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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.

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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Mindset for creative breakthroughs
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Mindset for creative breakthroughs

Innovation is the result of being backed into a creative corner and choosing to dance your way out.
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The Creative Post-Mortem
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The Creative Post-Mortem

Success often masks your weaknesses; failure puts them under a microscope.
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2025 Year in Review
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2025 Year in Review

In 2025 we saw a staggering 984,180 visits and more than 4.4 million page views!
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The Gift of the Misfire
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The Gift of the Misfire

Losing is not a sign of failure; it is the cost of admission to original work.
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Get Involved!

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization is inviting residents and land users in the area of Canada's proposed Deep Geological Repository for used nuclear fuel to participate in a Diet and Land-Use Survey. The information collected will help inform local perspectives as the project moves through the federal regulatory process.

The survey can be completed online or through an in-person interview at the Ignace Learn More Centre. It is open until September 7, 2026, and participants will have the opportunity to enter a draw to win one of twenty C$125 gift cards redeemable at local businesses.
Join Art Borups Corners on July 18, 2026 at the Dyment Recreation Hall for an evening of food, music, creativity, and community connection. Enjoy a community BBQ, connect with neighbours, and help imagine the future of local parks and greenspaces through drawing, mapping, storytelling, and conversation. Part of the national Everyone Outdoors Together initiative led by the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA).

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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