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Jamie Bell

Interdisciplinary Artist and Arts Administrator
Founding Member, Winnipeg Arts Collective 2020 -

A long-time advocate for community-based arts and research, Jamie’s work has focused on fostering stronger relationships through outreach and engagement. Jamie has worked with arts, media and communications for almost three decades across multiple sectors. 

Jamie is a founding member of the @1860 Winnipeg Arts Collective. He was also a founding member of the Arviat Film Society and Arviat Television with support from Isuma TV’s Digital Indigenous Democracy Project. His previous work includes the SSHRC-funded Nanisiniq Arviat History Project and the ArcticNet-supported Inclusion in Northern Research project. His work has been featured in books and media ranging from TIME, CPAC, the Globe and Mail, Nunatsiaq News, CBC Igalaaq and CBC Radio North. 

Presentations and workshops have been delivered for Global Dignity Day 2020, 2021 and 2022; National Kindness Week 2022 and 2023; Arctic Change 2020, the 2021 ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meetings; Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal and Arctic Science Summit Week 2023 in Vienna, Austria. In 2024 he will be convening a session on food security and participatory arts entrepreneurship at the 2024 Arctic Congress in Bodø, Norway.

@1860 Winnipeg Arts Collective

Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse and the Manitoba Arts Council

Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, @1860 Winnipeg is an evolving, grassroots digital arts and cultural entrepreneurship collaborative supporting training and professional development for emerging, urban and newly urban Indigenous youth artists and cultural connectors. Launched in November 2021 with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts and Manitoba Arts Council, this unique program has grown beyond its original scope to support hybrid programming engaging urban, rural and northern participation as well as internationally.

Dr. Olaf Kuhlke and Jamie Bell present on the cultural entrepreneurship and digital skills incubator project during our visit to Qaumajuq.

EXHIBITIONS WE'RE PLANNING FOR IN 2025

From Principles to Practice: UNDA in Northern Realities

Exploring Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples through arts and story.

This proposed project will develop and pilot a program to better understand implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and the Action Plan for implementation within Northern communities.

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A business and cultural showcase of Nunavut with focus on expanding the economic opportunities within Nunavut and partnership opportunities with businesses from Manitoba.

Kivalliq Chamber of Commerce
Northern Perspectives 2024

Hosted every two years in Winnipeg, is a business, arts and cultural showcase of Nunavut with focus on expanding the economic opportunities within Nunavut and partnership opportunities with businesses from Manitoba. Learn more and find out how to register at: https://northperspectives.com

FEBRUARY 26-29 2024 - WINNIPEG, MANITOBA

2023-2024: Towards a Framework for Northern Food Systems Innovation

Prototyping an online marketplace, connecting artists and exploring food sector entrepreneurship

In winter 2024, members of our funky @1860 Winnipeg Arts collective are working with Niriqatiginnga and the Arctic Buying Company to rejuvenate the Kivalliq Chamber of Commerce web site. With many gaps for northern artists and culture sector, and urban ones too, we thought this is an important project worth supporting.

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Previous Projects and Experiences

Using Arts in support of Participatory and Inclusive Learning Environments

Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse, 2021-2022
Funded by the Manitoba Arts Council, 2022-2023

This project brought together northern and southern youth, community builders, arts-based researchers, cultural creators and educators to share cultural and environmental observations, challenges and insights-based solutions for hands-on digital arts and technologies to tackle cultural and climate change through regenerative artistic creation, cultural entrepreneurship training and participatory video training. 

Auviqsaqtut 2022 Inuit Studies Conference and Knowledge Sharing Workshops

We presented during our knowledge sharing workshops that were held at the same time as the Inuit Studies Conference. We went to Qaumajuq, the University of Winnipeg, St. Boniface and St. James and connected with a lot of artists and researchers. We learned a lot this summer.

2022-2023: Climate Storytelling and Photojournalism

Our People Our Climate

Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 2019 – 2023

Our People, Our Climate is a ground-breaking documentary film initiative, aiming to develop the storytelling skills of Indigenous youth and young adults. First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities across Canada’s Arctic are essential to current climate change discussions, and this project brings together a range of young people in these communities to tell important stories through a unique and distinct cultural lens.

