Visual Arts - Sounding Like a Mountain
Visual Arts - Sounding Like a Mountain supports visual artists through a residency funding research and studio work on sound, memory, and land to explore ecological listening and ethical relations.
Funder: Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Due Dates: November 18, 2026 (Application, 11:59 p.m. MST) | May 17–June 18, 2027 (Residency)
Funding Amounts: $5,556.87 Banff Centre Arts Scholarship for five weeks; Canadian Indigenous Arts Scholarship covers tuition, accommodation, and meals
Summary: An in-person visual arts residency exploring sound, memory, and land through ecological and ethical listening.
Key Information: Individual artists and duos must be available for the full five-week residency.
Description
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s five-week residency supports project-based visual arts practice exploring how places sing, how memory persists in vibration, and how listening to land can reorient ethical and political relations. Drawing on acoustic ecology and the mountains of Banff, artists consider sound in relation to land use, migration, ecological disruption, and colonial infrastructures.
The program combines independent research and studio work with faculty-led activities, workshops, and one-to-one mentorship. Artists receive individual studios, access to shared production facilities, and technical assistance for experimentation and skill development. Peer learning, professional community building, and opportunities to share work in progress support the development of artistic practice and sustainable careers.
