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Banff Mountain Festivals Cultures at Risk Mountain regions around the world are refuges for some of the globe¡¯s most intact and colourful indigenous and traditional cultures. From Peru to Tibet to the Alps, mountain people maintain ways of life reflecting their mountain homes, and continuously adapt to the changing world around them.
Cultures at Risk will explore and celebrate the mountain cultures of the world at a time when their ......
Establishing Culturally Appropriate Institutions for Contemporary Aboriginal GovernmentsThis program continues the learning journey embarked upon in our Practicing Aboriginal Sovereignty program. We will examine the philosophical, linguistic, and cultural basis of traditional governance and how those manifest themselves into governing institutions. We will then reconcile those institutions with colonial concepts such as legislative, judicial, executive, and financial. We begin wit......
Nation Building: Realizing the Dream Through StrategicAboriginal leaders, managers, and board directors are faced with the complex challenges of re-building their nations and establishing effective institutions. Research and best practices indicate that successful Aboriginal nations and organizations set strategic direction and long term goals. A viable strategic plan is required to keep pace with changes in the world, reduce the dependence on gov......
Indigenous Women in LeadershipThis program has been created specifically for women leaders. It examines issues, challenges and inequities that women face on a daily basis as they strive to fulfill the responsibilities of their job, meet the needs of their family members, and answer the demands of the community. It offers the opportunity to acquire a variety of made-to-measure tools. Newly-gained skills will serve as the fou......
Aboriginal Board Governance DevelopmentAboriginal leaders, managers, and board directors are faced with complex issues, accelerated change, and new ways of doing business. This program will demonstrate the structure and management of a governing board for maximum efficiency and effectiveness. You will come away prepared to facilitate new processes, run more productive meetings, and be more effective in your decision-making. You will......
Writing With StyleWriting with Style is a week-long workshop for writers of all levels. In the idyllic mountain setting of The Banff Centre, writers are given the opportunity to edit and shape a manuscript or work-in-progress under the guidance of an experienced editor. The diverse writing community encourages the development of new ideas and allows writers to gain confidence in their own style and voice.
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Wired Writing StudioThe Wired Writing Studio is a unique opportunity for poets and writers of fiction and other narrative prose to pursue their artistic visions and develop their voices through one-on-one editorial assistance from experienced writers/editors, as well as through involvement in a community of working writers, both on-site at The Banff Centre, and online for five months following the residency.
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Self-directed Writing ResidenciesSelf-directed writing residencies provide time, space, and facilities for individual research, editing, and manuscript development. There are no formal activities organized around a self-directed writing residency; writers structure their own time, and are free to maintain privacy or to engage with other artists and activities at The Banff Centre.
Writing faculty are not available for consu......
Science in the Public SphereScience is a part of the culture and politics of a vibrant society. As science and technology become more and more integral to decisions in the public sphere ¡ª from genetically modified foods, to nanotechnology, to wireless devices, to reproductive technology ¡ª a widespread engagement with the ideas and practices of science is crucial to the public good. There must be so many ways that science ......
Creative Non-Fiction and Cultural JournalismThe Creative Non-fiction and Cultural Journalism program was established in response to an endowment from the government of Alberta and Maclean Hunter Limited. The program offers eight established writers of non-fiction an opportunity to develop a major essay, memoir, or feature piece. A month-long residency enables writers to work on their manuscript during individual consultations with facult......
Theatre Production, Design, and Stage ManagementProduction activity runs year-round at The Banff Centre, and is most intense in July and August, during the Banff Summer Arts Festival. The Theatre Production, Design, and Stage Management program supports concurrent Playbill and program-related performances in opera, dance, Aboriginal arts, and drama, and encourages the development of highly trained technicians. Participants are mentored by ex......
Interactive Project Lab
The Interactive Project Lab (IPL), established in 2002, is a unique alliance of knowledge, resources and funding that accelerates the creative, business and technology skills of Canadian interactive media talent, fostering the creation of innovative projects and viable start-up new media companies.
Focused on the production of interactive cultural and entertainment works, the IPL offer......
Inside/Outside: Responsive Environments and Ubiquitous PresenceThis summit considers the responsive environments of everyday life. What makes up the nano dream home of the future? Can your home emulate the subtlety of your emotions? Can it heal you? Is it extensible, wearable, inhabitable, and mobile? Will it report you and to whom?
Is ubiquity frightening, desirable? Do fear, possibility, or both motivate us? Are there materials that we can repurpose ......
Informal Architecture Thematic ResidencyA thematic residency for artists, architects, curators, writers, designers and theorists who create works related to the representation of space.
During a seven week period, artists, architects, curators, writers and theorists will gather to think about, discuss, and create works related to the representation of space. Within this broader context of the representation of space ¡ª whether arc......
Imprints: A Photographic and Printed Image on Clay WorkshopImprints is a five-day intensive workshop that explores the integration of the photographic and/or printed image on ceramics. The process of transferring photocopied images onto raw clay will allow the participants to investigate social and personal history, the history of landscape painting and photography, or to use pattern, text, stills from films or video ¡ª any image is possible. After firi......
Canadian Art College Residency Work StudyApplicants must be undergraduates in their final year at one of the participating colleges; contact your home institution for details
The Association of Canadian Institutes of Art and Design
Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design
Alberta College of Art and Design
Ontario College of Art and Design
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
The Banff Centre
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Aboriginal Visual Arts Administration Work StudyIn order to maximize the training and experience gained from a work study program, ideal candidates will be available to fulfill both Fall and Winter sessions of the work study program, however, consideration may be given to different candidates for each session.
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Visual Arts and Walter Phillips Gallery......
Aboriginal Curatorial Work StudyIn order to maximize the training and experience gained from a work study program, ideal candidates will be available to fulfill both Fall and Winter sessions of the work study program, however, consideration may be given to different candidates for each session.
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Visual Arts and Walter Phillips Gallery......
4th International Symposium on Smart GraphicsThe International Symposium on Smart Graphics brought together specialists from the fields of Computer Graphics, Graphics Design, Art, Cognitive Psychology and Artificial Intelligence (AI), all working on different aspects of computer generated graphics. In order to emphasize the interplay of design, art, and technology in Smart Graphics, this years symposium took place in collaboration w......
Papermaking WorkshopDuring this one-week workshop, participants will create a range of unique work. Some of the work might include large or small sheets, three-dimensional wall relief or sculpture, or pulp-painted pieces made in the deckle box. Hemp paper is a chameleon medium. Following ones artistic goals, the fibre is wonderfully responsive. The papermakers use of hemp may result in bold pulp painti......
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