Exploring Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples through arts and participatory organizational development
In April 2022, we held our very first workshops as part of our @1860 Winnipeg Arts incubator program, with support from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Related Research and Community Projects

Thank you to our partners, funders and supporters

This project builds on more than a decade of experiences with Global Dignity Canada. @1860 Winnipeg Arts team members Jamie Bell, Lucy Eetak and Tony Eetak have been volunteering with this non-profit organization since 2012.
Thanks to the Arctic Buying Company Winnipeg for always being a champion and supporter of our work since the beginning. @1860 Team Members Jamie Bell, Ethan Caners, Lucy Eetak and Tony Eetak have been collaborating on projects with this Winnipeg-based food shipping and logistics company since 2019.
This project builds on prior research supported by the Minneapolis College of Design Creative Entrepreneurship and Creative Leadership programs. From projects like Arctic Climate Entrepreneurship, Our People Our Climate, Creativity for Entrepreneurship and Niriqatiginnga, MCAD has been a strong supporter of Indigenous arts and creative cultural entrepreneurship programming and we thank them for being great partners and collaborators. MCAD is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. Your contribution to MCAD is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
This project builds on prior research supported by the University of Minnesota Duluth and the Labovitz School of Business and Economics. From projects like Creativity for Entrepreneurship, our @1860 Winnipeg Arts incubator and Niriqatiginnga, UMD has been a tremendous supporter of Indigenous arts and creative cultural entrepreneurship training and we thank them for being partners and collaborators in our collective efforts.
Niriqatiginnga is our newest collaboration. @1860 Team Members Jamie Bell and Tony Eetak have been working with the Headingley-based non-profit food security and cultural entrepreneurship program since 2023.
@1860 Winnipeg Arts and the non-profit organization Niriqatiginnga will be presenting at Arctic Congress 2024. We thank them for their support and for including us!
@1860 Winnipeg is proud to support Niriqatiginnga. We thank the University of the Arctic for supporting our projects and we look forward to seeing them at Arctic Congress 2024.
@1860 Winnipeg Arts has been proud to collaborate with, and learn from Live It Earth. We thank them for supporting our youth, Arctic climate entrepreneurship and arts programming.
A business and cultural showcase of Nunavut with focus on expanding the economic opportunities within Nunavut and partnership opportunities with businesses from Manitoba.
@1860 Winnipeg Arts and Niriqatiginnga are proud to be volunteers and members of the Kivalliq Chamber of Commerce.
@1860 Winnipeg Arts was established through a pilot digital arts program generously funded by the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse. We thank them for their support in making our @1860 Winnipeg Arts collective program possible.
@1860 Winnipeg Arts was established through a pilot digital arts program generously funded by the Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program. We thank them for their support in making our @1860 Winnipeg Arts collective program possible.
Our program started with the generous support of the ArcticNet, a Network Centre of Excellence of Canada and the Inclusion in Northern Research project.
@1860 Winnipeg Arts is proud to collaborate with, and support the Niriqatiginnga Food Security Project. Niriqatiginnga uses arts-based approaches to tackle northern food insecurity and is funded by the Canadian Sustainable Agriculture Program - Indigenous Food Systems Program with Manitoba Agriculture. We thank them for their financial support, advice and guidance. We could not have been part of the project without their support.
@1860 Winnipeg Arts Collective members Jamie Bell, Tony Eetak and Lucy Eetak also acknowledge the incredible support from the Manitoba Sustainable Agricultural Partnership – Indigenous Agriculture and Foods Program, and Manitoba Agriculture. Our project team was able to apply what we learned through our online marketplace development, skills and training to real world work environments. As an outcome of the relationship development and engagement components of “Niriqatiginnga: Towards a Framework for Northern Food Systems Innovation” these activities can help organizations like the Kivalliq Chamber of Commerce to transform and rejuvenate the way they engage with the agri-food sector.
@1860 Winnipeg Arts, and its partner program, Niriqatiginnga, are supported with financial contributions from the Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Program and the Government of Canada. We thank them for supporting youth entrepreneurship and for making our skills development and training possible.

@1860 Winnipeg Arts is a pilot program aimed at building organizational capacity for arts administration, skills development and training. It is supported by the non-profit organizations Global Dignity Canada and Niriqatiginnga.

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