Programs

Applications are now open for Spring/Summer 2024 programs.  For Fall 2024 progams onwards you can sign up to the Newsletter to receive an alert when applications open.

Questions please contact the Admissions Office or call 403 762 6180. 

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Cardinal Studio
Residency
April 01 - September 30, 2024

Independent Residencies: Leighton Artists Studios - 1st April - 30th Sept 2024

Independent residencies in the Leighton Artists Studios offer you the ability to delve into your work as a solitary, self-directed retreat.

Application deadline: Nov 29, 2023
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Introductory Wise Practices in Indigenous Leadership - Online
Residency
February 04 - February 09, 2024

Intermediate Wise Practices in Indigenous Leadership - Winter 2024

Together leadership pathways to overcome challenges, create a strategic focus and actualize personal, professional, organizational, and community goals.

Registration deadline: Dec 12, 2023
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Daniel Levin Becker and Ian Williams
Residency
April 22 - May 03, 2024

Literary Arts Thematic: Form and Constraint - Spring 2024

This program will consider how authors of fiction and poetry use form and constrained forms to create opportunities for new and unfettered expression. 

Application deadline: Jan 10, 2024
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Amber Muller St. Thomas Spring BAiR 2023 works in their studio
Residency
May 06 - June 07, 2024

Visual Arts: Banff Artist in Residence - Spring 2024

The Spring Banff Artist in Residence program offers visual artists the time and space to engage in intensive, self-directed research and studio practice in a supportive learning environment.

Application deadline: Jan 10, 2024
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Three dancers perform on stage during the 2022 Intercultural Indigenous Dance Showcase
Residency
July 08 - July 26, 2024

Indigenous World Dance Residency - Summer 2024

A three-week residency for Indigenous choreographers and dancer groups to work on projects focusing on re-embodiment and Indigenous voice.

Application deadline: Jan 31, 2024
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Stage performance of Kopernikus, 2017
Residency
June 04 - June 29, 2024

Chamber Music and Opera: Interplay

This innovative and collaborative residency at Banff Centre is for classically trained singers, musicians, composers, librettists, and arts writers committed to chamber music and opera

Application deadline: Jan 31, 2024
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Indigenous Arts programs at Banff Centre
Residency
May 06 - May 24, 2024

Indigenous Arts Thematic: Story Sharing Residency

This self-directed residency will invite Indigenous storytellers to further develop projects in a supportive learning environment while engaging in Indigenous storytelling practices. 

Application deadline: Feb 07, 2024
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Program faculty Kyo Maclear (left) and Elamin Abdulmahmoud (right)
Residency
June 10 - June 21, 2024

Literary Journalism: Memoir - Summer 2024

This residency gives memoir writers time to work on their manuscripts, have individual consultations with faculty, and participate in workshops.

Application deadline: Feb 07, 2024
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Night Sky over mountain range
Residency
July 02 - July 19, 2024

Banff International Curatorial Institute: Art, Writing, Practice

Art, Writing, Practice is a residency and public symposia on art writing with a particular focus on experimental forms. 

Application deadline: Feb 07, 2024
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March 17 - March 22, 2024

Intermediate Indigenous Women in Leadership - Winter 2024

Gently immerse yourself in ceremony and your feminine spirit. Together we will call in love and the sacred guidance of our ancestors, reawakening the "wise" woman within.

Registration deadline: Feb 13, 2024
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Jazz Club, Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music, 2017, Okkyung Lee, cello; Jen Shyu, vocals; Tia Fuller, saxophone; Matt Stevens, guitar. Photo by Rita Taylor.
Residency
August 06 - August 24, 2024

Jazz & Sonic Arts: GATHER LISTEN HEAR

Jazz & Sonic Arts: GATHER LISTEN HEAR is an innovative program for early career jazz and sound artists to become changemakers, explore new directions, and advance their creative potential.

Application deadline: Feb 14, 2024
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the lowest bar, Whess Harman, 2021
Residency
June 24 - July 26, 2024

Visual Arts Thematic Residency - Get LIT! Language, Image, Text

Get Lit!  Language, Image, Text offers visual artists working with words, numbers, and language the space and time to create, research, experiment and explore new creative directions.

Application deadline: Feb 21, 2024
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