Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity | Visual Arts
Visual Arts at Banff Centre offers exceptional programs for professional artists, curators, and art critics and researchers, as well as practicum opportunities for emerging practitioners. Visual Arts also supports, develops, and presents contemporary art through the Walter Phillips Gallery.
Our residency programs provide the time, studio space, facilities, feedback, and engagement with peers and faculty to hone your artistic development. Our thematic and self-directed programs encourage experimentation and exploration of ideas, theory, and process.
Our practicum programs offer practical hands-on training, mentorship, and experiential learning opportunities for aspiring artists, curators, and museum and gallery practitioners.
The Walter Phillips Gallery is committed to the production, presentation, collection, and analysis of contemporary art. The gallery houses the Banff International Curatorial Institute which focuses on programming and publications exploring curatorial research, pedagogy and practice, visual art criticism and writing.
107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
PO Box 1020
Banff AB T1L 1H5
Canada
Residency Program Information
Residency Program Summary
Application Information
Each residency has specific eligibility requirements; please visit our website for our current and available programs open for application.
Application fees are non refundable.
Program fee is subject to applicable taxes. Non-refundable fees and deposits will be retained upon cancellation. Any other fees are refunded at the discretion of the Banff Centre. The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.
Banff Centre strives to support individuals to the best of our ability and believe addressing accommodations is a collaborative process to establish the appropriate supports. If you have mobility or other accessibility requirements, please inform Participant Resources as soon as possible upon your acceptance into a program. Any delay in requesting accommodations will affect our ability to make arrangements on your behalf resulting in limited options and/or a delay in commencement of accommodations.
Please visit the Fees & Financial Aid section of the program page to learn more about individual program's specific fees and funding availabilities.
Accessibility
Banff Centre strives to support individuals to the best of our ability and believe addressing accommodations is a collaborative process to establish the appropriate supports. If you have mobility or other accessibility requirements, please inform Participant Resources as soon as possible upon your acceptance into a program. Any delay in requesting accommodations will affect our ability to make arrangements on your behalf resulting in limited options and/or a delay in commencement of accommodations.
Once your information is received, we will be in contact to discuss how (and if) we are able to support the accommodations required to ensure you can be successful in your program.
Please visit the following links to learn more about Banff Centre's campus, accessibility, and Participant Resources.
Banff Centre welcomes guests with mobility challenges. We are always trying to improve our ability to serve all guests, artists, and leaders. Our team works with incoming guest to try to meet the needs of each individual in our facilities and services.
We have wheelchair accessible rooms, studios, dining facilities, and meeting areas. There are paths, roadways, or ramps that provide access to and throughout most buildings. However, the centre, built on the side of a mountain, presents challenges to those with limited mobility. We recommend that you contact us in advance so that we can meet you upon your arrival to facilitate your understanding of the best routes and services available.
Housing & Accomodation
Our unique campus facilities are spread over 42 acres of land on the west side of Tunnel Mountain and just a few blocks from downtown Banff.
Hotels
Stay with us at newly renovated Lloyd Hall Hotel, situated at the centre of campus and featuring views of the surrounding alpine woodlands.
Dining
Enjoy an elegant dinner at Three Ravens, one of the top-rated restaurants in Banff.
Fitness + Recreation
Sally Borden Fitness and Recreation Centre is a comprehensive fitness facility in town that includes a climbing wall.
Library + Archives
When you need a quiet space, grab a book and enjoy stunning vistas from the on-campus Paul D. Fleck Library & Archives or explore a contemporary art exhibition at Walter Phillips Gallery.
Banff Centre offers all gender washrooms across campus. For a detailed map of locations, click here.
Studio & Facilities
Our programs offer access to outstanding facilities in an unrivalled natural environment, as well as the opportunity to interact with professional artists from around the world working in a variety of mediums and disciplines. Experimentation and collaboration across media is encouraged, and the use of facilities in areas outside of Visual Arts can often be negotiated, as we are committed to assisting artists in the realization of their creative goals.
Visual Arts facilities are located in Glyde Hall and are available to artists participating in our programs. Facilities support artistic production in analogue and digital photography, sculpture, printmaking, paper-making, ceramics, fibre, painting, drawing, digital media, video, and sound. Our knowledgeable staff are practicing artists themselves and can help facilitate your projects and provide technical support.
Please see our Facilities Fees Booklet for facility policies and guidelines, associated fees, and more information.