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title: Visual Arts Thematic - Future Figurations Residency
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  5-week visual arts residency at Banff Centre exploring speculative futures and
  embodied futurity. All career stages welcome, scholarships available.
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updatedAt: '2026-09-30'
programType: Residency
organization: Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity
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deadline: '2026-06-03'
location: 'Banff, AB, Canada'
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compensationRange: >-
  Residency includes accommodation, meals, and studio access. Tuition cost
  before scholarships: $9,484.55. All arts participants receive scholarship
  covering 100% of tuition and 25% of meal plan and accommodation costs.
  Canadian Indigenous applicants receive additional support covering 100% of
  tuition, meal plan and accommodation. Cost after scholarship: $4,384.73.
disciplines:
  - book arts
  - ceramics
  - digital fabrication
  - digital media
  - drawing
  - illustration
  - installation
  - interdisciplinary arts
  - mixed media
  - painting
  - paper arts
  - photography
  - printmaking
  - sculpture
  - sound art
  - textile and fiber arts
  - visual arts
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# Visual Arts Thematic - Future Figurations Residency

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

**Type:** Residency | **Location:** Banff, AB, Canada | **Deadline:** June 3, 2026

## About This Program

> "Speculative futures, science-fiction, myth-making, world-building, embodied futurity, decolonizing ideas of the body"

Drawing on ideas of speculative futures, science-fiction, myth-making and world-building, artists are invited to research, imagine and create possible selves and possible worlds, exploring concepts of embodied futurity.

In this program, the concept of futurity is considered as an anti-oppressive and restorative force – of hope and possibility. By decolonizing ideas of the body as defined by Eurocentric and heteronormative conditions, new possibilities of selfhood, agency and self-reclamation are considered.

This residency runs concurrently with programs in Indigenous Arts and Literary Arts, exploring related concepts. Cross-disciplinary learning and exchange is encouraged.

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 workshops to foster critical thought and professional development
- cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary 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, sound art, textile and fiber arts, visual arts, woodworking
- **Note:** This residency is for 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. Artists working in ceramics, digital media, painting, drawing, printmaking, papermaking, photography, sculpture and installation are invited to apply. 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. This program is designed for participation over the entire program period. Variable dates will not be considered.

## Compensation & Benefits

Residency includes accommodation, meals, and studio access. Tuition cost before scholarships: $9,484.55. All arts participants receive scholarship covering 100% of tuition and 25% of meal plan and accommodation costs. Canadian Indigenous applicants receive additional support covering 100% of tuition, meal plan and accommodation. Cost after scholarship: $4,384.73.

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

## 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:** June 3, 2026

## Contact

**Email:** Not provided

## How to Apply

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