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Link to Early Career Banff Artist in Residence - Summer 2025

Early Career Banff Artist in Residence - Summer 2025

Date: Nov 1, 2024

This residency is an immersive program of studio practice, creative exploration, critical feedback and mentorship.

Deadline: Feb 26, 2025 - 11:45 pm

Link to Visual Arts - Kapishkum: Métis Gathering

Visual Arts - Kapishkum: Métis Gathering

Date: Nov 1, 2024

This residency will facilitate discussion and artistic expression within the context of Métis resilience, reclamation, revitalization and transcendenc

Deadline: Jan 29, 2025 - 11:45 pm

Link to Science Fiction 2025

Science Fiction 2025

Date: Nov 1, 2024

This residency supports science fiction writers exploring potential futures, perspectives and narratives.

Deadline: Apr 16, 2025 - 11:45 pm

Link to Summer Writers 2025

Summer Writers 2025

Date: Nov 1, 2024

This self-directed residency offers writers time and space to re-connect and re=energize their practice.

Deadline: Mar 5, 2025 - 11:45 pm

Link to Literary Journalism 2025

Literary Journalism 2025

Date: Nov 1, 2024

This residency gives non-fiction writers time to work on their manuscripts, consult with faculty and participate in workshops.

Deadline: Jan 15, 2025 - 11:45 pm

Link to Horror Writing 2025

Horror Writing 2025

Date: Oct 30, 2024

Banff Centre's Horror Writing residency assists writers of this popular and chilling genre focus on their craft.

Deadline: Jan 8, 2025 - 11:45 pm

Link to Boundaries Group Exhibition

Boundaries Group Exhibition

Date: Oct 10, 2024

The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the group exhibition “Boundary/Boundaries” featuring the work of eighteen Alberta artists.
Link to Watch: Iinisikimm - an AFA Commemorative Arts Project

Watch: Iinisikimm - an AFA Commemorative Arts Project

Date: Oct 19, 2017

See the video of Iinisikimm, a nighttime lantern performance and homecoming for the buffalo of Banff National Park.