Walter Phillips Gallery
107 Tunnel Mountain Drive T1L1H5 Banff, AB, Canada

Congratulations to the Art Matters grantees with a special shout out to WPG artists and VA residency faculty Barak ade Soleil, Carolina Caceydo, Jibz Cameron and Shannon Finnegan. The Art Matters grant is dedicated to celebrate these artists' expression of values as Queer/Trans/Black/Indigenous/People of Color (QTBIPOC), incarcerated populations, undocumented folks, immunocompromised and/or disabled people, healers, activists, and ancestors.

The closing date for the 2020 Barbara Spohr Memorial Award is now extended to November 30th, 2020. Application is open to alumni working in photography, who are Canadian (citizens or permanent residents), and have participated in a Visual Arts program at Banff Centre in the last two years. The award of $6000 CAD in value, supports the recipient in completing a second residency in Visual Arts at Banff Centre to further develop their practice. Application is free. For more in...formation, click here https://bit.ly/3diw5OT Image: Barbara Spohr, DIPTYCH BOWL OF EGGS RAW THEN COOKED (1986). C-print. Permanent Collection of Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre. Image Description: Two photos of a pair of hands holding a plate of eggs from the top-down perspective. The top one is uncooked and the bottom one is boiled. Both photos are well lit from the right side of the image. The background is a bright yellow surface.

On Sunday October 4th, join artists Aislinn Thomas and Shannon Finnegan for a conversation with Ramya Amuthan (Accessible Media Inc.), on creative audio description and the WPG commissioned project 'A distinct aggregation / A dynamic equivalent / A generous ethic of invention: Six writers respond to six sculptures'. This discussion is part of Public Displays of Affection: a series of events on the creative possibilities in accessible arts publishing, hosted by Critical Dista...nce. Register below. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-distinct-aggregationa-dynamic This project is available on the WPG website until March 31st, 2021. https://www.banffcentre.ca/six-writers-respond-six-sculptur Image Credit: Aislinn Thomas and Shannon Finnegan, 'A distinct aggregation / A dynamic equivalent / A generous ethic of invention: Six writers respond to six sculptures' (2019), drawings from the collaborative series commissioned by Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Visual Description of Image: A text drawing that reads, A distinct aggregation / A dynamic equivalent / A generous ethic of invention: Six writers respond to six sculptures. The letters are all upper case and in a muted blue-green colour on a white background.

Welcome back! Walter Phillips Gallery will re-open to the public September 26th with an extension of the exhibition 'darkness is as deep as the darkness is' by Rita McKeough. Online appointment booking coming on September 23rd. See our website for details: https://bit.ly/3cc1kuy ... We look forward to welcoming you to the gallery with masks on! Image credit: Rita McKeough, Detail of ‘Ghost Fern’ (2019). Photo by Biliana Panic.