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Art Borups Corners is a leading creative initiative advancing Ontario arts, culture, and community collaboration across Northern Ontario and Northwestern Ontario. Supported by the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts, Art Borups Corners fosters innovation through interdisciplinary and digital arts programs that connect rural artists, youth, and communities. Based in Melgund Township, it serves as a vital hub for creative development, empowering artists to explore new forms of expression rooted in northern identity. As part of Ontario’s growing arts ecosystem, Art Borups Corners exemplifies how community-driven creativity strengthens cultural vitality and expands opportunities across the province.

Our first pit firing of local clay is finally underway! After months of collecting and experimenting with clay from Borups Corners in Melgund Township, we're finally getting to see how it responds to a real wood fire. The flames are going, the coals are building, and our little test pieces are right in the middle of it all.
Northern Ontario Arts

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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We're thinking about the things we leave behind. Birch bark, clay, small artworks and stories all have their own ways of surviving. This experiment is about bringing a few of those materials together and seeing what they might become.
Northern Ontario Arts

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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From wildlife to portraits and familiar scenes, Dryden artist Shirley Franklin’s paintings capture moments that invite a second look. Her work can be seen at Dyment Recreation Hall until the end of October.
Exhibitions

A month of paintings at Dyment Hall

See paintings by Dryden artist Shirley Franklin at Dyment Recreation Hall throughout October.
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For anyone who thought paint was only meant for traditional canvases, here’s your sign to grab some wood scraps and get messy.
Recreation

Turning Simple Wooden Offcuts into Bold Canvas Slices

A quick look at how simple hand-painted wood slices can inspire your next colorful craft project.
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Trial by Fire: Engineering a Sheet-Metal Pit Fire for Wild Clay
Northern Ontario Arts

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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The Dyment Recreation Hall was packed with artists and musicians this weekend for its second-annual arts show and music jam.
Northern Ontario Arts

Success for Fall Artists Market and Music Jam in Melgund Township

The second annual fall exhibition and artist market in Melgund Township drew crowds from across the region.
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Fall Arts Exhibition Opens September 12 in Melgund Township
Northern Ontario Arts

Fall Arts Exhibition Opens September 12 in Melgund Township

Two levels of artwork, Shirley Franklin’s featured exhibition, live music, vendors and a BBQ come to the Dyment Recreation Hall.
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Stitch by stitch, the final details are coming together as youth build their sewing skills and bring their ribbon skirts to life.
Northern Ontario Arts

Youth Learning How To Make Handmade Ribbon Skirts

Discover how youth are learning sewing machine skills, garment design and contemporary fashion through ribbon skirt workshops in Northwestern Ontario.
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Bones, Skulls and Paint
Northern Ontario Arts

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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Mid-August in Melgund Township means watching local tricolored bumblebees grab a quick meal from blooming thistle before cooler weather sets in. Even the pesky Canada thistle serves a purpose in the boreal landscape—providing crucial late-season nectar for native bumblebees.
Community Garden

Late Summer Buzz

A look at the tricolored bumblebee foraging on Canada thistle during August in Melgund Township, Ontario.
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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

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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.

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Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
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