On March 6, 2026, the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Banff, Alberta, will host a free public lecture by artist Nour Bishouty. This event gives local residents and students a chance to learn how personal stories and historical research can be used to create meaningful artwork.
Nour Bishouty is a Lebanese-Canadian artist who works across many different styles, including video, writing, and sculpture. She is known for using research to explore how culture and personal history influence each other.
The talk will focus on how the artist turns her own history into what she calls a counter-archive. She uses fragments of information and different ways of looking at the past to challenge how we normally understand cultural meaning.
This event is part of the Visual Arts Open Lecture Series and will take place at 4:00 PM in the Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Building. The series is designed to help professional artists-in-residence connect with the local community and share their ideas with the public.
