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ARTS CULTURE EVENTS
FALL 2019 / WINTER 2020
ART AS
RESISTANCE
AGAINST OUR
WARMING
PLANET
Shows, Concerts +
Event Listings Inside
Banff Centre is FALL 2019 / WINTER 2020
creativity that On the cover Features In every issue
can't be tamed. 12 Forever Emerging
Governor General's
Award-winning author
3
4
President’s Letter
Event Highlights
Some highlights from
Katherena Vermette
this season’s Banff
on growing your
Centre shows
voice as a writer
Banff Centre is
6 Connect With Us
14 Art at the End
Follow our InStudio
of the World
stories online
Artists are responding
to the climate crisis.
taking chances.
8 From the Vault
Who will listen? Get to know the
artists behind some
22 An Unbreakable Circle
of the works from our
Indigenous storytelling
permanent collection
in the digital age
10 Studio Visit
24 Leaving a Legacy
Learn about one
in the West
of our Leighton
Banff Centre is
Banff Centre's
A 2015 PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION IN PARIS Artists Studios
theatre undergoes
titled Radical Action Reaction by visual artists renovations thanks to 28 Special Section
and environmental activists Heather Ackroyd a generous donation Explore Banff Centre
.
and Dan Harvey frames an acorn tree as an
campus this fall
actor centre stage behind grass curtains. 30 Hide Couture
and winter
Years later, the installation is still reflective D'Arcy Moses'
of the duo’s creative partnership, having Indigenous haute 42 Open Studios
spent years working with natural elements couture innovates on Peek into the studios
to create art that challenges the material traditional practices of Banff Centre artists
limits of their craft in order to challenge
humanity’s relationship to the environment. 34 Artist as Warrior 48 What’s On
Jazz drummer Plan your fall/winter
Returning to Banff Centre in the fall, Ackroyd
Jerry Granelli on cultural adventures
& Harvey are lead faculty for our visual arts
the revolutionary
residency Earthed. Engaging participants
act of being an artist 59 Staff Recognition
with local ecologists and biologists, Earthed
invites artists to develop their practices 36 Crafting the Universe 60 Alumni News
as conduits for public discourse about Choreographer Andrea Celebrating Banff
urgent environmental issues. Centre achievements
PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY THE ARTISTS (COVER)
Peña's new piece
Artifice Manifesto and milestones
brings vulnerability
62 Banff Centre
to the stage
Supporters
66 Last Word
Exploring the
banffcentre.ca Read about Ackroyd & Harvey
creative workspace
of adventure writer
on pages 14–19. Learn more Sharon Wood
about their public lecture at
banffcentre.ca
Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 1
PRESIDENT’S LETTER
DEAR
ARTS season to workshop her latest creation,
LOVER, Artifice Manifesto; Governor General’s
Award-winning author Katherena
Vermette, who will lead the Emerging
Banff Centre welcomes you to another Writers Intensive; and Slavey Dene
exciting season of programming on our designer D’Arcy Moses, who brings his
snowy campus. We enter into a new years of haute couture experience to
year full of fresh ideas, new visiting an Indigenous Arts fashion residency.
artists, and an exciting revitalization
Finally, explore our many free and
project on campus.
ticketed events this fall and winter,
In early November, after the conclusion from “Balkan-Klezmer-Gypsy-Party-
of the world-renowned Banff Centre Punk-Super Band” The Lemon Bucket
Mountain Film and Book Festival, our Orkestra, to beloved holiday concert
theatre space will be undergoing a A Charlie Brown Christmas featuring
TYNÉ ANGELA FREEMAN, BANFF INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP IN JAZZ & CREATIVE MUSIC. PHOTO CREDIT: DONALD LEE
renovation thanks to a generous gift The Jerry Granelli Trio, as well as
from the family of Calgary philanthropist open readings from the Centre's
Banff Centre is
and former Banff Centre board chair internationally-recognized Literary
Jenny Belzberg. You can read all about Arts residencies and cutting-edge
this transformational gift, and what you Walter Phillips Gallery exhibitions.
voices that move
can expect to see when we reopen the
There’s always something new to
space as the Jenny Belzberg Theatre
explore at Banff Centre. We look
in 2020, on page 22 of this issue.
forward to seeing you on campus.
On the cover is work by artists
mountains.
Sincerely,
Ackroyd & Harvey, faculty for the
visual arts residency Earthed and
leaders in the conversation about
what artists can do in the fight against
climate change — a conversation
important to all of us as residents
of Canada’s first national park.
Elsewhere in the magazine you can Janice Price
read about choreographer Andrea PRESIDENT & CEO
Advance your practice in a post-graduate Peña, who won the Clifford E. Lee BANFF CENTRE FOR ARTS
Award, and joins Banff Centre this AND CREATIVITY
level artist residency. Programs for emerging
to professional artists offered year-round.
PHOTO CREDIT: COLIN WAY
Apply today.
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Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 3
WHAT’S ON AT BANFF CENTRE
Event Highlights Join us this season for music,
exhibitions, talks, and peeks
inside our artists’ studios.
Learn more on pages 48-54,
and at banffcentre.ca
Banff Centre Mountain Jim Cuddy Trio
Film and Book Festival January 6
October 26 – November 3 Sit back and enjoy one of Canada's
TOP RIGHT: Sarah
Marquis, photo by Don’t miss nine epic days filled most recognizable voices, Blue Rodeo's
Krystle Wright. with stories of remote journeys, Jim Cuddy, as he and his trio members
ground-breaking expeditions, perform Canadian roots rock music.
RIGHT, CLOCKWISE:
Jordi Phillips during and cutting-edge adventures
Ghost Days Open told through the eyes of authors,
Studios, photo by photographers, and filmmakers Amy Helm
Jessica Wittman. from around the globe.
Amy Helm, photo by February 1
Ebru Yildiz. The Lemon
Enjoy this folk-rock performance
Bucket Orkestra, photo
by Carlos M. Gàrate. The Lemon influenced by Americana, gospel,
and blues in an intimate setting.
