Welcome to Art Borups Corners

Art Borups Corners is a creative hub, living laboratory, and community-driven initiative based in Borups Corners, Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario. Surrounded by the boreal forest and shaped by the region’s mining and settlement history, we explore the connections between art, place, community, and innovation in Northern Canada.

Rooted in one of Northwestern Ontario’s unorganized communities, our work is shaped by local knowledge, collaboration, and a strong connection to the land. Through storytelling, creative projects, and community engagement, we support cultural expression and build resilience through hands-on, place-based practice.

Art, Research, and Innovation in the North

Working alongside The Arts Incubator Winnipeg, we bring together artists, writers, and researchers to develop projects that blend traditional land-based practices with contemporary digital media, storytelling, and experimental, participatory community research.

We are also exploring how artificial intelligence and digital tools can support rural and northern communities—strengthening storytelling, community capacity building, food security, and creative entrepreneurship in ways that stay grounded in local values and lived experience.

From seasonal workshops and exhibitions to ongoing community-led food security projects, Art Borups Corners functions as an open space for experimentation, learning, and creative exchange in Northwestern Ontario.