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Audio Recording Engineer: BMiR 2027 | Apply Now

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Audio Recording Engineer participants support both studio and live recordings, gaining meaningful experience, adding to their professional portfolio and network.

DEADLINE: July 29, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Write Over Here: Indigenous Futurism Residency 2027 (Banff Centre)

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This program welcomes Indigenous screenwriters at various stages of their careers to apply individually or with a collaborator to work on adapting their work for the screen. Collaborators may include novelists, short story writers, or playwrights.

DEADLINE: September 23, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Reimagining Cultural Policy: Leading Change Across Governance Systems

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This program invites participants to critically examine how cultural policy shapes access, equity, and influence—and how it can be reshaped to respectfully enact diverse worldviews and lived experiences.

DEADLINE: September 8, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Musical Theatre Dancers Intensive 2027 (Banff Centre)

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This two-week immersive residency offers individual dancers and emerging choreographers the opportunity to explore and embody the unique choreographic languages of Musical Theatre and help approach the work through an exciting and updated lens.

DEADLINE: August 12, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Banff Musicians In Residence 2027 | Apply Now

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This residency offers space and focused time to individual musicians and bands/ensembles of all genres to research, create, and develop your own projects in Banff Centre’s unrivalled campus and mountain environment.

DEADLINE: July 29, 2026 - 5:00 am

Call for Submissions: 2027 Gallery Season Allied Arts Council of Pincher Creek @ The Lebel

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The Allied Arts Council of Pincher Creek is currently accepting submissions for our 2027 season. We invite solo and group artists to apply for the 2027 exhibition season.

DEADLINE: August 14, 2026 - 11:59 pm

YouthWrite Write2Film Summer Camp

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Overnight Camp for Ages 14-19

DEADLINE: July 7, 2026 - 5:00 pm

YouthWrite Summer Camps in Calgary

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An unforgettable experience for creative youth, spending time with quality instructors and other talented peers discussing ideas and sharing their work.

DEADLINE: June 23, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Futurisms Intensive Writing Residency 2027

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Banff Centre’s Futurisms Intensive Writing Residency provides writers space for the creative exploration of the future, from the fantastical, to the scientific, to the decolonial.

DEADLINE: August 19, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Moonlighter Film Camp - Women's Outdoor Filmmaking Intensives - From Concept to Completion

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Moonlighter Film Camps, led by professionals in the outdoor film industry, offer a safe learning environment for women and are designed to enhance technical filmmaking skills.

DEADLINE: July 22, 2026 - 11:29 pm