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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.

Bones, Skulls and Paint
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Bones, Skulls and Paint

Bones, skulls and paint came together during a unique Summer Arts Incubator workshop at the Dyment Recreation Hall.
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Borups Corners artist Leanne Nicholson prepares her work for next month’s annual fall arts exhibition at Dyment Recreation Hall, opening September 12, 2026.
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Summer Arts Incubator Brings Creative Activity to Melgund

Summer arts, gardening and food production activities are underway at in Melgund Township.
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Bright fabric and sharp scissors—tools of the trade at this week's ribbon dress making session in Borups Corners.
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Ribbon Dresses and Needlework at Dyment Hall This Summer

Participants learned to make traditional ribbon dresses this summer at free drop-in sessions in Dyment Recreation Hall.
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More than 35 pounds of locally harvested grey, red, and varved wild clay drying after being slaked and processed. Every batch has helped us learn more about the natural materials beneath our feet.
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Pit Firing Update: Preparing for the Fire

One of our summer Living Lab projects is transforming local wild clays and forest materials into a ceramic research program.
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The fine grains of birch sawdust that will surround the pottery during firing. As the material burns and smoulders, it leaves behind traces of smoke and carbon that become part of the ceramic surface.
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Smoke, Shadow, and Birch Bark

How a bucket of birch sawdust can change your autumn pit fire forever.
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More than 35 pounds of locally harvested grey, red, and varved wild clay drying after being slaked and processed. Every batch has helped us learn more about the natural materials beneath our feet.
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More Than 35 Pounds of Wild Clay, One Handful at a Time

Forest fires delayed our pit firing, but our wild clay journey continues with beautiful grey, red, and varved native clays.
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Birch bark is a highly responsive firing material that burns quickly in low oxygen conditions, producing intense carbon black that transfers directly onto clay surfaces during pit firing.
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Birch for Pit Firing: Exploring Wild Clay and Bark Effects

Summer birch harvest supports both firewood storage and upcoming ceramic pit firing work.
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Freshly cut poplar branches drying down under the sun, preparing for a fall pit firing season.
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Collecting Poplar Brush for Fall Pottery Pit Firings

Seasonal brush collection turns poplar into reliable, no-waste fuel for atmospheric ceramic pit firings in the fall.
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Sewing and crafts by Dryden artist Fran Higgins were a hit at this year's Canada Day Festival and artists market.
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Colour, Creativity and Community Shine at Melgund Canada Day Festival

Unique handmade designs and strong community support made this year's Canada Day event one to remember.
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A close-up of daisy impressions in freshly harvested wild clay from Borups Corners, Melgund Township. This simple test is helping us discover just how well our local clay captures fine detail before drying and firing. Every petal, vein and tiny texture offers another clue as we explore its potential for pottery, sculpture, slips and other ceramic projects.
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Tiny Details, Big Possibilities

Can wild clay capture delicate flower prints? This close-up from Borups Corners tells an interesting story.
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The Under $100 Art Show is coming to Winnipeg, Manitoba August 13-16, 2026!
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.


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
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