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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.

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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AI, Artists and Analytics
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AI, Artists and Analytics

In the AI-driven web, artists must master data, analytics, and algorithms to ensure their work circulates.
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Our artistic development in digital media was supported by the Ontario Arts Council. We gained hands-on experience in visual storytelling and the use of digital tools to document our program.
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Scrappy Education

The only real loss is the one you don't learn from.
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Where is the art? In this project, the answer is not a single object but a living system. The stories, fragments, analyses, and connective structures form an unseen canvas where meaning emerges through relationship, not completion.
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Where Is the Art?

A conceptual arts project examining AI-assisted creativity, narrative fragments, and the future of artistic practice.
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The Wrong Turn
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The Wrong Turn

Every project that fails is actually a diagnostic tool telling you exactly where to build next.
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Latest News and Updates

  • Remembrance Day: Remembering Those Who Served
  • Living Lab and Community Garden: A place for everything
  • Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste and Our Communities: Come Out and Learn More
  • More Time, More Voices: Public Comments Extended on Nuclear Waste Proposal
  • Nuclear waste DGR workshops engage with community

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Upcoming Events

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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