Skip to content

Art Borups Corners

Northwestern Ontario Art Collective
  • Home
  • About
    • About Art Borups Corners
      • Artists, Researchers and Collaborators
      • Governance
      • Mission, Vision and Values
    • Arts Incubator Winnipeg Hub
    • The Art of Serving Community
    • Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario
  • News
    • Latest News and Updates
    • Northern Ontario Arts
    • Borups Corners News
    • Community Garden
    • Community Lens
    • Food Security and Innovation
    • Photos and Short Stories
    • Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Tracker
  • Programs
    • Art Borups Corners Living Land Lab
    • Food Security
      • Food Preservation Training and Curriculum Development
      • Melgund: Come Eat With Us Cookbook
      • Relationship Development and Engagement with MCAD and UMD
      • The Art of Canning and Creative Entrepreneurship
      • Towards a Framework for Food Systems Innovation
    • Spring and Summer Arts Incubator
    • Storytelling Club
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Canada Day Festival 2026
    • ARTSPOT Under $100 Art Show in Winnipeg
    • Summer Artists and Vendors Market
    • 2026 Spring Exhibition
  • Support
  • Contact
Home / Borups Corners

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.

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.
Borups Corners

Engagement Strategies?

Engagement isn't a one-time event; it's an ongoing journey.
Read More →
The Christmas Tree is up at the Dyment Recreation Hall and it looks beautiful!
Uncategorized

Minutes for Art Borups Corners: Nov. 29, 2025

The Collective discussed upcoming exhibition opportunities for the new year.
Read More →
An old brick from the Sakoose Mine Pump House Boiler at Lowrey Creek in 1896.
Borups Corners

Sakoose Bricks: Pieces of History

Exploring the history of the old Sakoose Mine.
Read More →
Minutes for Art Borups Corners: Nov 17.
Borups Corners

Minutes for Art Borups Corners: Nov 17.

Transition & Future Planning Community representatives and members, including Pat Daignault, Sean Merritt, Norm Eady, Jason Holroyd, Karen Daignault, Terri Bell, Jamie Bell, and Maurice…
Read More →
Looking Beyond the Output
Borups Corners

Looking Beyond the Output

Intelligent back-end systems transform creative content into organized, analyzable, and resilient infrastructure for cultural organizations.
Read More →
The Archive as Form
Borups Corners

The Archive as Form

A vast archive of fragmented stories where emotion, mystery, and human connection thrive without resolution or closure.
Read More →
Interdisciplinary Arts and Capacity Building
Borups Corners

Interdisciplinary Arts and Capacity Building

Interdisciplinary Artist Jamie Bell to Present on Arts for Community Capacity Building MELGUND TOWNSHIP, ON - The public is invited to attend a special presentation…
Read More →
Across the vast, culturally rich landscapes of Northwestern Ontario and the broader Canadian North, a powerful creative movement is taking shape. From the intricate beadwork of the Anishinaabe and Dene to the striking sculptures of Inuit carvers and the digital art of a new generation, creativity in these regions has always been more than expression — it is storytelling, identity, and survival.
Borups Corners

What is ECO-STAR North?

A Framework for Decolonizing Northern Innovation and Building Data Sovereign Creative Economies Across the vast, culturally rich landscapes of Northwestern Ontario and the broader Canadian…
Read More →
Our Work is to Reshape the Space
ECO-STAR-North

Our Work is to Reshape the Space

Our work must begin with a critical reading of the spaces we seek to change. Who designed this space? For whom? Who feels safe here,…
Read More →
Where the line between fiction and reality blurs. This is the real Jackfish Lake in Northwestern Ontario—the very setting for our book, The Jackfish Trail Challenge. If you're driving the Trans-Canada Highway, stop in and explore the trails yourself!
Photos and Short Stories

The Reality of Jackfish Lake

Jackfish Lake is real! This stunning Northwestern Ontario location inspired The Jackfish Trail Challenge story.
Read More →

Posts pagination

« Previous 1 … 15 16 17 18 19 … 27 Next »

Latest Local News

  • Beyond the Pie: Why You Should Save Your Rhubarb Seeds
  • Birch for Pit Firing: Exploring Wild Clay and Bark Effects
  • Blueberries. Coming soon!
  • Collecting Poplar Brush for Fall Pottery Pit Firings
  • Plush Perfection

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.


BN: 790519573RC0001

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
© 2026 Arts Incubator Winnipeg. All rights reserved.