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Borups Corners

Step into the artistic heartbeat of Melgund Township. As the home of our living lab for land-based artistry, this section explores the creative narratives shaping Borups Corners, Northwestern Ontario. From site-specific wilderness art to storytelling labs we bridge traditional northern heritage with digital innovation.

Arts, Creativity and Community

Explore community-driven public art, seasonal photography walks, and immersive exhibitions that redefine the Highway 17 corridor. Our participatory arts research even transforms complex regional issues—like nuclear waste management and the Deep Geological Repository—into human-centric media stories, ensuring local voices resonate with creativity and care. Stay connected with the artists, mural projects, and pioneering creative spaces that make Art Borups Corners a beacon for rural arts in the North.

History is more than just names on a stone. See how our latest program is building digital skills while honoring the families who shaped our community.
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Preserving the Stories

This winter, our arts and capacity building programs are moving indoors, but the work is as active as ever.
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Where Dignity Grows is a collection of short stories about dignity and kindness To mark two decades of promoting dignity and kindness, youth, artists and community volunteers from Art Borups Corners and Ottawa-based Global Dignity Canada launched a heartwarming community arts project. The groups, with funding from the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects program, worked with youth and artists to explore introductory storytelling as part of their summer program, and decided to publish a collection of 20 short stories.
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New Audiobooks Available!

Several new audiobooks are available!
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The Power of the Scrappy Experiment
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The Power of the Scrappy Experiment

Innovation is a muscle built through the consistent practice of the scrappy experiment.
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Have old barn boards? Donate them to help build our new community gallery space.
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A Call for Reclaimed Wood

Turn your old shack boards into gallery furniture. Email info@artsincubator.ca to contribute today.
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Reclaim your gallery budget by repurposing storm-cleared wood into durable, carbon-sequestering mounts for your next art show.
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Gallery Space on a Budget

Ditch expensive manufactured plinths for raw log pedestals that offer a stunning, organic contrast to modern artwork.
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The Pivot
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The Pivot

Innovation isn't a luxury; it’s the ability to maintain intellectual play even when stakes are high.
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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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A Field Guide to Winter Stories
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A Field Guide to Winter Stories

In the old days of publishing, the bottleneck was creativity.
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The Architecture of the Pivot
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The Architecture of the Pivot

Real innovation happens when the obvious path is blocked and you invent a new one.
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Adding multiple surfaces for stories — fragments, scenes, or notes — increases discovery, engagement, and reader connection.
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Making Stories Everywhere

Creating multiple surfaces for stories lets readers discover fragments, snippets, and unfinished moments that lead deeper into narratives.
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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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