Banff Centre for the Arts - Upcoming Visual arts Programs

Explore new directions in your work with international faculty and artists this year at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Be inspired by their beautiful studio spaces and facilities in an unrivalled natural environment.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Preparatorial Practicum – Walter Phillips Gallery
July 30 – August 31, 2019
Application deadline: May 29
Work alongside the Walter Phillips Gallery’s preparator and curator in this hands-on program. You’ll receive direct mentorship and support to develop skills in preventative conservation, art handling, installation techniques, and museum standards in environmental conditions.

Curatorial Research Practicum
September 3, 2019 – September 4, 2020
Application deadline: June 5
Enhance your knowledge as an emerging curator, and gain experience in day-to-day gallery operations. Develop research, writing, and production best practices that support the presentation and critical analysis of contemporary art.

Earthed
September 16 – October 18, 2019
Application deadline: June 12
Earthed explores visual art practices that shed light on planetary processes and concerns. Led by artists Ackroyd & Harvey, whose work intersects art, activism, architecture, biology, ecology and history, this residency will also include engagements with local scientists, biologist, and ecologists.

Ceramics Studio Practicum
September 9, 2019 – August 29, 2020
Application deadline: June 19
Develop ceramics techniques through practical experience with kiln firing (electric, gas, soda, raku, and wood), and ceramics studio operation. The program offers experience within a professional organization for those seeking careers as studio technicians or production assistants, or those in pursuit of graduate studies.

Photography Practicum
September 9, 2019 – August 29, 2020
Application deadline: June 19
Learn through exposure to a wide range of projects under the supervision and mentorship of Banff Centre staff and faculty. Applicants should have formal training/education in photography as well as an understanding of all the basics of composition and exposure, and lighting for studio and location.

Mountain Photography Residency
August 31 – September 7, 2019
Application deadline: June 26
Learn how to tell compelling visual narratives through images. This Mountain Culture program examines photography and its methodologies, processes, and uses when working in mountain or wilderness communities with deep ecological history, cultural history, or spiritual significance.

Craft as Contemporary Art
November 4 – December 6, 2019
Application deadline: July 10
This program will explore what it means to create art using materials and processes associated with practices of craft. The program will focus on the confluence of craft and contemporary art, and the intersection of these fields with topics of feminism, cultural identity, labour, materiality, object-centered theory, de/re-skilling, and activism.

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Upcoming Visual and Digital Arts Programs

Joar Nango, It was all a dream (2013)

Visual + Digital Arts programs at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity offer opportunities for artists to engage with world-renowned faculty and peers to gain new insights into the development of their work. Access to facilities and expertise in photography, sculpture, printmaking, papermaking, ceramics, fibre, painting, digital media, video, and sound, as well as curatorial studies are available. Here are a list of some of the deadlines coming up.

Mountain Photography Residency
September 2 – September 9, 2017
Application Deadline: June 7, 2017
Faculty: Cory Richards
Banff Mountain Photography Residency provides photographers with an opportunity to learn how to tell compelling visual narratives through images. Individualized interaction with celebrated National Geographic photographer Cory Richards will allow participants to address aspects of the creative process, artistic voice, storytelling, and authenticity in their mountain-themed photographic project.

Inherent Design
November 6 – December 8, 2017
Application Deadline: July 5, 2017
Faculty: Joar Nango, Ursula Johnson
This five-week program will explore several global Indigenous perspectives on architecture, traditional design methodologies, and materials. Participants will delve into the history, function, and contemporary explorations and appropriations of Indigenous design and architecture. As artists, architects, designers, and community leaders, we will discuss our respective roles in the process of place-making.

Printmaking Studio Practicum
September 5, 2017 – August 31, 2018
Application Deadline: June 21, 2017
The Printmaking Practicum program offers practical experience in the areas of screenprinting, intaglio, lithography, typography, digital printing and software, fibre, papermaking, and training in printmaking studio operation for support of artistic practice. 

Sculpture Studio Practicum
September 5, 2017 – August 31, 2018
Application Deadline: June 21, 2017
The Sculpture Practicum program offers practical experience in the areas of tool maintenance and safety, woodworking with hand tools and heavy equipment (table saw, band saw, planer, jointer, miter saw), metal working and metal casting (bronze and aluminum), and training in sculpture studio operation for support of artistic practice.

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity - Visual and Digital Arts Programs

More time. More space. More art. Explore new directions with international faculty and artists. Be inspired by our studio spaces and facilities in an unrivaled natural environment.

Banff Research in Culture: Year 2067
July 10 - August 11, 2017
Application deadline: December 21, 2016
Designed for researchers and artists to imagine, invent, and configure a future that will sustain the life we all need and deserve. Participants will explore alternative modes of living and new conceptualizations of collectivity.

Indigenous Art Journal
May 29 - June 23, 2017
Application deadline: January 25, 2017
A space for emerging and experienced Indigenous curators, art writers, art historians, and cultural thinkers to explore critical art and social discourse and the concerns that inform Indigenous artists' work, lives, and communities. Artists will also envision the development of an Indigenous Art Journal for future online and print publication.

BAiR Spring Intensive
April 24 - May 19, 2017
Application Deadline: January 4, 2017
Banff Artist in Residence (BAiR) Spring Intensive is an immersive period of studio practice and self-directed artistic exploration, giving artists the space to create, research, and experiment.

BAiR Late Spring
May 29 - June 23, 2017
Application deadline: January 11, 2017
A four-week self-directed program providing the time and space for artists, curators, and arts professionals to create, research, experiment, and cultivate new directions in their work.

BAiR Summer Studio
July 10 - August 11, 2017
Application deadline: March 1, 2017
A flexible self-directed programs, where participants can decide their residency dates within the prescribed dates from 12 days to the full five weeks.

Visual + Digital Arts programs at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity offer opportunities for artists to engage with world-renowned faculty and peers to gain new insights into the development of their work. Access to facilities and expertise in photography, sculpture, printmaking, papermaking, ceramics, fibre, painting, digital media, video, and sound, as well as curatorial studies are available. Be the first to know of new program announcements, sign up for our newsletter, follow Banff Centre on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.


For more information:
Office of the Registrar
Email: VisualArts_Registrar@banffcentre.ca
Phone: 403.762.6180 or 1.800.565.9989
banffcentre.ca