Programs

Banff Centre is a post-secondary institution offering educational programs across Indigenous Leadership, Cultural Leadership, Mountain Culture, and a range of artistic disciplines, including Visual Arts, Music, Literary, Indigenous Arts and Performing Arts.
  • Indigenous Leadership programs provide the knowledge and skills needed to build strong communities and lead organizations.
  • Cultural Leadership Programs are designed for those ready to lead with vision, courage, and creativity.
  • Thematic residencies support artistic research and project development grounded in a specific theme.
  • Self-directed residencies offer time and space for artists to focus on their practice in a supportive environment.
  • Professional Training programs deliver practical, hands-on experience to develop industry-ready skills.
Questions? Please email the Admissions Office or call 403 762 6180.
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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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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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Mountain and Wilderness Writing

This intensive writing program open to all genres is focused on mountain narratives, environmental journalism, wilderness adventure, or projects with an environ
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