Sara Diamond

The Banff Centre for the Arts is a place for artists and is dedicated to lifelong learning and professional career development in the arts, acting as a site and catalyst for creative activity and experience.

Sara Diamond

Sara Diamond is an award winning television and new media producer/director, video artist, curator, critic, teacher and artistic director. Born in New York City, Diamond has resided in Western Canada and has represented Canada at home and internationally for many years. She is currently the Artistic Director, Media and Visual Arts and Executive Producer, Television and New Media at The Banff Centre for the Arts.

In recent years Diamond has worked increasingly with research and development projects in software, has consulted in developing interactive media curriculum and events and has created think tanks that bring together cultural industries, new media content producers, artists and investors.

The Co-Production and Deep Web projects that she has initiated at The Banff Centre for the Arts have resulted in key international projects in television and interactive media. Diamond programs new media events for the prestigious Banff Television Festival and develops the extensive Multimedia Institute at The Banff Centre media and visual arts 1998.