Our mission is Inspiring Creativity. In The Banff Centre’s powerful mountain setting in the heart of Banff National Park, exceptional artists and leaders from around the world create and perform new works of art; share skills and knowledge in an interdisciplinary environment; and explore ideas and develop solutions in the arts and leadership.
Arts programs are at the core of The Banff Centre. Programming supports the commissioning and creation of new work by individual artists and arts collectives, and provides resources for collaboration and applied research. Leadership Development programs pioneer new ways of looking at leadership and new methodologies for leading in a complex world. Programs emphasize experiential, arts-and nature-based learning for leaders in the corporate, government, Aboriginal, and not-for-profit sectors, and applied research in best leadership practices.
25 The Decapitated Museum Faculty: Vincent Normand Guest: Etienne Chambaud Program dates: November 13–December 7, 2012 Application deadline: June 8, 2012 Speaking for real: this isn't a history painting, it's [...]
April 18, 2012
23 Studio Time: Work of the Living Watch Faculty: Geoffrey Farmer Program dates: July 30, 2012–August 17, 2012 Application deadline: March 2, 2012 Three weeks, eight talks, and studio time. This residency will f[...]
February 8, 2012
22 A PAPER A DRAWING A MOUNTAIN Faculty: Silke Otto-Knapp, Jan Verwoert Program dates: June 18, 2012–July 28, 2012 Application deadline: January 20, 2012 Doing impressions: What if we understood mimesis not so m[...]
January 10, 2012
01 The Retreat: A Position of dOCUMENTA (13) Banff Research in Culture 2012 Faculty: Bifo – Franco Berardi, Bruno Bosteels, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Pierre Huyghe, Catharine Malabou, Gáspár Miklós Tamás Organ[...]
December 1, 2011
Thematic Residencies 19 Adam Chodzko: Something in the Water; A Search for the Turn of the Backwash Program dates: November 14–December 9, 2011 Application deadline: July 15, 2011 By utilising art to explore ne[...]
May 25, 2011
Thematic Residencies 18 The Soiree Retreat - A bit of a Chekhovian situationwith Ragnar Kjartansson, Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir, Davíð Þór Jónsson Program dates: September 12–October 28, 2011Application de[...]
April 5, 2011
As well as designing, editing, producing, and distributing both printed and digital media, Dexter Sinister (David Reinfurt & Stuart Bailey) has also worked with ambiguous roles and formats, usually in the live contexts o[...]
January 14, 2011
The Terror. The Paris Commune. The Commons. Collaboration and the use of the term. The recent past. Theory of the Young Girl. Mortification. Institutionalisms we perform within and without. Internment. National Parks. Th[...]
November 23, 2010
Are Curators Unprofessional? offers a rare opportunity for us to examine the place of the curator within a rapidly shifting terrain of practice, to step back from our daily tasks and responsibilities in order to probe th[...]
October 11, 2010
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists will conduct critical and reflective research. Discussions will inform and create a basis for the investigation of ancient ideas and contemporary artistic process.
August 2, 2010
