Arts Incubator and Land Lab News

Restoring old photographs

Art Borups Corners September 26, 2025

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

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Getting Creative

Art Borups Corners September 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 September 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 September 24, 2025

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

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 September 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.

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.

Community Election

Art Borups Corners September 23, 2025

Community Elections for the Local Services Board of Melgund are being held tonight, September 23, 2025 at...

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Storytelling Club Activities

Art Borups Corners September 23, 2025

Learn about how our Storytelling Club works and what we do each week!

Mona’s Secret Songs

Art Borups Corners September 23, 2025

"Mona's Secret Songs": a youth story about digital kindness and standing up for dignity.

Into the National Record

This week, our storytelling club took an important step in ensuring that our work will be preserved for generations to come. We submitted our first Digital Legal Deposit to Library and Archives Canada (LAC). The submission included the EPUB edition of our book Where Dignity Grows: Stories of Self, Others, Nature, and Community. While the process itself is straightforward—uploading the digital file along with basic publisher information—it carries great meaning. By depositing our publication, we are contributing to Canada’s national collection and making sure that our voices are part of the country’s permanent cultural record.

Into the National Record

Art Borups Corners September 22, 2025

Our storytelling club deposited our first book into Canada’s national archive through Digital Legal Deposit.

Watch your step! The old deck terrace and outdoor performance space at the Dyment Recreation Hall was pulled out this week. It's being replaced with a new, expanded area that will support outdoor concerts and community events for years to come. Photo: Terri Bell