University of Alberta (1933-1969) Archives Collection

The University of Alberta collection (1933-1969), containing the earliest records of the Banff Centre, is now open for research.
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Rosalie Favell 'Facing the Camera'

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

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

The photography prize is now given annually to any mid-career Canadian artist advancing the field of contemporary photography
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Banff National Park, photo by Paul Zizka

Signature Image 2025

We are proud to announce the 2025 signature image which represents the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival and World Tour in over 40 countries!
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From the film Champions of the Golden Valley, photo by Ben Sturgulewski

Champions of the Golden Valley wins the 2024 Banff Centre Mountain Film Competition Grand Prize and the Audience Choice Award

Champions of the Golden Valley win the Grand Prize in the 2024 Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival.
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Headshot of Léa Flowers Nelson

Banff Centre Mountain Festival Announces Mountain Spirit Award Winner

Léa Flowers Nelson is the recipient of the 2024 Mountain Spirit Award.
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The Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is proud to announce two recipients of this year’s Mountain Image Book Award: Sauvage! by Monica Dalmasso and The Art of Climbing by Simon Carter.

Two Mountain Image Book Prizes Awarded at Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

Two recipients will receive this year’s Mountain Image Book Award: Sauvage! by Monica Dalmasso and The Art of Climbing by Simon Carter.
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2024 Book Competition Category Winners

2024 Banff Centre Mountain Book Competition Announces Book Winners

The Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is excited to announce the winners of the esteemed 2024 book competition.
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