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.

Week 5: AI-Driven Storytelling for Virtual Art Spaces AI-driven storytelling is transforming virtual art spaces through interactive narratives, using OpenAI’s API and Text-to-Speech technology. This dynamic approach allows user input to shape evolving stories, enhancing immersion and fostering collaboration in digital art creation.

AI-driven storytelling is transforming virtual art spaces through interactive narratives, using OpenAI’s API and Text-to-Speech technology. This dynamic approach allows user input to shape evolving stories, enhancing immersion and fostering collaboration in digital art creation.

Week 5: AI-Driven Storytelling for Virtual Art Spaces

Jamie Bell February 6, 2025

AI-driven storytelling is transforming virtual art spaces through interactive narratives, using OpenAI’s API and Text-to-Speech technology. This...

Come Eat With Me: Food Security Aisle lights flicker like low-budget auroras. A cart drifts alone, existential, beneath a sky of suspended rollback signs. Somewhere between frozen peas and bulk ramen, time folds. The artist doesn't seek inspiration—they forage. The absurdity of price becomes performance. Meaning hides in markdowns. Surveillance watches, but never truly sees.

Aisle lights flicker like low-budget auroras. A cart drifts alone, existential, beneath a sky of suspended rollback signs. Somewhere between frozen peas and bulk ramen, time folds. The artist doesn't seek inspiration—they forage. The absurdity of price becomes performance. Meaning hides in markdowns. Surveillance watches, but never truly sees.

Come Eat With Me: Food Security

Jamie Bell February 5, 2025

Participatory Arts and Food Production in Manitoba 204,310. That’s the number of views as the algorithm watched...

Strengthening Arts and Community Engagement: A Path Forward As we continue to shape the residency’s structure, we’re also prioritizing the need for capacity building with local and regional arts organizations, now just our own. Our focus is on equipping both individual artists and cultural organizations with the skills and leadership pipelines necessary to initiate and manage projects, build sustainable networks, and secure funding.

As we continue to shape the residency’s structure, we’re also prioritizing the need for capacity building with local and regional arts organizations, now just our own. Our focus is on equipping both individual artists and cultural organizations with the skills and leadership pipelines necessary to initiate and manage projects, build sustainable networks, and secure funding.

Strengthening Arts and Community Engagement: A Path Forward

Jamie Bell February 4, 2025

This past month, we’ve been working diligently on developing the framework for our next summer artist residency...

Mentorship: The Importance of Participatory Approaches As we continue to build the framework for our summer arts residency, we’re putting a lot of thought into participatory elements for aspects like learning structure, making sure that mentorship and professional development for artists is at the heart of every experience.

As we continue to build the framework for our summer arts residency, we’re putting a lot of thought into participatory elements for aspects like learning structure, making sure that mentorship and professional development for artists is at the heart of every experience.

Mentorship: The Importance of Participatory Approaches

Jamie Bell February 1, 2025

This week, we’ve truly experienced the transformative power of participatory arts practices—where the line between artist and...

Roasted Red Pepper & Raspberry Gazpacho A vibrant, chilled gazpacho served in a glass bowl, garnished with basil and olive oil, showcasing the art of gourmet food styling and AI photography. The soft lighting and precise composition elevate this dish into a visual masterpiece.

A vibrant, chilled gazpacho served in a glass bowl, garnished with basil and olive oil, showcasing the art of gourmet food styling and AI photography. The soft lighting and precise composition elevate this dish into a visual masterpiece.

Roasted Red Pepper & Raspberry Gazpacho

Jamie Bell February 1, 2025

Dive into AI food art with this visually captivating roasted red pepper and raspberry gazpacho dish. Explore...

Raspberry and Roasted Eggplant Hummus Platter Vibrant and textured, this raspberry-infused roasted eggplant hummus platter is framed by the warm curves of pita and fresh vegetables. With the soft glow of candlelight and delicate shadows, this image captures the essence of rustic elegance in every bite. It’s one of the many exciting creative explorations we've been undertaking in our AI food arts activities since last year.

Vibrant and textured, this raspberry-infused roasted eggplant hummus platter is framed by the warm curves of pita and fresh vegetables. With the soft glow of candlelight and delicate shadows, this image captures the essence of rustic elegance in every bite. It’s one of the many exciting creative explorations we've been undertaking in our AI food arts activities since last year.

Raspberry and Roasted Eggplant Hummus Platter

Jamie Bell January 31, 2025

Explore the world of AI food art with our Friday Food Prompt, where creativity meets technology to...

Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Tart Recipe Indulge in a silky dark chocolate hazelnut tart, featuring a smooth ganache and crunchy nuts.

Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Tart Recipe

Jamie Bell January 27, 2025

Indulge in a silky dark chocolate hazelnut tart, featuring a smooth ganache and crunchy nuts. A perfect...

Week 3: The Art of Voice—Bringing Characters to Life Bringing characters to life with Text-to-Speech—this duck avatar is more than just a cute face. By fine-tuning voice and personality, we’re learning how to add emotional depth and presence, turning simple designs into fully realized characters in our digital worlds.

Week 3: The Art of Voice—Bringing Characters to Life

Jamie Bell January 25, 2025

See how our Winter 2025 program in Winnipeg enhances storytelling through innovative Text-to-Speech technology, bringing AI characters...

Incubating Innovation Through Communities of Practice and Care The Minneapolis College of Art and Design is doing great work in developing models for thriving communities of practice and care.

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design is doing great work in developing models for thriving communities of practice and care.

Incubating Innovation Through Communities of Practice and Care

Jamie Bell January 23, 2025

A community of practice and care is about more than just collaboration—it’s about building connections, sharing knowledge, and supporting...

The Ripple Effect: National Kindness Week 2025 Michael Barrett, Member of Parliament. Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, Ontario has been a frequent speaker for National Kindness Week events in Canada. He is a co-sponsor of the Kindness Week Act, passed in 2021, which was supported unanimously by the House of Commons and Senate.