Arts Incubator and Land Lab News

The Journey of a P1800 Once a star of highways and TV screens, this Volvo P1800 now rests quietly, slowly embraced by nature. Photo: Jamie Bell

The Journey of a P1800

Art Borups Corners November 17, 2025

A Volvo P1800, its original red faded to purple-maroon, quietly settling among pine trees in Melgund Township.

Aurora Awakening Ribbons of green and purple aurora stretched across a star-filled night sky.

Aurora Awakening

Art Borups Corners November 16, 2025

Northern lights dance across Northwestern Ontario skies this week, creating vivid, breathtaking displays of color and wonder.

An Old Shack An abandoned shack rests among snow-dusted trees, its roof caved in and walls weathered gray. Light filters through broken boards, casting shadows across the forest floor.

An abandoned shack rests among snow-dusted trees, its roof caved in and walls weathered gray. Light filters through broken boards, casting shadows across the forest floor.

An Old Shack

Art Borups Corners November 15, 2025

An old, collapsing shack in Borups Corners forest, where weathered boards stand as time slowly reclaims it.

On Almost Frozen Pond A thin layer of ice forms across a quiet pond caught between autumn and winter. Its shifting surface reflects the slow, patient rhythm of the northern landscape.

A thin layer of ice forms across a quiet pond caught between autumn and winter. Its shifting surface reflects the slow, patient rhythm of the northern landscape.

On Almost Frozen Pond

Art Borups Corners November 14, 2025

A half-frozen pond in Northwestern Ontario captures the quiet tension of changing seasons and the memory of...

The Forest Takes Back An old, rusted truck rests deep in the woods of Borups Corners as the forest grows through its frame. Time, weather, and young trees have turned it into part of the landscape it once traveled.

An old, rusted truck rests deep in the woods of Borups Corners as the forest grows through its frame. Time, weather, and young trees have turned it into part of the landscape it once traveled.

The Forest Takes Back

Art Borups Corners November 13, 2025

An abandoned truck in Northwestern Ontario shows how the forest quietly transforms forgotten machines into part of...

The Boat Beneath the Broken Roof An abandoned boat rests beneath the remains of a fallen garage in Borups Corners. Once a vessel of open water, it now holds the stillness of forgotten years.

An abandoned boat rests beneath the remains of a fallen garage in Borups Corners. Once a vessel of open water, it now holds the stillness of forgotten years.

The Boat Beneath the Broken Roof

Art Borups Corners November 13, 2025

Hidden under a collapsed garage, the old boat reveals how time transforms ordinary objects into quiet, enduring...

Interdisciplinary Arts and Capacity Building

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Interdisciplinary Arts and Capacity Building

Art Borups Corners November 13, 2025

Interdisciplinary Artist Jamie Bell to Present on Arts for Community Capacity Building MELGUND TOWNSHIP, ON – The...

Automating Community Administration Look familiar? Yes, it's the lower level of the Dyment Recreation Hall. This is a concept for a new creative recreation space designed using AI tools.