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Art Borups Corners

Art Borup’s Corners is a northern arts incubator based in Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario, where community-led creativity, land-based practice, and digital innovation come together. Rooted in the cultural rhythms of the boreal forest and shaped by years of grassroots organizing across Ontario, Manitoba, Nunavut, and Minnesota, Borup’s Corners supports artists, youth, and community members through participatory storytelling, climate-focused projects, and creative entrepreneurship. From wild blueberry walks to immersive exhibitions and applied AI research, our seasonal programs and artist residencies foster connection, skill-building, and self-determined expression—all grounded in place, culture, and care.
Test tiles made from locally collected clay in Melgund Township.
Northern Ontario Arts

Fire Restrictions Lifting

Northwestern Ontario's fire restrictions are coming off, and our wild clay is finally ready for its first pit firing.
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The berries were thick on the branches this year, heavy and sweet in the August sun.
Food Security and Innovation

Bush Roads and Blueberries

Art Borups Corners connects food security and land-based learning with a favourite August tradition: blueberry picking.
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Running a small arts organization on volunteer energy? You already know the feeling: your key person leaves, and suddenly everything stalls. This fall, our arts incubator is launching governance and training programming to help groups like yours build simple succession plans and leadership pipelines that actually work in the real world.
Northern Ontario Arts

Understanding Leadership Pipelines and Succession Planning

Our newest project introduces succession planning and leadership pipelines for small Canadian arts nonprofits.
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A dense carpet of Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen (Cladonia stellaris), characterized by intricate, lace-like branching that radiates into 4- to 5-pointed star shapes at each node. Its pale, creamy-green color comes from usnic acid, which helps protect it from intense sunlight.
Food Security and Innovation

On the Land: Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen and Labrador Tea

Nestled right beside the fuzzy leaves of Labrador Tea, Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen creates iconic ground cover across high latitudes.
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This is our first year growing cantaloupes at the living lab and community garden program!
Community Garden

In the Garden: Hardy Cantaloupes at the Living Lab

Curious about growing hardy cantaloupes?
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Stitch by stitch, the final details are coming together as youth build their sewing skills and bring their ribbon skirts to life.
Northern Ontario Arts

Youth Learning How To Make Handmade Ribbon Skirts

Discover how youth are learning sewing machine skills, garment design and contemporary fashion through ribbon skirt workshops in Northwestern Ontario.
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Bones, Skulls and Paint
Northern Ontario Arts

Bones, Skulls and Paint

Bones, skulls and paint came together during a unique Summer Arts Incubator workshop at the Dyment Recreation Hall.
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Borups Corners artist Leanne Nicholson prepares her work for next month’s annual fall arts exhibition at Dyment Recreation Hall, opening September 12, 2026.
Northern Ontario Arts

Summer Arts Incubator Brings Creative Activity to Melgund

Summer arts, gardening and food production activities are underway at in Melgund Township.
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Bright fabric and sharp scissors—tools of the trade at this week's ribbon dress making session in Borups Corners.
Northern Ontario Arts

Ribbon Dresses and Needlework at Dyment Hall This Summer

Participants learned to make traditional ribbon dresses this summer at free drop-in sessions in Dyment Recreation Hall.
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Mid-August in Melgund Township means watching local tricolored bumblebees grab a quick meal from blooming thistle before cooler weather sets in. Even the pesky Canada thistle serves a purpose in the boreal landscape—providing crucial late-season nectar for native bumblebees.
Community Garden

Late Summer Buzz

A look at the tricolored bumblebee foraging on Canada thistle during August in Melgund Township, Ontario.
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Latest News and Updates

  • Fire Restrictions Lifting
  • Bush Roads and Blueberries
  • Understanding Leadership Pipelines and Succession Planning
  • On the Land: Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen and Labrador Tea
  • In the Garden: Hardy Cantaloupes at the Living Lab

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Upcoming Events

The Under $100 Art Show is coming to Winnipeg, Manitoba August 13-16, 2026!
The Under $100 Art Show is coming to Winnipeg, Manitoba August 13-16, 2026!

ART BORUPS CORNERS SOCIETY

Art Borups Corners is a non-profit arts incubator based in Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario. We bring artists, youth, and local residents together through hands-on creative projects, workshops, and storytelling rooted in everyday life in the North. Our focus is on making space for people to try things, share skills, and build confidence through art that grows out of where they live.


We’re also a place for testing ideas and working across different ways of making — from land-based practice to digital work and everything in between. Much of what we do happens through partnerships and shared projects, connecting local creative work with wider conversations while keeping things grounded, practical, and community-led.


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ESTABLISHED WITH FUNDING FROM

Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse Logo

This program was seeded with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse program. This program allowed us to explore strategic arts innovation, capacity building and new technologies. Programming was also supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program and the Province of Ontario. We thank them for their support.

PROGRAMMING SEEDED BY

Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
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