Banff Artist in Residence: Spring 2024 & Summer 2024
Spring Deadline: January 10 | Program Dates: May 6–June 7, 2024
Summer Deadline: April 10 | Program Dates: August 12–September 13, 2024
The Banff Artist in Residence (BAiR) program offers visual artists the space and time to engage in intensive, self-directed research and studio practice in a supportive learning environment. Participants are provided with a studio, accessible 24 hours a day, as well as targeted access to our extensive facilities.
This program is for visual artists with an exhibition/publication record who have completed formal training in visual arts at the post-secondary level, or who have equivalent experience and recognition from their peers.
Banff International Curatorial Institute: Art, Writing, Practice
Deadline: February 7 | Program Dates: July 2–19, 2024
Co-led by faculty Tina Campt and Macarena Gómez-Barris with guest lecturers Saidiya Hartman and Jack Halberstam, Art, Writing, Practice is a residency and public symposia on art writing with a particular focus on experimental forms. A program of the Banff International Curatorial Institute, Art, Writing, Practice is open to writers, critics, scholars, curators, and creative writers interested in arts-based writing and seeking mentorship in this field.
Visual Arts Thematic Residency: Get LIT! Language, Image, Text
Deadline: February 21 | Program Dates: June 24–July 26, 2024
Led by faculty Joi Arcand, Whess Harman, August Klintberg, and Michael Turner, this five-week residency invites visual artists working in all mediums to explore language, image, words, and text through self-directed studio practice and research creation.
The application fee for each program is $65 ($35 for applicants who identify as Indigenous).
For more information, visit banffcentre.ca.
