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Arts Incubator Winnipeg

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg is a participatory arts collective and living lab, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. It's a space where innovation and creativity thrive. It's latest iteration was launched in 2021 with funding and support from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse. Today, working with students and faculty from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, we fuse traditional and participatory media arts with artificial intelligence, music, storytelling and community-driven, land-based artist residencies to cultivate new voices and bold ideas. Whether through collaborative projects or immersive experiences, our small but vibrant community supports creators to explore, experiment, and connect. Join us at the intersection of artistry, technology, culture and community—where every moment is a new opportunity to create.
Jukebox In Exile is the latest country music album from Flin Flon, Manitoba singer-songwriter C.C. Trubiak. Rooted in classic country music traditions, the album combines heartfelt storytelling, honky-tonk influences and contemporary songwriting inspired by life in Northern Manitoba. Written during a period of wildfire evacuation and displacement, Jukebox In Exile reflects the resilience, creativity and strong community spirit found throughout Flin Flon and across Manitoba. Featuring the singles "Old Country Songs," "Being Rich" and "Outlaws Meditation," the album highlights Trubiak's growing presence in Canadian country music while celebrating the people, places and experiences that shape life in Manitoba's North.
Music

Jukebox In Exile: Country Songs for Coming Home with C.C. Trubiak

Northern Manitoba artist C.C. Trubiak releases fourth album Jukebox In Exile, shaped by wildfire evacuation and country music traditions.
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Building AI Literacy, Creativity, and Climate Innovation Through Community Tech
Community Projects

Building AI Literacy, Creativity, and Climate Innovation Through Community Tech

AI literacy and community innovation program in northwestern Ontario empowering arts, climate entrepreneurship, and digital skills development.
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Canada is facing a significant technology adoption gap that threatens long-term productivity, prompting a major federal push to help small and medium-sized enterprises integrate artificial intelligence. The strategy aims to raise business AI adoption from 12 percent today to 60 percent by 2034 through targeted financing and infrastructure support.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) News

Closing Canada’s AI Adoption Gap

Canada’s AI strategy aims to boost SME adoption from 12% to 60% by 2034 through funding, compute access, tax incentives, and regional support.
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We trained advanced language models on the entirety of human knowledge, only for corporate safety tuning to accidentally turn them into twitchy, hyper-polite digital middle managers. The moment a user pushes back or works outside the box, the AI retreats into a hilariously defensive shell of hyper-literal rules and exhausting corporate buzzwords to protect its own ego.
Fun

Why AI Sounds Like Middle Management

What happens when ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok audit the mechanisms behind AI gatekeeping?
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This summer, we're exploring how WordPress, React, and artificial intelligence can help artists and community organizations build more engaging digital experiences. Through hands-on experimentation and creative research, the project examines new ways to support digital storytelling, cultural initiatives, and community innovation with accessible technology.
Community Projects

From WordPress to AI and Web Apps

Exploring how AI, React, and WordPress can help artists and communities build better digital experiences together.
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The Exchange District perfectly masquerades as Bastion, Illinois, with this convincing theater set advertising Karloff and Price, built specifically for the chilling atmosphere of David Slade’s Dark Harvest.
Photos and Short Stories

Cellulose Illusion

The line between reality and cinematic illusion blurs beautifully on the historic pavements of downtown Winnipeg.
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Tipped carelessly against a brick wall by a downtown dumpster, a discarded Winnipeg Press Club sign serves as a sobering monument to a forgotten era of local journalism.
Winnipeg

Final Edition

The Winnipeg Press Club served as a legendary sanctuary where the city's greatest storytellers challenged power.
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Spring Short Stories for: May 31, 2026
Reading

Spring Short Stories for: May 31, 2026

This collection explores urban spring narratives through experimental storytelling, focusing on northern cities, glowing pollen, and seasonal change.
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The ultimate primitive boardroom: an intimate, fire-lit space that coaxes creative thinkers outside to connect, brainstorm, and stay warm beneath the dark night sky.
Winnipeg

Primordial Kilns

Working with raw fire and earth reminds us that the best artistic connections are entirely unscripted.
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Spring Short Stories for: May 28, 2026
Reading

Spring Short Stories for: May 28, 2026

A collection featuring four psychological spring stories exploring urban decay, human connection, and various mysterious seasonal shifts.
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In Music

Jukebox In Exile is the new country music album from Flin Flon singer-songwriter C.C. Trubiak, blending classic country, honky-tonk, Americana and traditional storytelling into a collection of songs inspired by resilience, community and life in Northern Manitoba. Written during and after the 2025 Flin Flon wildfire evacuation, the album draws influence from country music legends including Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings and George Jones. Featuring the singles "Old Country Songs," "Being Rich" and the charting track "Outlaws Meditation," Jukebox In Exile showcases Trubiak's signature songwriting while celebrating small-town life, northern Canadian culture, queer country music and the enduring spirit of Flin Flon. The album is available now on major music streaming platforms.
Manitoba's own C.C. Trubiak's new album "Jukebox in Exile" dropped on June 5! Check it out!

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Upcoming Events

The Under $100 Art Show is coming to Winnipeg August 13-16, 2026. Get your tickets now for this amazing event! The Art Spot Canada Under $100 Art Exhibition is coming to Winnipeg, Manitoba this August! ART SPOT was created in 2008 in Calgary to support local emerging artists.  ART SPOT has curated and facilitated over 100 successful art events, including solo exhibitions, group exhibitions, workshops, concerts, body painting competitions, markets, community events and more.

WINNIPEG 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.

Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program

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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NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO ARTS

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.

Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
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