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Northwestern Ontario Art Collective
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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.
The Psychology of Scrappy Innovation
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The Psychology of Scrappy Innovation

Innovation is what happens when the path of least resistance is blocked.
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Arts and AI for Nuclear Impact Assessment
Reports

Arts and AI for Nuclear Impact Assessment

Abstract ECO-STAR North represents a paradigm shift in the deployment of applied Artificial Intelligence within regional innovation ecosystems. Moving beyond the limitations of standard conversational…
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Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture is currently planning for year’s Spring Arts Exhibition, taking place from April 19 to May 17, 2026, at the lower-level art gallery and heritage space of the Dyment Recreation Hall. This exhibition offers a vibrant opportunity for local artists to showcase their work and for community members to engage with the arts.
Exhibitions

Open Call: Spring Exhibition 2026

Local and regional artists are invited to submit original works in any medium, including visual arts, mixed media, digital art, photography, or sculpture.
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Melgund Township turns cooking into community recreation, boosting food literacy, digital skills, and connection across Northwestern Ontario.
Food Security and Innovation

Cooking With Community

Melgund Township Recreation launches Community Cookbook and Recipe Project Across Northwestern Ontario—from the quiet roads of Dyment to the heart of Borups Corners—the kitchen has…
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Mindset for creative breakthroughs
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Mindset for creative breakthroughs

Innovation is the result of being backed into a creative corner and choosing to dance your way out.
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The Creative Post-Mortem
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The Creative Post-Mortem

Success often masks your weaknesses; failure puts them under a microscope.
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2025 Year in Review
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2025 Year in Review

In 2025 we saw a staggering 984,180 visits and more than 4.4 million page views!
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The Gift of the Misfire
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The Gift of the Misfire

Losing is not a sign of failure; it is the cost of admission to original work.
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Scrappy Education
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Scrappy Education

The only real loss is the one you don't learn from.
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Where is the art? In this project, the answer is not a single object but a living system. The stories, fragments, analyses, and connective structures form an unseen canvas where meaning emerges through relationship, not completion.
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Where Is the Art?

A conceptual arts project examining AI-assisted creativity, narrative fragments, and the future of artistic practice.
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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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