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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.

Growing!
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Growing!

This year, our dataset captured audience activity from 4,112 city-level entries worldwide.
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Infrastructure Exists, But Policy Blocks Its Use
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Infrastructure Exists, But Policy Blocks Its Use

An ASO could coordinate resources, activate infrastructure, and ensure that artists and communities can sustain innovation, capacity-building, and cultural initiatives.
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Do Policy Barriers Undermine Community Innovation?
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Do Policy Barriers Undermine Community Innovation?

Some Northern Artists Struggle Under Restrictive Policies, Despite Strong Funding In Northwestern Ontario, community arts, cultural initiatives, and local innovation are thriving in spite of…
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A prototype view of our AI-powered WordPress plugin in action—converting blog content into a walkable 3D gallery designed for artists, storytellers, and small communities looking to share work in immersive, accessible formats.
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The Future of Creative Work

From Typist to Director The next age of creative entrepreneurship isn’t defined by how fast someone can type or how many platforms they can juggle.…
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Automating the “Un-Creative”
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Automating the “Un-Creative”

Work Nobody Talks About Today’s creative entrepreneurs are more than artists; they're one-person creative studios. They publish, they promote, they manage analytics, they maintain web…
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Art Borups Corners Collective Meeting: Nov 29.
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Art Borups Corners Collective Meeting: Nov 29.

Art Borups Corners Collective Meeting The Art Borups Corners collective and the Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture steering committee met on Saturday, November 29, 2025…
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The Christmas Tree is up at the Dyment Recreation Hall and it looks beautiful!
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Oh Christmas Tree!

Christmas Festivities set for Melgund Township The Christmas season has arrived, and with it comes the warm glow of a beautifully decorated tree that now…
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Rethinking Film Education in the Age of AI
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Rethinking Film Education in the Age of AI

Filmmakers now require hybrid skills blending storytelling, AI literacy, and virtual production to navigate evolving creative technologies.
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Look familiar? Yes, it's the lower level of the Dyment Recreation Hall. This is a concept for a new creative recreation space designed using AI tools.
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Transforming Unused Spaces

A Blueprint for Community Arts and Recreation Capacity Building Last week artist Jamie Bell presented, "Mobilizing Unused Spaces for Community Capacity Building." In it, he…
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The Underwood Standard No. 5 isn’t just a typewriter—it’s a piece of history that shaped modern offices. Its sturdy design and “visible writing” innovation made it a timeless icon of productivity and style.
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The Triumph of the Typist

The Underwood Standard No. 5 typewriter revolutionized offices and workplaces.
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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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