Programs

Seek retreat from the everyday and engage in an international community of visual artists from all disciplines for an intense period of creativity. This self-directed program offers space, time, and inspiration to make new work. 

This residency will provide time and space for mid-career curators to develop an exhibition or project and conduct research while engaging with artists-in-residence and programs in Visual Arts.

In this Independent Residency, be surrounded by a community of artistic peers, attend inspiring talks and performances by world-renowned visiting artists, and enjoy a spectacular mountain environment where you can engage or seek retreat.

This Visual + Digital Arts residency will focus on the creation, expanding notion, and role of artists’ books as a platform for contemporary art practice; whereby the book format generates (rather than indicates an end point of) the creative process.

Banff Artist in Residence (BAiR) Emerging is an immersive program of studio practice, creative exploration, feedback and mentorship for artists in the early stages of their careers. The program combines the artistic freedom of a self-directed residency with the supportive benefits of an organized program.