Northern Ontario Arts

Northwestern Ontario Arts features arts and culture news, artist profiles, exhibitions, festivals, public art, and creative initiatives from across Northwestern Ontario. Explore visual arts, music, literature, film, Indigenous arts and culture. Discover the artists, organizations, events, and placemaking projects shaping arts and culture across Northwestern Ontario.

Our First Pit Firing: Testing Locally Harvested Clay in Melgund Township

After months of waiting, we're finally pit firing clay harvested right here in Borups Corners.

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Materials Research: Clay Tubes, Birch Bark Stories and the Art of Keeping Things

A local clay and ceramics study exploring handmade containers for art, memory and future generations.

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Trial by Fire: Engineering a Sheet-Metal Pit Fire for Wild Clay

We built a zero-cost, metal pit kiln to test wild Northwestern Ontario clay and local ash glazes.

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Shovels Hit the Dirt for Melgund Clay’s First Pit Firing

We broke ground on our backyard pit to test local Melgund clay following a summer of fire bans.

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Developing Community Leadership from Within

Nonprofit succession planning and organizational capacity building focused on internal leadership development, knowledge sharing and growing community organizations.