Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

Mâwacihitowinihk Nikamowak: Indigenous Music Residency

Mâwacihitowinihk Nikamowak: Indigenous Music Residency is Plains Cree for "they sing at the gathering (place)" referring to Sacred Guardian Buffalo Mountain. This music residency centres on collaboration, refinement and presentation of work through audio production and live performance.  

This three-week residency invites musicians of various genres to apply with the intention of developing songs that are nearly completed or finished to take into the final stages of development with the support from faculty, peers and Banff Centre's audio production team.

EnglishFrench Moonlighter Film Camp - Women's Outdoor Filmmaking Intensives - Post Production

Moonlighter Film Camps, led by professionals in the outdoor film industry, offer a safe learning environment for women and are designed to enhance technical filmmaking skills. 

The Post Production camp will focus on building your

  • narrative
  • editing
  • audio mixing
  • colour correction and other technical filmmaking skills. 

These four-day workshops are open to creatives who identify as women who want to deepen their understanding of crafting content for the outdoor film genre.

Description

During this program, filmmakers will take part in scheduled workshops with faculty and guests to: 

Reimagining Cultural Policy: Leading Change Across Governance Systems

As cultural policy in Canada and internationally struggles to acknowledge the growing pressure to evolve, decision-makers must understand its foundations, current status, and future possibilities. This program invites participants to critically examine how policy shapes access, equity, and influence—and how it can be reshaped to respectfully enact diverse worldviews and lived experiences. 

Participants will gain tools to dissect cultural policy across local, provincial, federal, and Indigenous governance systems, engage with government cycles, and advocate for community-rooted priorities. The course supports leaders in reimagining cultural policy as a living, responsive framework for systemic change.

Literary Journalism: Memoir 2026

This two-week residency encourages the exploration of new ideas in the writing of Memoir. Designed to challenge and stimulate, the program aims to inspire creative pieces of non-fiction and to assist the writers in their completion.

A preeminent space for long-form Creative Non-Fiction and journalism, this residency emphasizes the strengths of thorough and articulate reporting, distinctive storytelling, and literary devices. 

Barbara Spohr Memorial Award for Photography 2027

Application Deadline June 17, 2026

Overview  

Created by the friends and family of the late artist Barbara Spohr, the Barbara Spohr Memorial Award for Photography encourages the development of Canadian contemporary photography by providing financial and creative assistance to a mid-career artist making a compelling contribution to the field. 

This annual award supports one mid-career Canadian artist (Canadian citizen or permanent resident) working in photography to undertake a fully funded residency in the Banff Centre Crich Studio. This competitive program supports independent research, creative exploration, and project development.

Description

During this month-long self-directed residency, the award winner will have:

Futurisms Intensive Writing Residency 2027

anff Centre’s Futurisms Intensive Writing Residency provides writers space for the creative exploration of the future, from the fantastical, to the scientific, to the decolonial. This self-directed residency offers the opportunity to work away from the constraints of everyday life, delve deep into your creative project, and take advantage of the community of artistic peers around you. 

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