Visual Arts Residency

Wei Li, participant, The System and Other Universes 2024.
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Banff Artist in Residence - Fall 2025

Banff Artist in Residence Fall 2025 offers visual artists the time and space to engage in intensive, self-directed research and studio practice.
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Spring BAIR 2024 participant Anahita Akhavan. Photo by Rita Taylor.
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Banff Artist in Residence - Winter 2026

Banff Artist in Residence Winter 2026 offers visual artists the time and space to engage in intensive, self-directed research and studio practice.
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An artist is sitting in front of two large tapestries
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Early Career Banff Artist in Residence 2026

Early Career Banff Artist in Residence 2026 offers visual artists the time and space to engage in intensive, self-directed research and studio practice.
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Germaine Koh, League (2012), photo from the League Project, courtesy the artist
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Banff Artist in Residence - Summer 2026

This six week summer residency offers visual artists the opportunity to be immersed in studio-based research and creative practice, mentored by leading faculty.
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January 21, 2026
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photo Seeping, Rotting, Resting, Weeping Candice Lin 2021
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Material Transformations

Material Transformations invites a collective investigation of the radical potential embedded in organic matter.
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“Tejal Shah, detail of film still from Between the Waves, 5-channel video installation, 2012. Courtesy of the artist, Ba
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Ecologies of Precarious Abundance: Queer Life and Natures

This residency program is intended for visual artists who work at the intersection of queer life and ecology.
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