Roisin Adams during a Bucket Orkestra
BMiR Open Concert,
photo by Rita Taylor. November 15
Dance to exciting music with Visual Arts
a “Balkan-Klezmer-Gypsy- Open Studios
Party-Punk-Super Band.”
February 5 + March 25
Tour the studios to meet artists
Candice Lin, in the Visual Arts programs
and discover their work.
A materialist history
of contagion
Until December 8 Banff Musicians
In A materialist history of contagion, in Residence
Los Angeles-based artist Candice Open Concerts
Lin traces the materialist history of
colours and their global circulation Until February 7
as exotic commodities entwined Attend free weekly concerts
with the legacies of plantation featuring musicians in
economies and colonial expansion. residence at Banff Centre.
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 5
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banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 7
FROM THE VAULT
A Sense of Place
Work from Banff Centre’s Permanent Collection
DR. EMMANUELLE LOUBET
Tokyo Sound Postcards
BY NINA PATTERSON
THE PINGS OF METAL BALLS in a pachinko parlour,
the bustle of a train station, an elevator attendant’s
cheerful tone — these are some of the noises you
hear while listening to Tokyo Sound Postcards.
This series of nine cassette tapes was created
by Rax Karal, the alias of Dr. Emmanuelle Loubet,
a multimedia producer and musicologist. Loubet
became interested in electronic music and the art
of sound recording while studying at the Technical
University of Berlin. Wanting to leave the familiar
context of European and Western culture behind,
Loubet moved from Berlin to Tokyo – a place where
she knew no one and did not speak the language.
It was 1986 and Loubet, an anomaly in the traditionally LISA MYERS
male-dominated field of sound recording and
Train Tracks from Sault Ste. Marie
technology, arrived in the city armed with nothing
to Espanola (2015–16)
but her small Walkman and a microphone attachment.
Linguistically isolated, Loubet began to focus in
BY SYLVIA DREAVER
on the contrasting sounds around her: the
traditional mixed with the high tech.
LISA MYERS’ ARTISTIC and curatorial practice engages and injustices. As she describes in her text, “Rails
Some of the cassettes have accompanying objects:
in themes that consider the relationship between food, and Ties” in the 2016 Walter Phillips Gallery publication
two with their own handmade pillows and one with
place, and memory — connections that are explored No Visible Horizon, he used the tracks to flee, guiding
an empty cassette case containing pachinko balls
within the series of five prints, Train Tracks from Sault himself along the North Shore of Lake Huron, surviving
and coins. Loubet explains that the pillows were
Ste. Marie to Espanola (2015-2016). The work was primarily on blueberries during his long journey. Myers
meant to symbolize her inability to sleep those
developed while Myers, an artist and independent herself retraced this route, following the 250 kilometers
first few sweltering months in Japan. A few tapes
curator of Anishinaabe ancestry, was in residence at of Canadian Pacific Railway track between locations in
PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY OF THE ARTIST, NAHANNI MCKAY (OPPOSITE)
are delicately wrapped in tissue paper as if
Banff Centre. Upon entering the permanent collection, 2009. This was a means to locate herself within her
they are honoured objects.
the prints were shown in the Walter Phillips Gallery family’s history, and the complexities of how this
Each cassette has a corresponding image, hence exhibition No Visible Horizon in 2016. The work intertwines with her own identity.
Tokyo Sound Postcards and
the work’s categorization as a series of sound engages with Myers' interest in the transmission of
the rest of the Emmanuelle In “Rails and Ties” Myers discusses Train Tracks from
postcards. In many ways, postcards and cassette knowledge, and how this has taken place within her
Loubet Fonds are available Sault Ste. Marie to Espanola as part of a larger body of
for consultation in the tapes are similar; both have become signifiers of own family between herself and her grandfather.
work she refers to as Blueprints, reflecting on the idea that
Paul D. Fleck Archives. another time when physical objects were used to
There is a simplicity to this work; the light blue pigment the family stories we hear and the events we witness act as
convey messages — a far cry from the intangible
Paul D. Fleck Library and derived from blueberries depicts train tracks gently blueprints for our lives, informing how we locate ourselves
communication methods of today.
Archives at Banff Centre is meandering through each frame. The Toronto and Port and retain a sense of belonging. As Myers describes in a
generously supported through Loubet, who first came to Banff Centre in the summer Severn-based artist uses the expanse of the work over 2016 issue of The Senses & Society Journal, “[i]nstead of
the Bobbye Ruth and Dewitt of 1997, donated her collection to the Banff Centre five prints, as well as negative space, to emphasize the always repeating his story it was a way of finding myself in
L. Potter Library Endowment Archives by 2019 with the intent that some of her mapping of this route and to retell a story. However, that story.” By mapping out this history, Myers is able to
Fund and the William and
recordings could be consulted and remixed by other once the story unfolds it reveals itself to be anything reconnect with the land that sustained her grandfather.
Nona Heaslip Endowment for
multimedia artists. And while some of her older works but simple. When Myers was in her twenties, her The natural pigment of these prints will change over
Archives for Performing Arts.
utilize newer technologies than Tokyo Sound Postcards, grandfather shared his story of running away from time, emphasizing the fragility and importance of
they engage with the same way of thinking: honing in residential school where he faced, like so many oral traditions and embodied experiences as
on the sounds of a specific place and time. other Indigenous children, systemic oppressions they relate to memory and place.
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 9
STUDIO VISIT
Home on the Range Renowned Canadian Original floor plan
of the Gerin-Lajoie
architects designed Studio for writers,
by Guy Gerin-Lajoie.
artist retreats that (courtesy of Paul
D. Fleck Library
are perfect spaces and Archives).
Have a 360° look at more studios
for creation. and spaces on campus at
facebook.com/banffcentre
Here’s the next in
our ongoing series
exploring Banff
Centre’s Leighton
Artists Studios.
BY RYAN MCINTOSH
THE LEIGHTON ARTISTS STUDIOS, opened
in 1985, are nine unique studio spaces for
artists working in all genres. The area is
located on campus, but nestled in the
forest in a world all its own.
