Bureau de change

July 12 – December 21

This series of exhibitions, performances, and events celebrates the significance of visual art generated from The Banff Centre. It marks the first interpretation of this remarkable history that has often been at the forefront of innovations in contemporary art. The project highlights the spirit of inquiry of visual artists who came here from across the globe for residencies and exhibitions to exchange ideas, research, think, experiment, and explore new tools.   » More

Touch Paper Once

Selected Documents from the
Walter Phillips Gallery Archive 1976–2007
July 12 – September 28

A commissioned work by Toronto artist Micah Lexier, who uses the Walter Phillips Gallery exhibition archives as inspiration and primary material for his quasi-archive installation.   » More

Bureau de change

July 12 – December 21
Curators: Sylvie Gilbert and Helga Pakasaar

This exhibition traces developments in different media and experimentation from discrete objects to interactive spaces, and threads ideas about identity and place. With radio broadcasts, live performances, outdoor works, and web projects, artworks extend well beyond the gallery to infiltrate daily life.

Radio Free Banff

July 12 – September 28
Curators: Naomi Potter and Pandora Syperek.

Radio programming highlighting the artistic production in radio and sound-based art at The Banff Centre over the last 25 years. Stay tuned for weekly shows, hands-on workshops, and public events that use the radio as a site for experimentation.   » More

Free Radio Workshop:
Build and Operate
Your Own
Micro-Transmitter

August 16 and 17, 1 – 5 p.m.
Call for locations, Free

Led by Halifax-based artists Stephen Kelly and Eleanor King, this two-part interactive public workshop teaches participants to construct their own low-watt transmitters, then takes them into the field for a performance-based broadcast.

Alternative Practices
in Photography:
Cyanotype Workshop

Saturday, August 9, 11 – 3 p.m.
Venue to be announced

In celebration of Banff Culture Weekend, the Walter Phillips Gallery partners with TRUCK Artist-Run Centre to deliver this all-ages workshop exploring alternative photographic practices. Banff-based artist Sarah Fuller will lead this cyanotype process workshop. Hosted out of TRUCK’s Contemporary Art Mobile Public Exhibition Rig, a refurbished RV art space, this workshop will encourage participants to unleash their creativity to create their own cyanotype sun print.