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Mother's Day at Banff Centre

Enjoy a chef-curated brunch buffet at Vistas Dining Room and a special hotel rate.

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Current Exhibition

Cheryl L'Hirondelle: where the voice touches (((acts, utterances, transmissions for freedom)))

February 13 - June 21, 2026

Watch online films from Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival and World Tour

Watch films online.

New mountain culture and adventure films. (CAN/USA)

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Watch online films from Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival and World Tour.

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Inspiring Artists, Leaders and Creatives since 1933

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is a learning organization built upon an extraordinary legacy of excellence in artistic and creative development. From our home in the stunning Canadian Rocky Mountains, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity aims to inspire everyone who attends our campus – artists, leaders, and thinkers – to unleash their creative potential.

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Program Dates June 07, 2026 - June 12, 2026

Truth and Reconciliation Through Right Relations - June 2026

Indigenous Leadership | In Person

Engage in meaningful conversations about truth and reconciliation, take responsibility by learning from Indigenous strengths and wise practices.

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Program Dates September 14, 2026 - October 02, 2026

Hide Tanning Residency 2026

Indigenous Arts Thematic Residency

This three-week introductory hide tanning residency focuses on tools, hide scraping and hide tanning. Participants will participate in the hide-tanning process.

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Deanna Bowen, still from O̶n̶ ̶T̶r̶i̶a̶l̶ The Long Doorway, 2019. Single-channel video with sound, 60′23″. Courtesy the Artist.

Program Dates November 02, 2026 - December 04, 2026

Visual Arts Thematic - On Other Archives

Visual Arts | In Person

The archive is an artistic resource, critical concept and visual form. This program seeks new perspectives on the meaning of the archive in contemporary art.

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We recognize, with deep respect and gratitude, our home on the side of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain. In the spirit of respect and truth, we honour and acknowledge the Banff area, known as “Minihrpa” (translated in Stoney Nakoda as “the waterfalls”) and the Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda) – comprised of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney Nations – as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Shuswap Nations, Ktunaxa Nations, and Metis Nation of Alberta, Rockyview District 4. We acknowledge all Nations who live, work, and play here, help us steward this land, and honour and celebrate this place.

Events

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Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival 2026

Over 100 concerts, DJ nights, literary cabarets, art-making workshops, and much more—including many free events—all summer long.

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Date: Fri, Feb 13 2026 - Sun, Jun 21 2026

Walter Phillips Gallery

Cheryl L'Hirondelle: where the voice touches (((acts, utterances, transmissions for freedom)))

From February 13 to June 21, experience the first career survey organized on multidisciplinary singer/songwriter Cheryl L’Hirondelle’s multi-decade practice.

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Date: Wed, Apr 29 2026 @ 7:30 PM

Rolston Recital Hall

FUSE Process Sharing Workshop

An informal artist talk where FUSE participants and faculty share what they are exploring, questioning, and discovering in the studio.

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Stories

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Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival launches with over 100 concerts, workshops, readings, exhibitions, performances, and screenings running from May to September 2026

APR 21, 2026 – Banff Centre is excited to bring together world-renowned musicians, artists, and writers for the 2026 Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival.

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Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Appoints Melanie Kwong to Board of Governors

APR 13, 2026 - Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is pleased to welcome public-sector leader Melanie Kwong to the Board of Governors.

Banff International String Quartet Festival

Banff International String Quartet Festival Announces Full Artistic Lineup for Immersive Weekend of Music in the Mountains, Including Jan Lisiecki, Steven Isserlis, Afiara Quartet, Dalí Quartet, Opus13 Quartet, and more

FEB 13, 2026 - World-class string artists, cross-disciplinary performances, and collaborative concerts anchor four-day Festival this September.

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Virtual Inspiration

Installation view of Elliptical Lineages, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, 2025. Photo: Rita Taylor.

Elliptical Lineages Artist Spotlights

Hear directly from a number of the artists exhibiting in Elliptical Lineages as they reflect on their work. On view from June 7 to September 7, 2025

Cris Derksen, Cellist

Decolonizing the Narrative Conversation Series

Decolonizing the Narrative Conversation Series is a bi-monthly conversation session that invites Indigenous Art creators to talk about their practice.

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Literary Arts Reading List

Our Director of Literary Arts, Derek Beaulieu, recommends these titles by Banff Centre faculty and friends.

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We recognize, with deep respect and gratitude, our home on the side of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain. In the spirit of respect and truth, we honour and acknowledge the Banff area, known as “Minihrpa” (translated in Stoney Nakoda as “the waterfalls”) and the Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda) – comprised of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney Nations – as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Shuswap Nations, Ktunaxa Nations, and Metis Nation of Alberta, Rockyview District 4. We acknowledge all Nations who live, work, and play here, help us steward this land, and honour and celebrate this place.