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The project is grounded in a dynamic process of collaborative engagement and capacity building, utilizing arts-based research methodologies to ensure the work is both relevant and empowering. A key focus is Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR), which positions young people as leaders in investigating their own economic realities and co-designing their futures. Through a series of co-design workshops, digital storytelling projects, and community forums, ECO-STAR North facilitates intergenerational knowledge transfer, connecting youth with Elders and established creators. This hands-on, community-led approach ensures the resulting toolkit is not an academic exercise, but a living, practical resource built by and for Northern innovators, strengthening a resilient and interconnected creative ecosystem.
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Friday Food Prompt: Blueberry & Roasted Carrot Soup

This week’s challenge features a vibrant, creamy blueberry and roasted carrot soup with a touch of elegance.
Jamie Bell January 17, 2025
A luxurious roasted carrot and blueberry soup, swirled with velvety coconut cream and adorned with toasted pumpkin seeds and delicate edible flowers. Served in a rustic ceramic bowl with a wooden spoon and linen napkin, this dish exudes elegance. The golden hour lighting casts a warm glow, enhancing the soup's creamy texture and inviting presentation, bringing a touch of fine dining to your table.

A luxurious roasted carrot and blueberry soup, swirled with velvety coconut cream and adorned with toasted pumpkin seeds and delicate edible flowers. Served in a rustic ceramic bowl with a wooden spoon and linen napkin, this dish exudes elegance. The golden hour lighting casts a warm glow, enhancing the soup's creamy texture and inviting presentation, bringing a touch of fine dining to your table.

Each week, we dive into AI food art as part of our AI Food Art Friday series, where we experiment with artificial intelligence, food styling, and digital photography to create stunning food imagery. This week’s challenge features a vibrant, creamy blueberry and roasted carrot soup with a touch of elegance. The goal is to create an AI-generated image inspired by the following prompt.

This week’s prompt:

“A smooth, creamy roasted carrot and blueberry soup, elegantly swirled with coconut cream and garnished with toasted pumpkin seeds and edible flowers. Served in a ceramic bowl with a rustic linen napkin and wooden spoon on a marble countertop. Shot at f/2.8 for a slight depth blur, keeping the texture of the soup velvety and the toppings sharp. Warm, golden hour side lighting from a 45-degree angle creates delicate highlights on the glossy surface, mimicking a professional fine dining presentation.”

A stunning fusion of flavors and art: this roasted carrot and blueberry soup, with a swirl of creamy coconut, is a masterpiece of culinary design. Topped with toasted pumpkin seeds and vibrant edible flowers, it’s served in a handcrafted ceramic bowl with precision, evoking the art of fine dining. Captured in soft, dynamic lighting that plays with texture and contrast, this dish feels like a visual algorithm of flavor, where every detail is optimized for both taste and beauty.
A stunning fusion of flavors and art: this roasted carrot and blueberry soup, with a swirl of creamy coconut, is a masterpiece of culinary design. Topped with toasted pumpkin seeds and vibrant edible flowers, it’s served in a handcrafted ceramic bowl with precision, evoking the art of fine dining. Captured in soft, dynamic lighting that plays with texture and contrast, this dish feels like a visual algorithm of flavor, where every detail is optimized for both taste and beauty.

About our Winter 2025 Arts program

As part of our Food Art Fridays series, this challenge is not just about creating stunning food imagery—it’s about exploring the broader landscape of digital literacy, media arts and how generative AI tools are shaping the future of creativity. Engaging with AI to craft these images, artists develop a deeper understanding of AI-assisted design, digital media, and visual storytelling. This exploration fosters critical skills in creative problem-solving, prompt crafting, and mastering new technology, empowering artists to push the boundaries of their craft while enhancing their digital fluency. Through this process, we’re not only creating art but also learning to navigate the evolving intersection of technology and creativity. Our 2025 Winter and Fall program activities are supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program and the Manitoba Arts Council.

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Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell

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Jamie Bell is a Winnipeg-based interdisciplinary artist and strategist working at the intersection of media arts, community engagement, and public affairs. Among others, his work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, and the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, with a focus on participatory media, strategic communications, and arts-based collaboration across northern and urban contexts.

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MANITOBA ARTS PROGRAMS

This platform, our Winnipeg, Manitoba hub and programs have been made possible with support from the Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program. We gratefully acknowledge their funding and support in making the work we do possible.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Arts Incubator was seeded and piloted with strategic arts innovation funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse. We thank them for their investment, supporting northern arts capacity building and bringing the arts to life.

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This platform, our Northwestern Ontario hub and programs have been made possible with support from the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program. We gratefully acknowledge their funding and support in making the work we do possible.

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