Jason Baerg, Red Tail Hawk Configuration of Nomadic Bounce. Site-specific laser cut acrylic installation painting on wood 2012—2024. Photo by Scott Lee.
Experience contemporary art at the edge of the extraordinary.
Banff Centre’s Visual Arts programs bring together emerging and established artists from around the world for residencies that foster experimentation, dialogue, and new ways of seeing. This summer, explore free exhibitions, open studios, and faculty talks that foreground process, practice, and creative exchange. Discover how artists explore new ideas and forms within Banff Centre’s dynamic creative environment.
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Walter Phillips Gallery
The exhibition, Elliptical Lineages at Walter Phillips Gallery presents the work of artists that engage the creative practices of a family member or those whom they consider kin.
Taking up questions of the relationship between art and craft, or reflective of creative forms of living and making within the context of daily life, the exhibition also intends to complicate conventional ideas of artistic lineage and embrace the complexity of exchange and transmission of knowledge across generations.
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Kapishkum: Métis Gathering
Kapishkum, meaning "to transcend" in Michif, brings together a cohort of Métis artists to engage in creative production and advance their personal practices alongside peers and faculty mentors. This program aims to celebrate and bolster Métis-specific art, creative forms, and unique ways of being, knowing and doing in a collaborative and critical environment. Meet renowned Métis faculty and artists at a host of public events.
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Early Career Banff Artist in Residence
Early Career Banff Artist in Residence (BAIR) provides mentorship, critical feedback, and studio time to visual artists and curators in the early stages of their careers. Hear from established artists and roam the studios of this year's participants, see their works, and discover the ideas and inspirations that shaped their creative journey.
