Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Advancing creativity and knowledge through arts and culture
Research the Banff Centre's residency programs, workshops, and practicum program.
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is a globally respected arts, cultural and educational institution. A catalyst for creativity, the Centre inspires artists, business and community leaders from Canada and around the world. The Centre's multi-disciplinary programs allow emerging and established individuals in the arts, sciences, business, and the environment to:
- Create and showcase new work
- Push boundaries
- Interact and share knowledge
- Develop new ideas and solutions for the present and future
Located on Sleeping Buffalo Mountain in the heart of Banff National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site, the Centre adds to Canada's and the world's cultural repertoire by commissioning, supporting, and producing new creative works. They develop multidimensional artists for the international stage in an artistically rich learning environment. Leadership programs equip people who want to change the world with the skills to do so.
Thousands of artists, leaders and researchers participate in Centre programs every year. Through its multi-disciplinary programming, the Banff Centre provides them with the support they need to:
- Create
- Develop solutions
- Make the impossible possible
Alumni create, produce and perform works of art all over the globe. Alumni also lead institutions, organizations, and businesses, and play significant roles in their community's cultural, social, intellectual, and economic wellbeing.