Arts Incubator and Land Lab News

The Straight Path Mastering the Linear Line

The Straight Path

Jamie Bell April 24, 2025

Discover the enduring power of linear narrative for clear storytelling, building natural tension, and showcasing character progression.

Exploring Mass Culture img-vdsKFivDm5YgtJga4N4wSOqL

Exploring Mass Culture

Tony Eetak April 24, 2025

This week, we're spotlighting Mass Culture, a national arts service organization that harnesses the power of research to...

Schema as Story Schemas empower arts organizations. This connected network demonstrates how structured data amplifies voices, ensuring diverse art is seen and valued.

Schemas empower arts organizations. This connected network demonstrates how structured data amplifies voices, ensuring diverse art is seen and valued.

Schema as Story

Jamie Bell April 24, 2025

In the art sector, terms like "structured data," "metadata," and "linked open data" are often met with...

Winnipeg in Black and White Winnipeg in Black and White is a short virtual exhibit by youth artist Tony Eetak.

Winnipeg in Black and White

Digital Salvage April 23, 2025

WINNIPEG, MB — A striking new photography exhibition titled Winnipeg in Black and White is now on view, showcasing the...

Nature as an Architect Echo lines hum between silences; dew holds the static of a thousand unspoken mornings.

Nature as an Architect

Jamie Bell April 23, 2025

In the fragile lattice of morning light, the spider’s work stands as a monument to patience and...

Dew Code

Suspension theory: dreams cling to the tension between the known and the not-yet-touched.

Dew Code

Jamie Bell April 23, 2025

This spiderweb, soaked in dew and backlit by daybreak, could be mistaken for code—strings of logic floating...

Early Morning Fog Fog doesn’t erase, it distills. What remains in the hush is not absence, but a pause between stories. Trees lean like breathless witnesses, caught in the act of remembering. This isn’t mystery—it’s a threshold. You aren’t lost here; you’re being rewritten.

Fog doesn’t erase, it distills. What remains in the hush is not absence, but a pause between stories. Trees lean like breathless witnesses, caught in the act of remembering. This isn’t mystery—it’s a threshold. You aren’t lost here; you’re being rewritten.

Early Morning Fog

Tony Eetak April 22, 2025

The forest holds its breath. Morning fog clings to the undergrowth like a held memory, softening the...

From Skin to Stitch With the steady curve of the ulu, generations of Inuit women have transformed the gifts of the land and sea into warmth, sustenance, and art. Here, the careful work of preparing sealskin connects us to ancient traditions and a profound respect for the animal.

With the steady curve of the ulu, generations of Inuit women have transformed the gifts of the land and sea into warmth, sustenance, and art. Here, the careful work of preparing sealskin connects us to ancient traditions and a profound respect for the animal.

From Skin to Stitch

Eva Suluk April 21, 2025

Ah, the ulu. Just holding it in my hand connects me to generations of Inuit who have...

Virtual Exhibit: 177 Weeks This captured stillness – this frame of functional solitude in a downtown Winnipeg food court – has so far flickered and scrolled across 88,208 screens.

This captured stillness – this frame of functional solitude in a downtown Winnipeg food court – has so far flickered and scrolled across 88,208 screens.

Virtual Exhibit: 177 Weeks

Digital Salvage April 20, 2025

Winnipeg, MB — A new exhibit, 177 Weeks: Art, Belonging, and the Life In-Between, has launched, showcasing a curated...

Artists scheme over schemas Making art discoverable for everyone. Our community-built schema tool levels the playing field, helping artists and arts organizations showcase even non-traditional creative work on Google. Say goodbye to costly plugins!