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Dancers of all ages shared beautiful performances throughout the weekend, creating moments of celebration, connection and cultural expression.

Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation Celebrates 42nd Annual Traditional Pow Wow

The Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation Pow Wow continues through September 6 with dancing, drumming, special competitions and daily feasts.
By Arts Incubator Winnipeg 5 Sep 2026
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Splintered heartwood and darkened, rotting fibers mark the exact spot where gale-force winds twisted and broke this trunk.

Anatomy of a Fallen Giant

See what happened inside a tree snapped by last week’s storm, from growth rings to internal decay.
By Art Borups Corners 27 Aug 2026
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Here's one of the moose jaws Kaya painted during recent art workshops. It was so much fun!

Painting Workshops

This summer's painting workshops brought people together to experiment, get messy and have some fun with bones, skulls and paint.
By Arts Incubator Winnipeg 26 Aug 2026
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Here's why toast is perfect: it knows things are going to get messy. Jam drips. Butter melts. Peanut butter sticks to the roof of your mouth. Toast doesn't judge. It just holds it all together long enough for you to take a bite. Our infrastructure is built on that same principle. Research in the arts is inherently sloppy—half-formed ideas, process artifacts, things that don't fit in boxes. The system isn't there to clean it up. It's there to catch it before it hits the floor.

The Infrastructure Is Toast

Toast, not hard hats: the lightweight infrastructure keeping our research network connected over time.
By Arts Incubator Winnipeg 26 Aug 2026
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Artist and drum dancer Eva Suluk with Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew during the Manitoba–Nunavut gathering in Arviat, Nunavut, July 7, 2026. Photo: Wab Kinew
Artist and drum dancer Eva Suluk with Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew during the Manitoba–Nunavut gathering in Arviat, Nunavut, July 7, 2026. Photo: Wab Kinew

Arts Incubator Winnipeg

The Arts Incubator Winnipeg is a community-based arts organization and network of artists, cultural workers, and researchers working across Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Northwestern Ontario. We support artists, youth, and community partners through media arts programs, digital storytelling workshops, creative research, and public programming.

Our work focuses on accessible arts participation, digital literacy, and community-based storytelling. Originally seeded through the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse program, we explore how digital media and emerging technologies—including artificial intelligence—can support artists, strengthen community connections, and create new opportunities for learning and collaboration.

Our Programming Has Been Supported By:

The Arts Incubator and its programming was seeded with strategic arts innovation funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse program.
The Arts Incubator and its Winnipeg hub and programs were made possible with funding and support from the Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program and Share - Artists in Communities program.
The Arts Incubator was made possible with support from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) Creative Entrepreneurship and Master of Arts in Creative Leadership programs.
Projects and Programs for The Arts Incubator are made possible with support and funding from the Ontario Arts Council.
The Arts Incubator and its participatory arts and food systems innovation programs were made possible with support from Manitoba Agriculture and the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
Activities in support of the Arts Incubator were made possible with support from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.
The Arts Incubator was made possible with support from the University of Minnesota Duluth and the Labovitz School of Business and Economics.
The Arts Incubator and its programs were made possible with support from Global Dignity Canada.
The Arts Incubator was inspired by and many activities made possible with support from the University of Victoria Community Based Research Lab.
The Arts Incubator and its food security and participatory research was supported by the University of the Arctic. Thank you for supporting our adventures to the 2024 Arctic Congress in Bodø, Norway.
The Arts Incubator builds on the work of the Arviat Film Society and Arviat Television. More than a decade of media arts and community-based participatory research.
The Arts Incubator and its participatory arts and food systems innovation programs were made possible with support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
The Arts Incubator and its participatory arts and food systems innovation programs were made possible with support from the Province of Manitoba, Manitoba Agriculture and the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
The Arts Incubator and its programs were made possible with support from ArcticNet and the Inclusion in Northern Research Program.
Thank you to CKDR Radio in Dryden for supporting this year's Canada Day Celebrations in Melgund Township, Dyment and Borups Corners.
The Arts Incubator and its Participatory Artificial Intelligence Research was made possible with support from the OpenAI Researcher Access Program.

Community-Based Arts Programs in
Winnipeg and Northwestern Ontario

Our Winnipeg hub operates through a flexible network of virtual and in-person spaces, allowing us to deliver media arts workshops, community storytelling projects, digital skills training, and collaborative research initiatives across Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario.

We work with artists, youth, Indigenous communities, and partner organizations to create accessible opportunities for creative practice, cultural exchange, and community-based learning. Through these partnerships, Arts Incubator Winnipeg supports local arts projects while contributing to broader conversations about arts, culture, technology, and community resilience.

Our programs evolve in response to community needs, new partnerships, and emerging ideas—creating space for experimentation, creative collaboration, and ongoing learning in both urban and northern communities.

No two seasons at Arts Incubator Winnipeg are exactly the same. As new artists, ideas, partnerships, and community needs emerge, our projects continue to evolve—creating space for experimentation, learning, and unexpected creative collaborations.

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