19 Adam Chodzko: Something in the Water; A Search for the Turn of the Backwash
Program dates: November 14–December 9, 2011
Application deadline: July 15, 2011
By utilising art to explore new ways of relating to each other it’s time to reveal and tamper with the networks that connect individual subjectivity to wider collective and unconscious flows in the world. What unspeakable truth rises to the surface from this kind of looking? It’s a collaboration. Each participant contributing equally in order to create a series of propositions; What are we doing here, right here, right now? Or are we already, in reality, somewhere over there? Field trips, hikes, meetings with “real” people, collaborative video projects, individual quests, too much late night Googling, and lots of misunderstandings will guide us through this residency.
20 Trading Post with Candice Hopkins
Program dates: January 4–February 21, 2012
Application deadline: July 25, 2011
In the spirit of trading posts, this residency will be a site for ideas to converge and to explore the potential of trade. Trading Post will not address a single theme but instead bring together a diverse group of Aboriginal and Indigenous cultural workers within a collaborative environment in order to consider the potentiality and limits of exchange. Please note: Enrolment to this program is limited to individuals of Aboriginal descent (status, non-status, Métis, or Inuit).
02 Ken Lum’s Master Class: Art and the effects of the Real
Program dates: January 4–February 21, 2012
Application deadline: July 25, 2011
The most interesting contemporary art is focused on the uneasy relationship between identity and the Real, concerned centrally with the social and spatial impediments that so often divide people from one another. It is the aim of Art and the effects of the Real to investigate the deepening interest of art towards its contingencies. This is an intensive residency with a structured program schedule that includes weekly seminars, discussion groups, and film screenings.
Work Study programs are designed to expand and upgrade creative and producing skills and to increase employability and creativity. These placements are appropriate for individuals who have recently completed their studies or wish to leave their current work worlds or formal advanced studies for a period of time in order to expand and develop their careers, professional experience, and capabilities. These programs require full-time commitment and independent thinking.
Aboriginal Research and Arts Administration Work Study
Program dates: August 2, 2011–April 27, 2012
Application deadline: June 1, 2011
Aboriginal Studio Work Study
Program dates: August 22, 2011–April 27, 2012
Application deadline: June 1, 2011
Preparatorial Work Study
Program dates: August 29, 2011–March 2, 2012
Application deadline: June 30, 2011
Aboriginal Preparatorial Work Study
Program dates: August 29, 2011–March 2, 2012
Application deadline: June 30, 2011
Banff Artist in Residence (BAIR) Programs
Ongoing opportunities
Banff Artist in Residence programs offer independent periods of study where artists, curators, and other arts professionals are free to experiment and explore. Participants are provided with an individual studio accessible 24 hours a day, as well as use of Visual Arts facilities including printmaking, papermaking, ceramics, sculpture, and photography. BAIR offers short and long-term opportunities to work at a remove from the constraints of everyday life.
For more information and to apply:
Office of the Registrar
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 403.762.6180 or 1.800.565.9989
www.banffcentre.ca/va
Upcoming Public Lectures & Events
May 31
Sarah Robayo Sheridan
Curator’s Talk
June 14
Michael Taussig
Why is Magic Hour Magical?
June 16
Brian Jungen The ghosts on top of my head
Artist’s talk and public art commission unveiling
July 14
Dexter Sinister Artists’ Talk
Hospitium ad Infinitum
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