Banff Centre’s Mountain Culture and Indigenous Arts programs invite you to a screening of Cody Lefthand’s Stories We Have Earned: The Stoney Nakoda Film Project (Canada, 2024). The documentary examines the exploitation of the Iyarhe Nakoda people’s culture and customs for entertainment through their involvement in Banff Indian Days, the Calgary Stampede, and dozens of Hollywood films.

The screening takes place in the majestic Shaw Amphitheatre, which sports a 360˚ view of Banff’s gorgeous surroundings. A natural valley in the heart of Banff Centre campus, there’s no better spot to enjoy both the mountains and the arts in the summer.

In case of bad weather, this event will take place indoors in the Max Bell Auditorium.

“Stories We Have Earned: The Stoney Nakoda Film Project is a blending of cinema history and the history of my people the Stoney Nakoda. I want to use the many films shot in our community to tell the bigger history of our struggle against the many injustices placed upon the Stoney under Treaty 7.” — director Cody Lefthand

Bring a blanket and the whole family for a night of inspiring, mountain-themed short films under the stars.

Films include: 
“The Streif — Fabio Wibmer” (Austria, 2024, 3 min) 
“River Mamma” (USA, 2023, 11 min) 
“109 Below” (USA, 2023, 14 min) 
“Keep it Burning” (France, 2024, 33 min) 
“Welcome to the Pit” (Canada, 2024, 15 min) 
“Undammed” (USA, 2024, 17 min)

This event takes place in the majestic Shaw Amphitheatre, which sports a 360˚ view of Banff’s gorgeous surroundings. A natural valley in the heart of Banff Centre campus, there’s no better spot to enjoy both the mountains and the arts in the summer.

In case of bad weather, this event will take place indoors in the Max Bell Auditorium.

Drop-in at this new workshop series for children and youth at Walter Phillips Gallery!

Join us on the second Saturday of every month for Family ARTventures—creative artmaking activities for all ages. The workshops are drop-in with materials provided. 

The Family ARTventures Program is generously supported by

Drop-in at this new workshop series for children and youth at Walter Phillips Gallery!

Join us on the second Saturday of every month for Family ARTventures—creative artmaking activities for all ages. The workshops are drop-in with materials provided. 

The Family ARTventures Program is generously supported by

Drop-in at this new workshop series for children and youth at Walter Phillips Gallery!

Join us on the second Saturday of every month for Family ARTventures—creative artmaking activities for all ages. The workshops are drop-in with materials provided. 

The Family ARTventures Program is generously supported by

In recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of Walter Phillips Gallery in August, postcards featuring an image of a rainbow appearing in the spray above the Bow River made on residence by Toronto-based artist, Steven Beckly titled Misty Bow River, 2022 will be mailed to as many past exhibiting artists as can be contacted. Each recipient will be invited to share a recollection from their experience and return the postcard to Walter Phillips Gallery and keep a second copy or mail it to someone whom they connected with in Banff. As responses arrive and are displayed throughout the year, visitors encounter a growing archive of firsthand recollections. After the exhibition, the postcards will enter the archives, forming a lasting social history and a resource for future research.

Curated by Jacqueline Bell

In A Clean Place to Swim, Diane Borsato presents new and past works that explore the liberating, intimate, and communal possibilities of being in the water. Acts of teaching and learning, encounters across backgrounds, as well as our shared right to clean, wild environments to swim in will be brought together under a title drawn from a phrase by Alexander Wilson from The Culture of Nature. 

Walter Phillips Gallery gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support of the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of Alberta through Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

Please join us for the opening reception of Diane Borsato: A Clean Place to Swim with the artist in attendance.

In A Clean Place to Swim, Diane Borsato presents new and past works that explore the liberating, intimate, and communal possibilities of being in the water. Acts of teaching and learning, encounters across backgrounds, as well as our shared right to clean, wild environments to swim in will be brought together under a title drawn from a phrase by Alexander Wilson from The Culture of Nature.

Walter Phillips Gallery gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support of the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of Alberta through Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

Please join us for a tour led by Walter Phillips Gallery staff of the exhibition, Diane Borsato: A Clean Place to Swim.

In A Clean Place to Swim, Diane Borsato presents new and past works that explore the liberating, intimate, and communal possibilities of being in the water. Acts of teaching and learning, encounters across backgrounds, as well as our shared right to clean, wild environments to swim in will be brought together under a title drawn from a phrase by Alexander Wilson from The Culture of Nature.

Enjoy this exhibition tour during the Open Studios event for Banff Artist in Residence– Summer 2026 program.

Walter Phillips Gallery gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support of the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of Alberta through Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

Drop-in at this new workshop series for children and youth at Walter Phillips Gallery!

Join us on the second Saturday of every month for Family ARTventures—creative artmaking activities for all ages. The workshops are drop-in with materials provided.

The Family ARTventures Program is generously supported by