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  Visual Arts residency at Banff Centre focused on archives and storytelling. 5
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  Banff Centre Arts Scholarship covers 100% of tuition and 25% of meal plan and
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  - ceramics
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# Visual Arts Thematic - On Other Archives

**Hosted by:** Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity

**Type:** Residency | **Location:** Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, Banff, AB, Canada | **Deadline:** May 6, 2026

## About This Program

> "Archives, social and cultural narratives, ancestral lineages, oral histories, re-memory"

Working with institutional, personal, fictional and/or speculative archives, participants are invited to think critically about the archive as a method or 'technology' for re-storying social and cultural narratives. Themes may include, but are not limited to: familial/ancestral lineages and cultural inheritance, oral histories, micro-histories, absence, amnesia, re-memory.

Participants will be engaged in stimulating discussion and mentorship by leading faculty. Access to Whyte Museum and Banff Centre archives are available by prior arrangement. Please indicate your interest and rationale for access to either of these archives in your project description.

Visual Arts residencies at Banff Centre are structured programs of faculty-led activity and mentorship, supporting project-based studio practice. Participants will be mentored by accomplished faculty through research, experimentation and hands-on learning. 

This program supports:

- the development of conceptual thought and creative skills through faculty supported research-creation
- the development of technical skills through skill-based experimentation
- faculty-led discussion workshops to foster critical thought and professional development
- cross-cultural engagement with international faculty and participants
- peer engagement that fosters a professional community towards supporting and sustaining an artistic career.

Studio-based work is further supported by faculty studio visits, lectures, and workshops, fostering a valuable community of learning. Artists are assigned individual studios with access to shared production facilities.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Career Stage:** Emerging artist, Established, Mid-career
- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** book arts, ceramics, digital fabrication, digital media, drawing, illustration, installation, interdisciplinary arts, mixed media, painting, paper arts, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textile, visual arts, woodworking
- **Note:** Individual artists or duos (no more than two collaborators) who have: completed formal training in visual arts at the post-secondary level, or equivalent experience and recognition from their peers acquired through traditional knowledge and practices. Priority will be given to artists who have not attended a Visual Arts residency at Banff Centre in the past three years. Children are not permitted in visual arts studios or production areas. Program is designed for participation over the entire program period. Variable dates will not be considered.

### Additional Requirements

Project proposal including project description with rationale for archive access if applicable. Completed formal training in visual arts at the post-secondary level, or equivalent experience and recognition from peers acquired through traditional knowledge and practices. Financial Aid section to be completed when uploading supporting materials.

## Compensation & Benefits

Banff Centre Arts Scholarship covers 100% of tuition and 25% of meal plan and accommodation costs. Canadian Indigenous applicants receive 100% coverage of tuition, meal plan and accommodation. Total fee before scholarships: $9,484.55 CAD; after scholarship: $4,384.73 CAD. Travel stipend and material stipends available.

**Includes:** Stipend

All participants receive a scholarship covering 100% of tuition and 25% of meal plan and accommodation costs. Canadian Indigenous applicants receive support covering 100% of tuition, meal plan and accommodation costs. Total Fee Before Scholarships: $9,484.55 per person. Scholarship Amount Applied: $5,099.83 per person. Total to Pay After Scholarship: $4,384.73 per person.

## What's Provided

- **Housing:** Provided
- **Studio Access:** Provided - Artists are assigned individual studios with access to shared production facilities

## Timeline

- **Opens:** March 20, 2026
- **Deadline:** May 6, 2026

## How to Apply

Apply at: http://url.banffcentre.ca/bgcytI