Thu May 20, 2010 00:00

Canada

The Banff Centre is looking for an outgoing and enthusiastic marketing assistant who is studying arts administration, marketing, communications, public relations, or has one to two years experience in the field with strong oral and written communication skills, great organizational abilities, and a passion for the arts.

This position works with a team of marketing and communications professionals to implement marketing plans to recruit artists to The Banff Centre’s media, visual, literary, and performing arts programs.

Specific duties:

• assist with promotional activities, such as writing, editing, and proofing of marketing materials, including brochures, posters, print advertising, flyers, emails, and web updates
• conduct research that will assist in developing marketing plans, such as audience identification strategies for reaching audiences, contact database development, as well as competitive and research analysis
• assist with implementing The Banff Centre’s social media strategies
• organize and maintain records of materials including printed documents and photo contact sheets

Program dates: May 20, 2010 - March 31, 2011 (to start as soon as possible). Program start and end dates are flexible and may vary from dates listed above.

Work study participants will receive a stipend of $425 per week, based on prior training and experience.

For more information and to apply, please visit http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=1037

Tue Jul 13, 2010 00:00

Canada

Program dates: August 14, 2010 - August 20, 2010

Now in its 15th instalment at The Banff Centre, Interactive Screen is the Banff New Media Institute’s flagship new media event. Its category-busting gambit is to mix a world’s worth of media makers, thinkers, and movers around an open theme, and see what happens. This year’s Interactive Screen 1.0: Beautiful Lives looks at the way new media intersects with our aspirations and ambitions, individual or collective, convergent or contradictory, for the betterment of life. This follows directly on the theme of Interactive Screen 0.9: The Makers, which explored the idea of a “society of makers,” redefining the structures of cultural ownership through ground-up creative action.

New media makers interested in developing a creative project or reflective essay related to this year’s theme, Beautiful Lives, are encouraged to apply to the Interactive Screen Scholarship Intensive. Throughout Interactive Screen 1.0, participants will have the opportunity to refine their projects and to broaden their knowledge and networks. They will work in close collaboration with the Banff New Media Institute's peer advisors and staff.

Scholarships are available for up to 10 Canadian and international applicants, and include focused mentorship and public presentation opportunities, a travel stipend of up to $550, and full financial support for program tuition, meals, and shared accommodations on The Banff Centre campus.

Scholarship participants will arrive for the Interactive Screen workshop two days early for an advanced mentorship session. During this time, participants will advance their ideas, and formulate their learning objectives and personal goals for the workshop. The projects will then be introduced to the main Interactive Screen conference, and receive further strategic advice and exchange from the international gathering.

For more information and to apply, please visit http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=1029 .

Tue Jul 13, 2010 00:00 - Mon Mar 29, 2010

Canada

Announcing the Banff New Media Institute’s 15th installment of Interactive Screen. Part new media summit, part project development workshop, Interactive Screen takes place at The Banff Centre at the end of every summer. Following on last year’s theme of “The Makers,” Interactive Screen 1.0: Beautiful Lives looks at the way media and technology intersect with our aspirations and ambitions, individual or collective, for the betterment of life. Join a world’s worth of media makers, thinkers, and movers, and see what happens.

New media makers interested in developing a creative project or reflective essay related to this year’s theme are encouraged to apply to the Interactive Screen Scholarship Intensive.

Scholarship application deadline: July 13, 2010.

For more information and to apply, please visit http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=1028

Fri Jun 18, 2010 00:00

Canada

The Banff Centre’s work study program offers a range of internship-style opportunities in all arts areas. These positions provide artists and technical practitioners, at an early stage in their career, the opportunity to learn and sharpen their production, technical, or administrative skills. Participants interact with artists and faculty who are leaders in their field, and can engage in the Centre’s artistic environment. Participants gain an outstanding learning experience.

Join us to live, learn, and work in the Canadian Rockies!

Upcoming opportunities:

Audio Engineering Work Study Program - Associateships - Fall 2010
Program dates: September 20, 2010 - December 17, 2010
Application deadline: June 18, 2010

Audio Engineering Work Study Program - Assistantship - Fall 2010
Program dates: September 20, 2010 - December 10, 2010
Application deadline: June 18, 2010

Visual Arts Research and Curatorial Outreach Work Study
May 31, 2010 - December 17, 2010
Deadline: April 1, 2010

Visual Arts Studio Work Study
Program dates: June 28, 2010 - March 31, 2011
Application deadline: May 1, 2010

Preparatorial Work Study
Program dates: July 5, 2010 - December 17, 2010
Application deadline: May 1, 2010

Curatorial Work Study
Program dates: August 30, 2010 - December 17, 2010
Application deadline: May 1, 2010

Aboriginal Studio Work Study*
Program dates: June 28, 2010 - March 31, 2011
Application deadline: May 1, 2010

Aboriginal Preparatorial Work Study*
Program dates: July 5, 2010 - December 17, 2010
Application deadline: May 1, 2010

* Please note: Applicants for the Aboriginal Studio Work Study and Aboriginal Preparatorial Work Study programs must be status, non-status, Metis or Inuit.

For more information and to apply, please visit http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/results.aspx?q=work%20study

Wed Feb 10, 2010 00:00 - Wed Feb 10, 2010

Canada

BoulderPavement is an online multimedia journal. Volume 1, Issue 1 features work from and beyond The Banff Centre, centered around music and nature. It includes: an interview with composer John Luther Adams & percussionist Steven Schick; artwork by Peter von Tiesenhausen, poetry by Jennifer Still; memoir excerpt by climber and author James Perrin; an audio interview with artist Kate Hartman; and more.

Explore the issue: http://www.boulderpavement.ca
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