{ Monthly Archives }
CBC — August 31, 2004. “Some of the world’s most accomplished young classical musicians have descended on Banff, Alta., for the city’s International String Quartet Competition… Prizes include … a residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts.”
National Post — August 21 , 2004. Now, I know what you’re thinking — symposiums, Banff Centre, academic papers &mdsah; life is too short, unless you’re one of the players involved. But relax, although a handful of the essays and articles in the book do tend to veer off into impenetrable artspeak — who knew, for instance, that “the object’s pre-emptive emptiness and the infinite exchangeability of meaning” was so important? — most of the writing is reasonably accessible, given the high-minded context. And none of it is dull, which makes the book itself something of a collector’s item among art books.
The Herald (Glasgow) —
August 4, 2004. Robert Niven, 23, will use his £2000 from the Dewar — established as a £5m trust in memory of Donald Dewar, Scotland’s first first minister — to fund a two-month residency at the Banff Arts Centre, Canada, to help his landscape photography.