Each of the eight original studios was named for
the distinguished architect who designed it, and
each space is unique in its look and feel. The
beautiful, secluded spaces have housed writers,
composers, singer-songwriters, visual artists,
screenwriters, playwrights, translators, curators,
theorists, and more. It’s the perfect place to
escape into your thoughts and focus on creation.
Montreal architect Guy Gerin-Lajoie originally
designed the Gerin-Lajoie studio for visual
artists, though it now hosts a wide variety of
residents. The building blends into the forest
and features a stepped roof that harmonizes
with the surrounding mountains. In fact, the
roof line was based on the Rundle mountain
range under which the studio sits. Inside, the
use of skylights and large windows creates a
bright, open space which offers plenty of room
to work while also providing inspiration with
its stunning forest views.
PHOTO CREDIT: CHRIS AMAT
Maintenance of the studios is
supported by the Leighton Artists
Studios Facility Renewal Endowment.
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 11
FOREVER
EMERGING
BY MEGHAN POWER
Governor General’s Award-winning
author Katherena Vermette on the
importance of finding and growing
your voice as a writer
KATHERENA VERMETTE IS A MÉTIS WRITER Was there a particular mentor, piece of
from Treaty One territory — the heart of the Métis advice, or book that changed the way
nation — Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her award-winning you write or approach your practice?
poetry, fiction, and film explore the landscape of
So many mentors and so much sage wisdom
trauma, loss, and the bleak truth of racism across
along the way. The advice I always return to when
this land now known as Canada. This October
I teach is that writers have to find what works for
she joins Literary Arts at Banff Centre as program
them. It's not a “one process fits all” type thing.
director for the Emerging Writers Intensive.
We each have different spaces, times of day,
Vermette’s voice spans genres and generations.
schedules, timelines to work with, and finding
Listening to her speak about her practice and
the one that fits is a big part of it — discipline,
growth as a writer, it is apparent how deeply she
absolute drudgery sometimes, is the next.
feels about supporting emerging writers and the
importance of emerging spaces to help writers
grow their practices and find their voices. Do you see genre as an artificial construct that
can limit creative potential? Or do you think genre
provides necessary rigour to a writer’s practice?
What excites you most about working
with emerging writers? I think genre is as genre does. Some of us thrive in
rules, constructs, and methods, while others need
All the possibility and excitement! All those
keeners! I remember being an emerging writer
to push against them. I tend to be a mix of the two; “IT'S SUCH A DYNAMIC
it was important for me to learn all the rules, but
so well. Pretty sure it was yesterday. It felt
then I figured out where I wanted to break them. TIME IN A WRITER'S LIFE
like I was "emerging" forever. But it's such a
Like many writers, I work in multiple genres. Each
dynamic time in a writer's life — endless learning,
has its special flavour and aroma, and approach,
— ENDLESS LEARNING,
growing, doing, and so, so much energy. I love
working with newer writers, witnessing their
and comes from a different place, I think. There GROWING, DOING.”
are certain, very particular things that need to
"a-ha" moments, watching them tap into those
be adhered to in each genre, but there is also so
special places, subjects, voices, and especially
much to learn by mixing it up and trying others.
hearing the results of all their hard work.
How do you feel your writing? Does this feeling
What do you feel is most challenging about being
change when you are writing different genres?
in the emergent stages of one’s writing career?
Oh I love this question because I don't think I
PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY THE ARTIST
Most of the time, this field has a pretty long
have ever thought about it quite like this before.
apprenticeship, and many of us work for years
But, yes, genres definitely [feel] very different.
before we see any big results. And there's
My poetry is much more personal for me. It
this long "finding your voice" period where,
comes from a place of autobiography and
as a novice, you are wondering when you're
reflection. So the easy visual is that poetry is
going to finally find your voice and where you
taking what is inside and putting it out. Fiction,
managed to misplace it. I found it challenging The Emerging Writers Intensive
on the other hand, comes from taking what is
to be patient, challenging to watch others is supported through the
outside in; taking what is not entirely myself
succeed where I wasn't, challenging to learn how Rogers Communications
(because really, writers are always writing Endowment Fund.
much more there is to it than actual writing.
about themselves) but taking something new
and holding it in my body in some way.
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 13
WORLD
OF THE
THE EN
ART AT
BY ALISON SINKEWICZ
IN THE FACE
OF THE GLOBE’S
MOST IMMEDIATE
CRISIS, ACKROYD
& HARVEY
PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY THE ARTISTS
ASK ARTISTS
WHAT RESPONSIBILITY
THEY BEAR
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 15
F
ROM CERTAIN VANTAGE POINTS, art is
activism. Artists – given the platform
and the will – are in a unique position to
speak to and from places of power, paradoxically,
benefitting from the commodity of culture.
In 2019, it’s a position that is reaching critical
mass: eight artists demanded their work be
removed from the prestigious, often career-
making Whitney Biennial in protest of the
museum’s link to a controversial teargas
company. The Sackler family — owners of
OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, whose
profits reached the billions throughout the
opioid crisis — have, at the behest of artists
and activists, had their name removed
from the walls of the Louvre and had all
future gifts denied by the Guggenheim.
But some believe that climate change, the
most immediate global crisis, has yet to hit the
art world with the urgency it demands. United
Kingdom-based visual arts duo Heather Ackroyd
and Dan Harvey, known collectively as Ackroyd
& Harvey, have long been addressing climate
change and ecological issues in their work. More
recently the artists have been at the forefront of
Culture Declares Emergency, planning protest
performances including one at the Tate Modern
in April 2019. The protest included performance
artist Zena Edwards wearing a coat resembling
a thick fur, a garment created by Ackroyd &
Harvey that was actually made of living grass.
In the wake of the protest (as well as additional
protests organized by Extinction Rebellion in
central London and across the U.K.) the Tate and
numerous other cultural organizations declared
a climate emergency and announced ambitious
promises of more sustainable practices.
PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY THE ARTISTS
Dilston Grove, London, 2003.
