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Exploring EPUB 3: The Modern Standard for Digital Books

Binding the Digital Book was a summer project exploring the intersection of storytelling, design, and digital craft. The goal was to help young artists and writers not only create stories, but learn how to shape them into professional-quality e-books — works that are as durable, accessible, and intentional as any printed publication. While creative writing formed the foundation, this phase focused on digital bookmaking as an art form — understanding how structure, typography, and accessibility come together to turn raw manuscripts into cohesive, distributable digital collections. The process became an interdisciplinary learning space where narrative met interface design, and coding met creative publishing.

Exploring EPUB 3: The Modern Standard for Digital Books

Art Borups Corners Sep 27, 2025

This week, we’re exploring EPUB 3, the open standard that defines how modern digital books are created, shared,...

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Restoring old photographs

Art Borups Corners Sep 26, 2025

Learning photo restoration with GIMP and AI teaches digital skills, preserves community history, and strengthens cultural memory.

The Robot’s Glitch and Daniel’s Courage Daniel is a coding prodigy, but his anxiety often feels like a program he can't debug. With the regional robotics championship just days away, his team's complex robot, Sparky, suddenly freezes during a critical test. A major software failure, buried deep within Daniel's own intricate code, threatens to shatter their championship dreams and all the hard work they’ve poured into their creation.

Daniel is a coding prodigy, but his anxiety often feels like a program he can't debug. With the regional robotics championship just days away, his team's complex robot, Sparky, suddenly freezes during a critical test. A major software failure, buried deep within Daniel's own intricate code, threatens to shatter their championship dreams and all the hard work they’ve poured into their creation.

The Robot’s Glitch and Daniel’s Courage

Art Borups Corners Sep 26, 2025

His robotics team's championship hinges on a critical bug. An anxious programmer, Daniel must brave his tough...

Getting Creative Art Borups Corners and the Arts Incubator

Getting Creative

Art Borups Corners Sep 25, 2025

Innovation, AI, and Youth Engagement This week’s discussion brought together important ideas at the intersection of innovation,...

Thanking our Artists: Tony Eetak Tony Eetak is one of the youth artists involved in establishing The Arts Incubator.

Thanking our Artists: Tony Eetak

Art Borups Corners Sep 25, 2025

Tony Eetak is one of the founding members of our program. He is a talented young photographer...

Storytelling. Northern Style. A special thanks to the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects program for supporting and funding our storytelling and oral history activities these past few months. We've learned a lot and are just beginning to put our new skills into practice.

A special thanks to the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects program for supporting and funding our storytelling and oral history activities these past few months. We've learned a lot and are just beginning to put our new skills into practice.

Storytelling. Northern Style.

Art Borups Corners Sep 24, 2025

Northwestern Ontario Arts group explores storytelling and publishing Over the past months, the Art Borups Corners storytelling...

The Canoe Tip

Art Borups Corners Sep 24, 2025

A Borups Corners Adventure: Short Stories and Storytelling from Art Borups Corners and The Arts Incubator Winnipeg...

Thanking our Artists: Terri Bell Stephinie McGinnis of James' No Frills in Dryden and Terri Bell from the Local Services Board of Melgund Township are among the many supporters making our Canada Day Celebration on July 1st possible! We're so grateful for their incredible support and can't wait to celebrate with everyone. Photo: Maurice Betournay

Stephinie McGinnis of James' No Frills in Dryden and Terri Bell from the Local Services Board of Melgund Township are among the many supporters making our Canada Day Celebration on July 1st possible! We're so grateful for their incredible support and can't wait to celebrate with everyone. Photo: Maurice Betournay

Thanking our Artists: Terri Bell

Art Borups Corners Sep 23, 2025

Thank you, Terri Bell. Your dedication and organizational skills have been invaluable to our program.

Community Election Thanks to the Ontario Arts Council, we were able to run our workshops on digital arts. We now have the skills for image processing and creating a stronger online presence for our community.