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artsincubator.ca: Tony Eetak

Co-Founder and Co-Funder

Tony Eetak is an emerging youth artist and culture connector originally from Arviat, Nunavut and a founding member of Niriqatiginnga, Arts Borups Corners and @1860 Winnipeg Arts collectives. Tony’s current participatory arts and research activities supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program.

With a growing interest in photography, music and visual arts, Tony has been a dedicated volunteer for participatory arts events in his community, working for more than five years with organizations and projects including the Arviat Film SocietyGlobal Dignity Canada, Inclusion in Northern Research, Our People, Our Climate and Niriqatiginnga. Tony’s work has been funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and Manitoba Arts Council.

In 2021 he completed his first Creativity for Entrepreneurship online college course through University of Minnesota Duluth Continuing Education and with support from the UMD Cultural Entrepreneurship program. In June 2022 Tony presented some of his creative photography and experiences for the Auviqsaqtut Inuit Studies Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba with the Our People, Our Climate project and support from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In 2023 Tony was named a National Role Model by the non-profit organization Global Dignity Canada. Tony is a founding member of Niriqatiginnga, a Winnipeg-based non-profit program launched in 2023 that explores arts-based and participatory approaches to addressing food security.

Tony Eetak is an emerging youth artist and culture connector originally from Arviat, Nunavut and a founding member of the @1860 Winnipeg Arts collective. With a growing interest in photography, music and visual arts, Tony has been a dedicated volunteer for participatory arts events in his community, working for more than five years with organizations and projects including the Arviat Film Society, Global Dignity Canada, Inclusion in Northern Research, and Our People, Our Climate. In 2021 he completed his first Creativity for Entrepreneurship online college course through University of Minnesota Duluth Continuing Education and with support from the UMD Cultural Entrepreneurship program. In June 2022 Tony presented some of his creative photography and experiences for the Auviqsaqtut Inuit Studies Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba with the Our People, Our Climate project and support from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Also, in 2023 Tony was named a National Role Model by the non-profit organization Global Dignity Canada.