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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.

Raw, sticky, and full of potential, these heavy blocks of wild earth came straight from the ground.
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Clay: Getting Our Hands Dirty

Hidden right beneath our feet, this ancient pocket of lacustrine silt reveals the deep history of Melgund.
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Watching the fuzzy grey buds turn into bright yellow catkins signals the true start of spring. These yellow pussy willow blooms offer critical nutrition to local pollinators when food sources are scarce.
Community Garden

Early Food for the Bees

Blooming pussy willow catkins provide a vital source of early-season pollen for emerging native bees.
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Celebrate Canada Day in Melgund Township with live music, local food, artists, vendors and family fun at the Dyment Recreation Hall and Complex on July 1. Enjoy performances by Gerry and Tanya McArthur, Walter and Friends, and more.
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Join Us! Volunteer for Canada Day 2026 in Melgund Township!

Experience the magic of Northwestern Ontario this July with live music, local crafts, and incredible community spirit.
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Nuclear Waste: A Case for Assessment Integrity
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Nuclear Waste: A Case for Assessment Integrity

Baseline studies must not render local people invisible when they form the foundation for long-term project consequences.
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Residents at Dyment Recreation Hall compared British disposal facility progress with Canada’s own deep geological repository program.
Photos and Short Stories

UK Nuclear Waste Services Joins Local Dialogue in Melgund

A successful evening at the Dyment Recreation Hall focused on UK nuclear waste planning and Canadian DGR program similarities.
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A silent predator waits beneath the waves while a merchant vessel sails across a textbook's deep margins.
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Marginalia: At Sea

A bored student used their pencil to document the terrifying reality of naval warfare during their lessons.
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While examining books from the old schoolhouse in the 1940s-50s, we found several filled with drawings by former students at the time.
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Marginalia

This student artist transformed a quiet afternoon lesson into a dramatic retelling of a midair combat mission.
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Allyson Dunham’s photography captures light, texture, and quiet moments, bringing Northwestern Ontario landscapes and scenes into sharp focus.
Photos and Short Stories

Allyson Dunham Photography Featured at Dyment Spring Exhibition

Allyson Dunham’s photography captures light, texture, and quiet moments, bringing Northwestern Ontario landscapes and scenes into sharp focus.
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Residents are shaping complex discussions on nuclear futures using creative practices that invite multiple voices into shared spaces.
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Art, Dialogue, and Nuclear Futures in Melgund

Participatory workshops are creating space for honest dialogue as communities respond to one of Canada’s largest projects.
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Tanya McArthur Brings Fresh Watercolour Series to Regional Gallery
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Northern Landscapes in Watercolour at 2026 Melgund Art Show

Dryden Artist Tanya McArthur Showcases New Watercolour Collection at 2026 Spring Arts Exhibition in Melgund Township We are pleased to feature Dryden-based artist Tanya McArthur…
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Latest Local News

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  • July 18 is Parks Day in Canada: Join us for Everyone Outdoors Together!

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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