"Working with sound artist
and composer Graeme
Miller, Ackroyd & Harvey
temporarily transformed
... a de-consecrated
and now derelict church
in Bermondsey, into a
verdant green chamber
of living grass."
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 17“OUR ARTISTIC
PROCESS COMES
LEFT: Pam Lucas
wears an Ackroyd FROM OBSERVING
NATURAL PROCESSES,
& Harvey coat
made of living
grass at a 2019
AND THAT IS BECOMING
Extinction Rebellion
protest at London’s
Fashion Week.
INCREASINGLY MORE
RIGHT: Testament,
Milan, 2011.
IMPORTANT.”
Dan Harvey
Ackroyd & Harvey formed in 1990, having both Climate change is an inescapable fact, so much
independently fostered practices centered so that its impending impact is no longer an issue
around ecology. The duo has shown extensively that can be considered secondary even (if not
internationally, including a commission for the especially) when it comes to art making. “I just
inauguration of the David Attenborough Building realized if you come and look at our library, there
in Cambridge, was guest faculty at Banff Centre are art books, but I don’t gravitate towards critical
in 2016, and will be presenting a public lecture art theory. The books right next to the bed are
at the Centre in September of 2019 as lead around ecology, climate, maybe neuroscience
faculty for the residency Earthed. to some extent,” explains Ackroyd. Their creative
kinship isn’t to be found in arts-exclusive circles,
They are most interested in the processes of
but rather in the cross-disciplinary community
plant life, with a pioneering aspect of their work
made up of those who recognize the calamitous
focused on creating living photographs with
reality we are in. “I just think we are in such a
grass as the photo paper. As the climate crisis
deeply precarious position. When you meet
has worsened, the message of Ackroyd
people who recognize the enormity of what is
& Harvey’s biological-based practice has taken
happening, there is both a sense of relief
on new meaning. “Photosynthesis – which so
and sense of quiet ‘Oh my god.’”
much of our work has been based upon – is
PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY THE ARTISTS
something that is fundamental now,” Ackroyd So what then are we to make of an artist’s specific
says via video call from their London studio responsibility to the issue of climate change? This,
on an unusually hot summer afternoon. in part, involves a distancing from what we have
“The more trees you have the more oxygen come to recognize as the art world itself. “Our
you have, the [fewer] trees you have and the artistic process comes from observing natural
more fossil fuels you burn, the less oxygen processes, and that is becoming increasingly
we have. This fundamental process is more important,” explains Harvey. “I think
becoming increasingly more important.” [we’re] really trying to understand and question
the direction the world is heading in. And that
questioning [is fundamental] in our practice.”
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 19As an international art scene becomes more of need, art can engender community. For
readily accessible, its impact on the environment Ackroyd & Harvey, it’s community action that
is an oft-overlooked aspect of a booming art is so necessary at this moment. Through the
economy. “There are going to have to be some Earthed residency, the duo sets out to alarm,
very systematic shifts of how we are trading raise awareness, and shift art practice towards
PHOTO CREDIT: JEFF SPICER, COURTESY THE ARTISTS (OPPOSITE)
[culture],” says Ackroyd. “Inevitably, there has action. “Yes we are in a really, very challenging
to be a raised criticality. I can’t see it as being a place, but what can we do together?" asks
kind of add-on. The consequence has to be Ackroyd. "And what is the strength of us
right at the centre, now, moving forward.” meeting at this moment in time, in Banff?
What is our community going to draw out
Art as political protest may not only be a means
“WHAT CAN
of that and where can we go?” LEFT: Artists and activists
to change, it may be a mode of existence.
Heather Ackroyd and Dan
“Some scientists are now saying that we could “How you support each other is through the Harvey in front of their project,
see the collapse of civilization as we know it by growth of community,” adds Harvey. Perhaps
WE DO
Beuys' Acorns, 2019, a living
2050,” says Ackroyd. “So where does our critical the artist’s essential ability is not only to installation grown from acorns
knowledge and acceptance of art come into create work, but to assemble an audience collected from Joseph Beuys'
TOGETHER?”
play? When, actually, we are going to have to witness the very culture at risk. 1982 work 7000 Oaks.
to be on the frontlines of survival?” TOP: Dilston Grove,
Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey
But art’s great strength is in its inborn ability to 2003, detail.
were generously support through
conceptualize – science, philosophy, humanities,
ecologies – through objects. In critical times
the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky
Outstanding Artist Program. Heather Ackroyd
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 21An
Unbreakable
Circle
The Truth and Reconciliation Through Right
Relations program brings people together,
and pushes them to make change
BY DEVON MURPHY
IT STARTS WITH A CIRCLE. Every morning we anchor the group with ceremony, local
enter one together and cross a threshold knowledge, and lived experience. Faculty
into a space that is unspokenly sacred. like Ry Moran, Director of the National
This circle holds hard truths and secrets, Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, former
it cradles you; to be a part of it is to feel representative for First Nations child welfare
safe to explore the atrocities committed Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, and Erin
by this country, the resilience of those who Dixon, former Indigenous Awareness Trainer
survived them, and the privileges some for the Ontario Provincial Police, fill the
of us — people like me — enjoy because space the Elders create with a framework
of them. This circle is a reckoning. for invaluable learning. By the end of the
week, you transform the knowledge you
This is what mornings look like in the
gain from reconciliation into reconcili-
Truth and Reconciliation Through Right
action with commitments to carry the work
Relations program hosted at Banff Centre
forward. You start to find answers to the
on the traditional lands of Treaty 7 territory,
question "where do we go from here?"
comprised of the Stoney Nakoda Nations
of Wesley, Chiniki, and Bearspaw; three Time works differently in this program — a
Nations of the Blackfoot Confederacy: day can speed by so fast you don’t want it to
the Piikani, Kainai, and Siksika; and the end. A single fact about residential schools
Tsuu T'ina of the Dene people; as well can freeze you in a moment that feels like
as the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III. hours. Similarly, the connections you make
in Right Relations in just a few days will stick
In this program you are free to say what
with you long after the sessions are over.
comes not necessarily to mind, but to heart.
