A five-week visual arts residency for individual artists or duos (no more than two collaborators) at any career stage, in ceramics, digital media, painting/drawing/printmaking/papermaking, performance art, photography, and sculpture/installation. Includes a single bedroom on campus, all meals, and an individual studio with access to shared production facilities, with a Banff Centre Arts Scholarship covering part of the cost.
Organization: Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Status: Open
Who / Eligibility: Individual artists or duos (no more than two collaborators), at any stage of their career, 18+ at program start; completed post-secondary training in visual arts or equivalent experience. Disciplines: ceramics, digital media, painting/drawing/printmaking/papermaking, performance art, photography, sculpture and installation
Support / Funding: A single bedroom on the Banff Centre campus, all meals, and an individual studio with access to shared production facilities. Total program fee CAD $10,033.70; the Banff Centre Arts Scholarship covers up to CAD $5,556.87 of it (participant cost CAD $4,476.78 after scholarship). Application fee CAD $65 ($35 for applicants who identify as Indigenous)
Deadline: 18 November 2026
Period Start: 17 May 2027
Period End: 18 June 2027
City: Banff, Alberta, Canada
This data is for the specific "Sounding Like a Mountain" program; Banff Centre runs other visual-arts residencies with separate deadlines and fees (e.g. "Embodied Making," deadline February 17, 2027). Last updated: 7 November 2026.
