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Visual Arts - Sounding Like a Mountain (Banff Centre)

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This residency invites visual artists to apply with projects that consider how places sing, how memory persists in vibration and how listening to the land can re-orient ethical and political relations.

DEADLINE: November 18, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Dancers Intensive: Colossus with Stephanie Lake Company (Banff Centre)

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A Three-Week Contemporary Dance Training and Performance Intensive

DEADLINE: November 18, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Summer Opera 2027 (Banff Centre)

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Summer Opera brings together emerging and early-career singers, conductors, and stage directors for an intensive training exploration of contemporary opera.

DEADLINE: November 4, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Independent Residency: Music 2027-28 (Banff Centre)

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This is your time for uninterrupted space to start or advance your project in our music studios. Ideal for solo creators or small to medium sized ensembles, it provides the time and freedom to make noise, and focus deeply on your work.

DEADLINE: October 14, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Independent Residency: Theatre & Dance 2027-28 (Banff Centre)

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This is your time for uninterrupted space to start or advance your project in our rehearsal or dance studios. Ideal for solo creators or small to medium sized ensembles, it provides the space and freedom to move, make noise, and focus deeply on your work.

DEADLINE: October 14, 2026 - 12:00 pm

Leighton Artist Studio Residency: Photography 2027-28 (Banff Centre)

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Spend two to six weeks in The Crich Photography Studio — your own private studio with a black-and-white darkroom, digital photography setup, and mountain views.

DEADLINE: October 14, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Leighton Artist Studio Residency: Groups 2027-28 (Banff Centre)

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The Group Leighton Studio Residency offers creative teams and collaborators one to three weeks of focused, self-directed time in private studios set in the forested surroundings of Banff Centre.

DEADLINE: October 14, 2026 - 5:00 pm

EnglishFrench Leighton Artist Studio Residency: Solo 2027-28

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A Leighton Studio Residency offers creative professionals two to six weeks of focused, self-directed time in one of the Leighton Studios designed for solo practices.

DEADLINE: October 14, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Open Call for artworks, performance, and fashion on theme of SUPPORT

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We’re inviting artists, designers, performers, & artist-researchers to propose artwork for an arts festival on the theme of SUPPORT to be held in Edmonton, Alberta in 2028.

DEADLINE: December 15, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Work of the Week: At the Fiddle Camp by David Garneau

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To commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we are proud to share David Garneau’s At the Fiddle Camp