There are no stupid questions as you unfold It ends with a circle. We hold hands,
just how little you were told about the give thanks, and move forward into
truth of Canada’s treatment of Indigneous the world, renewed with the energy
peoples — how you were robbed of that to make a difference.
knowledge and how that theft might have
coloured your view of the world.
PHOTO CREDIT: BILL STEVENSON
Banff Centre’s Leadership Program is
Right Relations is fit for Indigenous and
generously supported by the Suncor Energy
non-Indigenous participants who are Foundation. This work is developed with
interested in taking steps towards action support from the Peter Lougheed Leadership
but are unsure where to start, and is lead Initiative, in partnership with the University
by an incomparable and generous faculty. of Alberta, made possible by funding
Elder Dila Houle and Elder Sykes Powderface from the Government of Alberta.
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 23Leaving “I THINK WHEN
a Legacy WE ENHANCE THE
EXPERIENCE OF THE
in the
AUDIENCE, IT ALSO
HELPS THE ARTISTS.”
Jenny Belzberg
West
BY AFTON BRAZZONI ZACK BELZBERG has fond childhood “In the summer I come to all the
memories of attending arts events classical concerts. There’s something
with his grandmother, Calgary-born magical about this place,” Jenny says.
A contribution community builder and philanthropist “The arts have enriched my life and
Jenny Belzberg. Those experiences my [late] husband’s. [Art] just does
from the family gave him the opportunity to see something for your heart and
of arts lover and the arts through her eyes. your soul.”
“Any intersection of young developing Zack says his grandmother grew up
philanthropist talent, Canadian content, and culture in a home where artists were often
Jenny Belzberg in Western Canada was always
paramount to her,” Zack says.
present. Her interest in the arts came
from her family and it’s important to
will make a big That’s why he believes Banff Centre
her that the tradition of supporting
artists continues through her family.
mark on campus for Arts and Creativity was a perfect fit
when it came to the family's decision “She truly leads by example. I feel very
in fall 2020 to make a transformational gift to lucky to have a front row seat as a
revitalize Banff Centre’s Eric Harvie witness to the incredible contributions
Theatre — one of the largest private she’s made,” he says.
gifts Banff Centre has ever received.
The revitalization of the current Eric
Banff Centre was always a fixture
Harvie Theatre will begin in November
in Jenny’s life, Zack says, and by
2019, and is slated to reopen fall 2020
extension a fixture in the rest of
as the newly named Jenny Belzberg
the Belzbergs’ lives. Jenny served
Theatre. Banff Centre will honour
as chair of the Board of Governors
the over 50-year history of the Eric
from 1987 to 1991, and still regularly
Harvie Theatre with a permanent
attends a variety of performances.
public installation in the lobby of the
renewed space. The Belzberg family is
PHOTO CREDIT: KARI MEDIG
excited about the theatre’s potential in
many areas, including patron comfort,
improved sightlines, accessibility,
acoustics, amenities, common
space, and modernization.
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 25“THIS PROJECT IS
WESTERN CANADA’S
OPPORTUNITY TO
PUT CANADA
CENTRE STAGE.”
Zack Belzberg
The revitalization of this critical
venue will balance the needs of both
patrons and artists, as well as educate
Key Renovation Features
and inspire the next generation of
performing artists who come to
our spectacular campus.
Key features of the future
Jenny Belzberg Theatre include:
A reduced seating capacity of
650 to 725 seats, offering a more
“Banff Centre is an international “Opportunities for cross-collaboration working and focuses on the parts FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: intimate experience
organization, so it helps everyone,” and dialogue can be supported by a that don’t work,” McKenna says. The Belzberg Family (Murray
Jenny says. “This is an experimental building’s fabric. We used that as a Upgraded theatre seats with
Zack says the Belzberg family feels Belzberg, Leslie Belzberg,
lab…and it’s wonderful to be in the precedent in our thinking,” she says. Jenny Belzberg, Brent Belzberg). improved legroom, seat width,
a close tie to Banff Centre, both
audience watching it. I think when and comfort
The new theatre will be a room lined personally and through Jenny’s Construction of the original
we enhance the experience of the
in timber, inspired by the forest commitment and her emotional Eric Harvie Theatre is underway Improved sightlines for the
audience, it also helps the artists.” in this 1967 photograph
surrounding the campus. It will be a connection to the place. audience by rebuilding the existing
depicting the body of the
PHOTO CREDIT: EAMON MAC MAHON
The theatre revitalization project more intimate environment with less floor and improving the rake to
“We want to continue to see Banff stage house coming together.
was awarded to the team of KPMB – but more comfortable – audience provide greater visibility
Centre thrive and continue to be Photo courtesy of Paul D.
Architects (Toronto) and MtA (Calgary) seating, as well as newly-added
a leader in the arts. This project is Fleck Library and Archives. Broader accessibility through integrated
in February 2019. Marianne McKenna, side balconies.
Western Canada’s opportunity to ramps, handrails, and tactile surface
Partner at KPMB Architects, says it Dancers perform Les Sylphides
“From the perspective of the artist on put Canada centre stage.” on the very newly built theatre changes to accommodate people
was clear from her team’s evaluation
the stage, the embrace will be more stage in 1967 — before the with mobility challenges
of Banff Centre’s campus that the Eric
intimate. The ceiling and stage will The theatre renovations are made permanent seats were even in
Harvie Theatre is the building used
remain the same. This revitalization possible through the generosity place. Photo courtesy of Paul Improved cladding of the theatre walls
most, by the broadest range of artists.
values what parts of the theatre are of Jenny Belzberg and Family. D. Fleck Library and Archives. to improve acoustics and aesthetics
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 27Your Guide to Banff Centre Campus
There’s so much to see at Banff Centre,
from live performances, to exhibitions,
Check out restaurant menus,
to concerts, and even wildlife!
book a room, find a yoga class,
or learn more about upcoming
exhibits at banffcentre.ca Campus is full of things to do for people
of all ages and interests, all year round.
