The Banff Centre: Communications

The Pig Site: “An award winning composting tool, originally developed to deal with mortalities in the swine industry, is finding new uses, both agricultural and non-agricultural. The Biovator was developed by the Niverville, Manitoba-based Puratone Corporation and consists of a rotating four foot diameter drum that mixes livestock carcasses with wood shavings while introducing oxygen. The unit’s design earned its creator Dr. Shokry Rashwan the 2005 Banff Pork Seminar’s F.X. Aherne Prize for Innovative Pork Production.”

Canmore Leader: “[Mike] Heenan, an employee of The Banff Centre, is also acutely aware of that institution’s challenges to fill seats in its theatres, leaving him with worries about how a new arts institution might fare competing for the same ticket revenue and grants.”

Calgary Herald: “At Calgary Opera, for example, plans are afoot for the Jan. 27 premiere of their latest original production, Frobisher, which continues the company’s role as Canada’s pre-eminent creator — along with the Banff Centre — of new opera.”

Charles Darwin University: “Canadian artist Lyndal Osborne is spending a week in Darwin researching her latest project, which will draw on the differing environments between Australia and Canada.… Travelling with her to Australia is fellow installation artist Jen Rae, whose most recent works are video and performance installations that explore themes of displacement, grief, memory and sensory experience. Ms Rae works from the studios of the Banff Arts Centre, where international artists often gather for collaborative sessions.”

CBC Arts: Canada’s planned national portrait gallery should be located in Calgary instead of Ottawa, says Colin Jackson, president of Calgary’s Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts. He added that Calgary is near the Banff Centre, “one of the country’s major art schools.”