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Join a dynamic program and team dedicated to fostering artistic innovation, cultural empowerment, and climate entrepreneurship-focused projects through collaborative, grassroots engagement.
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The tent's pitched, welcoming us back to the land as spring rolls towards summer. It's the perfect time to gather, share our old stories, and let the kids just be – soaking up the freedom and the quiet beauty of the tundra before the mosquitoes claim their season.

The tent's pitched, welcoming us back to the land as spring rolls towards summer. It's the perfect time to gather, share our old stories, and let the kids just be – soaking up the freedom and the quiet beauty of the tundra before the mosquitoes claim their season. Photo: Eva Suluk

Support Creative Futures Across Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario, and Minnesota

At The Arts Incubator, we’re driven by the power of community collaboration, artistic innovation, and cultural connection. As a volunteer-led nonprofit arts organization rooted in Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario and Minnesota, we depend on passionate volunteers — including artists, mentors, youth leaders, and community advocates — to advance our mission.

Whether you’re an experienced artist, emerging creative, entrepreneur, dedicated mentor, or someone who wants to contribute your time and skills, you can make a difference with us.

Why Volunteer With The Arts Incubator?

Joining our volunteer community means you will:

Mentor youth artists and emerging creatives in digital media, visual arts, storytelling, and entrepreneurship
Support arts-based community development projects that foster cultural expression and climate action
Help organize and deliver artist residencies, public art events, workshops, and creative pop-ups
Collaborate with a diverse team engaged in Indigenous, urban, rural, and northern arts initiatives
Create meaningful impact through participatory arts, community engagement, and grassroots leadership development

Volunteer Roles We’re Recruiting For

We welcome volunteers with a range of skills and interests, including:

  • Creative mentors and arts facilitators — painters, writers, designers, makers, multimedia artists
  • Event and program volunteers — assisting with exhibitions, residencies, community workshops, and festivals
  • Community outreach coordinators — helping to connect with local residents, Indigenous communities, and youth groups
  • Grant writers and sponsorship coordinators — supporting funding proposals and partnership development
  • Guest speakers and workshop leaders — especially for our seasonal fall and winter programs
  • Youth mentors focused on digital arts, entrepreneurial skills, climate advocacy, and leadership
  • Content creators — photographers, videographers, social media storytellers, bloggers
  • Cultural advisors an Elders — guiding youth arts projects with traditional knowledge and mentorship
  • No matter where you live — be it Winnipeg, Minneapolis, or smaller towns in Northwestern Ontario — your involvement matters to us.

Partner With The Arts Incubator

We are actively seeking:

  • Community partners, local businesses, and sponsors who value the transformative power of the arts
  • Artists-in-residence, educators, and cultural organizations interested in collaborative programming
  • Dedicated volunteers who want to co-create innovative, inclusive, and impactful arts experiences

Get Involved Today — Contact Us!

Interested in joining our volunteer team or learning more? Reach out to connect with The Arts Incubator and help build vibrant creative communities across the North and Midwest.

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The Arts Incubator is a participatory arts collective and living lab, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. It's a space where innovation and creativity thrive. It's latest iteration was launched in 2021 with funding and support from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse. Today, working with students and faculty from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, we fuse traditional and participatory media arts with artificial intelligence, music, storytelling and community-driven, land-based artist residencies to cultivate new voices and bold ideas. Whether through collaborative projects or immersive experiences, our small but vibrant community supports creators to explore, experiment, and connect. Join us at the intersection of artistry, technology, culture and community—where every moment is a new opportunity to create.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Arts Incubator and Art Borups Corners Collective was seeded with strategic arts innovation funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse and the Local Services Board of Melgund. We thank them for their investment, support and bringing the arts to life.

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NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO ARTS PROGRAMS

This platform, our Northwestern Ontario hub and programs have been made possible with support from the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program. We gratefully acknowledge their funding and support in making the work we do possible.

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SUPPORTING ARTS AND RECREATION

Borups Corners Arts and Recreation supports arts and recreation in Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario as volunteer-driven Arts Collective.

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