Take a look at some of the spots highlighted,
and experience all that Banff Centre
has to offer on your next visit.
Maclab Bistro Walter Phillips Gallery
Before taking in a world class show or This internationally-recognized
after a day of wandering the town, Maclab contemporary gallery is a campus
Bistro is the perfect place to unwind, grab favourite. The space is new with every
some food or a cocktail, and take in one exhibition and features some of the
of the best views in the Bow Valley. Always most exciting artwork from Canadian
teeming with artists after the shows, you and international artists working today.
just might meet the next big musician, The gallery is free and open to the
dancer, or artist in line at the bar! public every Wednesday to Sunday.
PHOTO CREDITS (CLOCKWISE): KYLA JACOBS, NAHANNI MCKAY, RITA TAYLOR, COURTESY BANFF CENTRE, KARI MEDIG
Stop by and get inspired!
The Paul D. Fleck Library
and Archives Sally Borden Fitness
and Recreation Centre
This isn’t your ordinary library. You’ll find
a wide-ranging collection of books here, Whether you need a stretch, want to
but that’s not all. There’s a tool and object try your hand at rock climbing, or need
collection, where you can rent hiking poles, to relax in the whirlpool après-ski, the
knitting needles, tarot cards, and more; Sally B has it all. Visitors and community
there are scores, records, and DVDs; and members can take part in the many fun
in the Archives you’ll find recordings of classes on offer, like yoga or spin.
most every performance from the last
40 years. So bring your coffee, settle in,
and explore this community space. Lloyd Hall
The newly renovated Lloyd Hall is
the perfect place for an arts lover to
stay the night. Comfortable updated
rooms put you in the heart of the
CLOCKWISE: artistic action, with rotating exhibits
of pieces from our archives and
House-cured trout salad at Maclab
permanent collection lining the halls.
Bistro; artist's book from the Paul
Whether you’re coming for a show
D. Fleck Library collection; Julia
Crabtree and William Evans, detail
from out of town, in Banff National
of Gulch, 2016, commissioned Park for outdoor activities, or want
by Walter Phillips Gallery; Sally to experience the life of an artist
Borden's 25-metre lane pool; in residence, we invite you to
Lloyd Hall's main entrance. stay with us.
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 29“This work is a
way to carve
out and retain
identities for
ourselves.”
Couture
Hide
How Slavey Dene
designer D’Arcy
Moses stitches
community into
his designs
PHOTO CREDIT: HANNAH EDEN
BY SAGE PAUL
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 31I ASKED D’ARCY MOSES what three pivotal moments in of beadwork and embroidery as couture. “There is
his life brought him to where he is today with fashion — a high standing in the community when it came to
he didn’t pause before responding. At the curious age dog vests, vests, blankets. It showed the place in
of 11, seeing an Yves Saint Laurent editorial image in community, a symbol of the health of the family,”
Harper’s Bazaar marked the moment he knew he says Moses. “This work is a way to carve out and
wanted to make fashion. retain identities for ourselves.”
Moses moved to Toronto as a young man; he was “just After over a decade of working solely on his practice
going for it,” which led to a breakout show at the Toronto in fashion, he will be returning to continue his important
Festival of Fashion in 1991. Later, he would relocate to work, presenting a new collection through his residency
the West Coast where he was embraced by Vancouver- at Banff Centre, From Hides to Canadian Couture. Over
based elders, notably Pam Baker, the last decade Moses invested
who took him off the streets in industrial equipment and
and under her wing, teaching worked with various community
him a profound understanding members to develop a computer
of identity and Indigeneity. program to embroider 3D
That was an experience that beaded floral designs. For his
eventually activated a move to residency at Banff Centre he
the Northwest Territories where hopes to use these modern
he would take a pause from techniques to collaborate with
fashion to focus on supporting a group of Indigenous designers
and contributing to his home to construct his collection.
community. Alongside these modern
innovations are traditional
A cover-page spread about his
techniques like applying beads,
designs in The Globe and Mail
shells, and wood as well as a
changed his life, but he yearned
readiness to experiment with
to be amongst his community
new, non-conventional materials
in Wrigley, NWT, which he had
like canvas, more commonly
been adopted out of when he
used for hunting tents. He
was younger. Now based in
describes the vision for his new
Enterprise, NWT, the self-taught
collection as “very material-
Slavey Dene designer’s journey
driven and interpreting that
to acclaim in the mainstream
into something beautiful.”
fashion industry makes him a
trailblazer for other Indigenous Moses’ journey has connected
designers. In his early days, he would produce 12- to him to mainstream and Indigenous communities which
15-look collections on limited budgets, showcasing deeply influence the creation of his work. His upcoming
designs that illustrated his identity: a gown made of 30-look collection at Banff Centre will be reminiscent
muslin with an oversized medicine wheel painted boldly of the European couture that moved him as a child:
on the panels of the skirt, the bustier embellished with high fashion evening wear with silhouettes inspired by
cowry shells; a cocktail dress with strands of oversized Givenchy and Balenciaga with a Dene perspective on
wooden and birch beads that follow the silhouette how fashion and environment are intertwined.
of the body to form a large eagle feather. Identity
In taking non-traditional approaches to traditional
is present in his designs.
ways, Moses pushes back against the mainstream
Moving home played a pivotal role in the evolution of fashion industry and traditionalists while embracing
Moses’ design, approach, and ethos, causing not only his community. That fearless approach of “just going
PHOTO CREDIT: HANNAH EDEN
a functional change in the clothing, but a change in his for it” is the innovative, important rigour that puts
conception of what couture means. Moses immersed Indigenous couture at the intersection of fashion,
himself in the community, becoming the band manager, culture, and art.
joining the NWT Arts Council board of directors, offering
workshops in fashion, and hiring community members to Indigenous Arts at Banff Centre is
help in the construction of his garments. This connection generously supported by RBC and
helped to reinforce his understanding of the importance The Slaight Family Foundation.
