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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.
On June 7, 2025, Jamie Bell from Art Borups Corners and The Arts Incubator Winnipeg led “Design Like a Pro: Intro to Canva and Visual Storytelling.” The workshop introduced artists to Canva’s accessible design tools and guided them through creating posters, portfolios, and promotional graphics. Participants explored how strong visual storytelling can enhance their artistic identity and communication in today’s digital landscape.
Workshops

Design Like a Pro: Intro to Canva and Visual Storytelling

Artists learned Canva design skills and visual storytelling techniques in a hands-on workshop led by Jamie Bell.
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This week, we planted sage in our community garden—a small act with deep roots. Known for its medicinal, culinary, and ceremonial uses, sage has long been a symbol of wisdom and renewal.

Planting Sage

With its soft, textured leaves and earthy aroma, sage brings more than flavor—it offers resilience, tradition, and a connection to generations of herb gardening practices.…
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Dill: From soil to simmer — this hardy northern herb brings a burst of freshness to our beds and our kitchens. A quiet favourite that’s become a returning star in our growing season.
Recreation

Dill-icious

First introduced to us during our pilot Northern Food Systems Innovation Program with support from Manitoba Agriculture, dill quickly earned its place in our grow…
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Freshly harvested rhubarb, chopped and packaged into four-cup portions for freezing. A key step in our food preservation efforts, ensuring this vibrant, tart bounty can be enjoyed all year long.
Recreation

Rhubarb Rhapsody

There's nothing quite like the vibrant, tart taste of freshly harvested rhubarb – a flavour that is both sharp and sweet, with a unique tang…
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Tender leaf lettuce seedlings, among the first to be planted this year, thrive in our grow-beds – a promising start to our community sustainable agriculture and food security program!
Recreation

The Joys of Fresh Lettuce

As part of our community recreation, sustainable agriculture and food security program, one of the very first plants to go into our grow-beds this year…
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Lush green rhubarb leaves unfurl, reaching for the sun as the plant grows taller in anticipation of harvest.
Recreation

Rhubarb’s Spring Ascent

As spring takes hold, rhubarb makes its impressive ascent. Vibrant green leaves unfurl, reaching skyward, hinting at the delicious treats to come.
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Identifiable by its pale stamens and characteristic "nodding" posture, Trillium flexipes is a unique white trillium inhabiting the rich forest floors of Northwestern Ontario.
Artists

The Nodding Trillium

Identifiable by its pale stamens and characteristic "nodding" posture, Trillium flexipes is a unique white trillium inhabiting the rich forest floors of Northwestern Ontario.
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May is winding down, and we're thrilled with the progress in our living lab! We set aside our usual creative tools earlier this month to focus on preparing our food security program. The sight of hundreds of strawberry flowers opening up is a truly exciting reward for all the hard work.

Strawberry Blooms & Summer Dreams

We're starting to see hundreds of strawberry flowers, like those pictured, opening up, with many more on the way – it's truly an exciting time!
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Communicating for the Arts! was an inspiring workshop led by Jamie Bell from The Arts Incubator Winnipeg and Art Borups Corners. Drawing from his extensive experience in arts and public sector communication, Jamie helped artists and community organizers understand why effective communication is essential for sustainability and impact. Participants learned to share their stories, use tools like WordPress and ChatGPT, and embrace communication as a creative practice central to thriving in today’s arts landscape.
Workshops

Communicating for the Arts!

Artists and arts organizations explored communication strategies, storytelling, and AI tools in a workshop on visibility with Jamie Bell.
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Lupin leaves glisten with morning dew in a thriving patch of wild greenery in Northwestern Ontario. Known for their striking palmate shape and soft, slightly fuzzy texture, these native perennials do more than add visual interest—they actively restore the land. As nitrogen-fixers, lupins enrich depleted soils, making them valuable allies in regenerative agriculture and wildland restoration.

Lupins in the Landscape

Lupins (Lupinus spp.) are more than just eye-catching wildflowers. These hardy plants are a common sight in Northwestern Ontario, thriving in ditches, open fields, and…
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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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