Jamie Bell

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.

Leading from the Edge When artists lead, systems shift. Learn how makers, volunteers, and young people are stepping into roles of influence—reshaping communities through imagination, shared values, and bold, grassroots ideas that traditional leadership often overlooks.

When artists lead, systems shift. Learn how makers, volunteers, and young people are stepping into roles of influence—reshaping communities through imagination, shared values, and bold, grassroots ideas that traditional leadership often overlooks.

Leading from the Edge

Jamie Bell April 6, 2025

Leadership isn’t reserved for boardrooms anymore. From kitchen tables to community art studios, a new kind of...

The Rise of the Passion Economy In a world where passion fuels progress, creative entrepreneurs are transforming local economies. From handmade goods to digital content, these businesses offer a new, meaningful path to success and sustainability.

In a world where passion fuels progress, creative entrepreneurs are transforming local economies. From handmade goods to digital content, these businesses offer a new, meaningful path to success and sustainability.

The Rise of the Passion Economy

Jamie Bell April 5, 2025

The passion economy is reshaping how we work, where creativity leads the way, turning small ideas into...

The Kaleidoscope View

Jamie Bell April 5, 2025

Uncover how multiple perspectives reveal nuanced truths, enriching your narrative and deepening audience connection.

When the Old Economy Fades — Creative Work as a Way Through In Northwestern Ontario and beyond, the collapse of local arts collides with toxic influencer culture. This article reveals how grassroots creativity can restore community and resist the pressures of digital disintegration.

In Northwestern Ontario and beyond, the collapse of local arts collides with toxic influencer culture. This article reveals how grassroots creativity can restore community and resist the pressures of digital disintegration.

When the Old Economy Fades — Creative Work as a Way Through

Jamie Bell April 4, 2025

As arts groups decline and influencer culture grows, communities across Canada face disconnection. This piece explores how...

Manitoba Maple Glazed Squash & Carrot Soup For this week's AI Food Prompt series image and recipe, we showcase a creamy squash and carrot soup, enhanced by the sweetness of maple syrup and finished with a sprinkle of toasted pumpkin seeds. It's the perfect Manitoba comfort food!

For this week's AI Food Prompt series image and recipe, we showcase a creamy squash and carrot soup, enhanced by the sweetness of maple syrup and finished with a sprinkle of toasted pumpkin seeds. It's the perfect Manitoba comfort food!

Manitoba Maple Glazed Squash & Carrot Soup

Jamie Bell April 4, 2025

This week’s AI Food Prompt Fridays features a comforting maple glazed squash and carrot soup, perfect for...

Barbecued Manitoba Bison Ribs with Blackberry Glaze For this week's AI Food Prompt series recipe and image, we’re bringing bold flavors with tender bison ribs glazed in a sweet blackberry sauce, served alongside creamy mashed root vegetables and charred wild onions.

For this week's AI Food Prompt series recipe and image, we’re bringing bold flavors with tender bison ribs glazed in a sweet blackberry sauce, served alongside creamy mashed root vegetables and charred wild onions.

Barbecued Manitoba Bison Ribs with Blackberry Glaze

Jamie Bell April 1, 2025

This week’s AI Food Prompt Friday Recipe features barbecued Manitoba bison ribs with blackberry sauce—rich, smoky, and...

Create a Simple WordPress Contact Form Plugin With AI and Vibe Coding. For Free! Say goodbye to expensive WordPress contact form plugins. Embrace AI tools and vibe coding to create dynamic, simple contact forms effortlessly and for free!

Say goodbye to expensive WordPress contact form plugins. Embrace AI tools and vibe coding to create dynamic, simple contact forms effortlessly and for free!

Create a Simple WordPress Contact Form Plugin With AI and Vibe Coding. For Free!

Jamie Bell March 30, 2025

Create Free WordPress Plug-Ins with AI Tools and Vibe Coding These days having a contact form is...

Qaumajuq: The Power of Stories

Winnipeg shimmered in June heat—sunlight pooling on concrete, stories blooming louder than the traffic hum. We gathered there not just to share, but to listen, to witness what happens when distance collapses into presence. Every hallway, every bench, every patch of shade outside Qaumajuq became a studio, a stage, a scene unfolding in real time. Canada Council for the Arts lit the spark—Digital Greenhouse breathing life into ideas too big for one voice, too complex for a single frame. Qaumajuq made it lit. Digital became tactile. We touched screens and stone, code and carving, discovering new ways of holding memory and dreaming forward. In this heat, even the data felt alive, growing wild through collaboration, rooted in love, land, and long-held knowing. Laughter echoed off glass and stone, caught in air vents and elevator doors. We stitched together movement, memory, and light—pixels humming with intention, hands working with purpose. Nothing stood still. Even the quiet moments were loud with meaning. We didn’t just make art—we made atmosphere, made kin, made future.

Qaumajuq: The Power of Stories

Jamie Bell March 30, 2025

Workshops at the Winnipeg Art Gallery 410,790 views—and each one carries a whisper of that moment. A...

Rewind, Fast-Forward, Reframe

Jamie Bell March 29, 2025

Uncover how strategic flashbacks and flash-forwards deepen intrigue, reveal character, and reshape time in powerful stories.

Sustaining the Vision: Funding, Collaboration, and the Future of Arts-Based Recreation The Future is Creative: A vibrant future for our communities requires a sustained commitment to the arts. Explore innovative funding models and collaborative approaches that will secure the vision of arts-based community rejuvenation for generations to come.