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 33ARTIST
Jazz drummer Jerry
Granelli looks to
“IT’S A REVOLUTIONARY ACT,
Buddhist teachings AT SOME LEVEL, TO BE AN
to define his place as
ARTIST AT THIS TIME."
AS
an artist in society
WARRIOR
BY KYLE BRENDERS
JERRY GRANELLI IS A DRUMMER, a at [the world]” and as a reflection of from his experience, but he wants to
Buddhist, a teacher, a painter, and a our current reality through art. Granelli mentor them in a way that imparts a
self described “warrior artist.” His work points out that when you begin to look duty of service to their community as
has spanned the majority of his soon back at the history of the role of the part of their learning. When it comes
to be 80 years on this earth. He’s a artist in society, as well as the role to the idea of artists serving their
beautiful soul with puckish eyes that of the warrior, things have “become communities, Granelli believes “it’s
never reveal his age. I see in him at perverted.” What was once simply the time to really have a good dialogue.”
80 the same curiosity I see in my ability to be an artist is now focused Granelli wants his time at Banff Centre
two young sons. on making it your “career” rather as a mentor to start that dialogue and
than simply “your life.” help artists prepare to see their work
Granelli joins Banff Centre for almost
through the “cold hard reality” in
a month this fall providing mentorship When exploring the idea of the warrior
which we currently exist.
within our Banff Musicians in Residence artist of the past, Granelli looks to
program and performing with his Indigenous traditions of warriors “It’s a revolutionary act, at some
trio in one of his more well known whose roles were “not to reject level, to be an artist at this time,” says
projects, music from A Charlie Brown fighting or war, when needed, but Granelli. “You have to bear witness.
Christmas. I had the distinct pleasure their primary definition was service You have to stand for your work.” This
of speaking with Granelli from his home [to the community].” When looking requires discipline to learn your craft,
in Halifax this summer in between his to many Eastern traditions, warriors to be open, and to be curious about
busy touring schedule — he was off to were writers, artists, calligraphers, what musicians can do. This comes
China to teach and perform a couple and poets. As Granelli points out, from Granelli’s own deep curiosity
days after our conversation. I wanted it wasn’t called martial arts for about who he’s working with, either in
to explore his ideas of what it means to nothing! As perspectives on how a a mentor relationship or on stage. The
be a “warrior artist” and, after over 70 warrior can serve have changed, this way of the artist is much closer to the
years of playing, how he reflects that has affected society’s relationship way of the warrior than we sometimes
experience in his role as a mentor. with the concept of artist as warrior. believe. Granelli is a musician with a
However, if we look to the past, we deep sense of purpose and he wants
For Granelli the concept of the “warrior
are able to see reflected this noble to share that with everyone he comes
artist” stems from his involvement with
way of the artist. This is where Granelli into contact with. Either as a fellow
Buddhism (which he began practicing
begins with many of his students. musician or a fan, seeing Granelli
in the late 1970s and continues to
will leave you uplifted, and hopefully
practice) as well as his own interest ”At this point most people are younger
PHOTO CREDIT: JESSICA WITTMAN
curious about how artists and
in the role of the artist in society. The than I am,” admits Granelli, and because
audiences can be warriors, and
idea of warriorship concerns “how of this their questions about what it
can help shape the world.
you help the world and how you look means to be an artist may be different
Jerry Granelli’s time in Banff was
generously supported by the Paul D.
Fleck Fellowships in the Arts Endowment.
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 35CRAFTING
THE
How choreographer
UNIVERSE BY STEPH WONG KEN
Andrea Peña creates worlds
for her dancers to inhabit,
and for audiences
to explore
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 37ORIGINALLY FROM BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA ,
Andrea Peña is multidisciplinary in the
truest sense, with a creative practice
Watch a performance
rooted in choreography, performance,
of Andrea Peña's Artifice and industrial design. After travelling the
Manifesto at Banff Centre. world as a professional dancer, Peña began
See banffcentre.ca to create her own multilayered works and
for details. soon established her company, AP&A, in
Montreal. An AP&A piece is a raw, sensory
experience marked by a style and approach
that pushes the boundaries of performance in
the dance world. Peña and her company won
Banff Centre’s Clifford E. Lee Choreography
Award in 2018, comprising a cash prize for
the commission of a new work and support
for two residencies in Banff. They return this
winter for their second residency where they
will continue developing Peña’s new work,
Artifice Manifesto, for premiere in 2021.
You describe Artifice Manifesto as an
exploration of five dancers, in conversation
with the hegemony of a machine, an opera
singer, and a DJ. Why was it important to
you that the dancers be in conversation
with these objects and individuals —
what you call “external forces”?
This is a piece that looks at artifice in our
PHOTO CREDIT: KIRTHI KUMAR BARIK (PREVIOUS PAGE), COURTESY THE ARTIST, ROMA G. BENNELI
society, as a social structure we exist within.
So, how does artificiality affect our humanity?
“I’M TRYING TO PLACE MYSELF How does technology impact us and how
we relate to each other? Artifice, for me, is
IN THE IN-BETWEEN; I LOVE THE the seductive aspect of technology, what
we’re swimming inside and outside of. I want
to look at how we get pulled into artifice. To
AMBIGUITY AND DEPTH FOUND me, it’s the metaphor of a mask, of how we
get drawn into this mask with technology.
IN THIS SPACE.” The three external forces I have chosen break
the piece down into three tableaux. Rather
than use a linear narrative where there is a
beginning and a climax, I wanted to present
three different facets for the audience
so they can create their own links.
PREVIOUS PAGE: Performers
François Richard and Kevin Delaney.
LEFT: Choreographer Andrea Peña.
RIGHT: Performers Laura
Toma and François Richard.
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 39You’ve noted your interest in the disruption
of the unfamiliar, of presenting “the
alternative possibility” to an audience.
Your work also looks at themes of
homogeneity, external influence, and
social systems. How aware are you of
these themes as you create? How do
you create a universe in a performance?
For me, the language of the body is so
important. In my work, I want to merge
the conceptual or philosophical questions
with the rigour and physicality of the
body. The work takes awhile to find the
language of the body, and each piece has
a very specific corporeal language — a way
of inhabiting the dancer to reflect these
questions and express these ideas.
