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Naomi Schmold
Foundation Board

Naomi Schmold Appointed to the Banff Centre Foundation Board of Directors

January 20, 2022 Banff, AB – Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is pleased to welcome Naomi Schmold to the Banff Centre Foundation Board of Directors.
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Simon Ross sits on a bench in the snow on the Banff Centre campus
Simon Ross

Banff Centre Announces Simon Ross as Director of Indigenous Leadership

Banff Centre Announces Simon Ross as Director of Indigenous Leadership Celebrating 50 years of Indigenous Leadership Programming
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Headshot of Derek with graphic treatment in yellow and black
Literary Arts

Derek Beaulieu chosen as Banff Poet Laureate

Banff Centre’s Literary Arts Director, Derek Beaulieu, named Banff Poet Laureate
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From the film The Rescue

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival announces 2021 Film and Book Grand Prize Winners

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is thrilled to announce The Rescue as Grand Prize winner in the Banff Mountain Film Competition and Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard as Grand...
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2021 Book Competition Award Winners with Logo

Banff Mountain Book Competition announces 2021 category award winners

Banff Mountain Book Competition is pleased to announce the 2021 category award winners who will go on to compete for the Grand Prize on November 5 at this year’s Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book...
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Image courtesy of Helen Sovdat

Mountain adventurer and guide Helen Sovdat wins 2021 Summit of Excellence Award

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is honoured to announce that one of Canada's outstanding mountain adventurers and guides, Helen Sovdat, is the recipient of the 2021 Summit of...
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Image courtesy Banff & Lake Louise Tourism, photo by Jake Dyson
BISQC

BISQC 2022 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...
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From the film La Liste, photo by Jeremy Bernard

2021 Banff Mountain Film Competition Finalists

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival has chosen 76 films as finalists in the 2021 Banff Mountain Film Competition.
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Banff International String Quartet Competition 2019 First Prize Winners
Banff Centre

Largest Prizes for Chamber Music in the World

Applications for Banff International String Quartet Competition 2022 Now Open
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Tania Willard, 'Surrounded/Surrounding', 2018, wood burning fire ring, laser etched cedar woodlogs from SecwépemcTerritory, relief print on paper. Collection of the artist. Gifted to Four Directions Aboriginal Student Centre, Kingston, 2019.
Banff Centre

Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts

Curated by Candice Hopkins and Dylan Robinson, Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts features newly commissioned scores, performances, videos, sculptures and sound by Indigenous and other artists...
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Image from the film The Slabs © Dave Mackison

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival schedule now online

The 46th annual Festival (October 30 to November 7) will feature reduced-capacity in-person live events in Banff Centre’s newly renovated Jenny Belzberg Theatre, and at partner venues in Banff and...
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2021 Category Finalists

Banff Mountain Book Competition category finalists announced

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is pleased to announce the long list of category finalists for the Banff Mountain Book Competition. The prescreening committee read 153 book submissions...
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