The other aspect is the systems that reflect
the universe, so in Artifice Manifesto, there
are three systems that create an environment
for the dancers to inhabit and negotiate
within. All these layers start to craft the
universe. It’s like a tornado or vortex of
spinning energy. Once you find that energy,
you can contain it and use lighting...as well
as costumes...to create a visual frame. They
start to contain an energy that becomes
more specific for the audience to read.
What are the links between identity
and performance, to you? "HOW DO WE SHOW
The first link is my background as a Latin-
American who immigrated to Canada
VULNERABILITY
ON STAGE?"
when I was a teen. I realize I’m creating
these universes because it’s a way for
me to create other “social imaginaries”
to reflect our society. I exist in between
two cultural identities, and I realize so
As an artist, how do you view
many of us exist in this grey area where
your work in the context of the
we don’t fit within either container, and
Canadian dance landscape?
that is where these universes come in.
I feel I fit within the Canadian dance
As for the work itself, I always tell my dancers,
landscape, but I’m also trying to challenge it.
"do not perform." I don’t want them to present
I’m trying to place myself in the in-between;
as performers, I want them to present as
I love the ambiguity and depth found in
human beings embodying and negotiating a
this space. Because I’m Latin-American,
situation. My goal is to reflect who the artists
for example, rhythm is very present. Latin- Performers Márcio
I work with are and leave space for them to
PHOTO CREDIT: ROMA G. BENNELI
American philosophies around vulnerability Vinícius Paulino Silveira,
negotiate the work as people. I try to focus on
are also huge pillars in my work. How Laura Toma, François
reflecting the individuality of the dancers and
do we show vulnerability on stage? Richard, Erin O’Loughlin.
how the audience sees them as performers.
I don’t think we investigate the in-between
enough. For me as an artist, I want to
dig inside of the complexity of this space Generously supported
and show the relationship between the through the Clifford E. Lee
familiar and the unfamiliar on stage. Choreography Award.
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 41OPEN STUDIOS
The Artists Are Present
PHOTO CREDIT: NAHANNI MCKAY (OPPOSTIE), ANNA SPRINGATE-FLOCH
LEFT: Australian trumpet
player and vocalist Audrey
Artists pull back the curtain on
Powne performing in the
Creative Music Cabaret
their workspaces for our regular
on The Club stage.
Open Studio events, which are
TOP: The world premiere
of Ghost Opera, a puppet open to the public. Take a look
inside some of their spaces...
opera performed on the
Eric Harvie Theatre stage.
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 43OPEN STUDIOS
Multidisciplinary artist Jordi Phillips' workspace featuring the singing bowl they Artist Anahita Jamali Rad experiments with resin to cast
used in the Open Studios event for the Indigenous Arts residency Ghost Days. sculptures made from moulds of Iranian rock candy.
PHOTO CREDIT: ANNA SPRINGATE-FLOCH, JESSICA WITTMAN
PHOTO CREDIT: ANNA SPRINGATE-FLOCH
Alberta Ballet dancers showcasing the creative designs made by participants Distributed Identities Visual Arts resident Emily Neufeld poses with one of her
of Designing for Dance, an Andrea Brussa Master Artists program. large-scale photographs of abandoned homes during an Open Studios event.
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 45OPEN STUDIOS
LEFT: A memorable scene
between Johan (played by
Daniel Okulitch) and his
lover Marianne (played
by Kallie Clayton) in the
Opera in the 21 st Century
adaptation of Silent Light.
BOTTOM LEFT: Visual artists
Nina Sarnelle and Julie
Mills designed a satirical
take on sportswear during
Behaviour Swarm, a Visual
Arts performance residency.
BOTTOM RIGHT: Vocalist
Julian Otis serenades the
audience in Rolston Recital
Hall while participating in the
Banff International Workshop
in Jazz and Creative Music.
PHOTO CREDIT: JESSICA WITTMAN
Meet the artists and see
their works in progress
at our free Open Studio
events. Learn more at
banffcentre.ca
banffcentre.ca Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 InStudio 47Shows,
WHAT’S ON AT BANFF CENTRE
Concerts +
The Lemon
Bucket Orkestra
Amy Helm
November 15
February 1
Equal parts exhilarating precision
and reckless abandon, Lemon Bucket Mixing classic and modern rock
Orkestra’s live shows are truly an with roots and blues, sung in
Event
immersive experience — ranging a voice that just won't quit,
from the ecstatic to the cathartic Amy Helm captures your full
and all points in between. attention and doesn't let go.
Sultans of String Samantha Martin
Christmas Caravan & Delta Sugar
Listings
November 28 February 15
Celebrate the holiday season Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar
Intimate Concerts Series
with an adventurous musical bring together soulful blues-rock
trip around the world. and vocal prowess to produce
songs with true emotional depth.
An East Coast
Christmas with Martyn Joseph
The Ennis Sisters March 8
November 29 Martyn Joseph is not only one
of Wales’ most respected singer-
Newfoundland's Juno Award- songwriters of the last 30 years,
winning trio The Ennis Sisters he is a completely unique and
deliver one of the finest family mind-blowing artist.
Christmas shows in the country.
Visit banffcentre.ca
for more shows, the Irish Mythen
A Charlie Brown
latest information, Christmas featuring March 19
to find out about our The Jerry Granelli Trio With a bold voice and powerful lyrics,
Irish draws you in with her raw
free events, and to December 8 performances on acoustic guitar.
buy your tickets Full of hopeful messages and
holiday cheer, don't miss this
classic concert at Banff Centre. Pharis &
AMY HELM. PHOTO CREDIT: EBRU YILDIZ
Jason Romero
Kacy & Clayton April 5
Singing vibrant duets, writing
December 14
deadly songs, playing handmade
Hear this Canadian folk/roots banjos, and loving old acoustic
duo originating from Wood guitars, Pharis & Jason Romero
Mountain, Saskatchewan. have a classic story.
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