Arts Incubator and Land Lab News

Nothing About This Is Neutral $Against the backdrop of Executive Order 14168, the fractured paintbrush on a dark canvas symbolizes the National Endowment for the Arts' drastic shift away from supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. The stark contrast between the vibrant potential of artistic expression and the encroaching darkness reflects the chilling impact of funding cuts under conservative mandates. As marginalized artists face unprecedented challenges, the arts community must rally to protect the transformative power of creative freedom.$

Nothing About This Is Neutral

Jamie Bell April 13, 2025

This project emerged from a refusal to treat data as neutral or storytelling as decorative. Through a...

Beneath the Code. Fractured Land. Through OpenAI-powered tools and mentorship, we’re fostering creativity, leadership, and community-based research, helping artists innovate in the digital arts space.

Through OpenAI-powered tools and mentorship, we’re fostering creativity, leadership, and community-based research, helping artists innovate in the digital arts space.

Beneath the Code. Fractured Land.

Jamie Bell April 12, 2025

The Space Between Creation and Collapse Beneath the code, fractured land. Here, the boundaries of code and...

The Found Treasure

Jamie Bell April 12, 2025

Unearth secrets through found artifacts, creating intimate, realistic narratives that captivate readers.

Volunteerism: From Traditional Structures to Grassroots Action Building Stronger Communities with Grassroots Volunteerism: Local initiatives like care pods and mutual aid networks are fostering deep connections and reimagining how we give back.

Building Stronger Communities with Grassroots Volunteerism: Local initiatives like care pods and mutual aid networks are fostering deep connections and reimagining how we give back.

Volunteerism: From Traditional Structures to Grassroots Action

Digital Salvage April 12, 2025

Building Stronger Communities with Grassroots Volunteerism: Local initiatives like care pods and mutual aid networks are fostering...

After the Bark The tree dreams in textures now. Bark has been replaced by memory. Weathered lines recall the touch of wind, the breath of moss, the quiet tension between collapse and stillness. This is not death, but the long, slow rehearsal for return — to soil, to silence, to something shapeless yet whole.

The tree dreams in textures now. Bark has been replaced by memory. Weathered lines recall the touch of wind, the breath of moss, the quiet tension between collapse and stillness. This is not death, but the long, slow rehearsal for return — to soil, to silence, to something shapeless yet whole.

After the Bark

Tony Eetak April 11, 2025

The tree dreams in textures now. Bark has been replaced by memory. Weathered lines recall the touch...

Manitoba Wild Rice Risotto with Sautéed Mushrooms and Truffle Oil For this week's AI Food Prompt series recipe and image, we present a luxurious Manitoba wild rice risotto, combined with sautéed mushrooms and finished with a hint of truffle oil.

For this week's AI Food Prompt series recipe and image, we present a luxurious Manitoba wild rice risotto, combined with sautéed mushrooms and finished with a hint of truffle oil.

Manitoba Wild Rice Risotto with Sautéed Mushrooms and Truffle Oil

Tony Eetak April 11, 2025

Indulge in this week’s AI Food Prompt Friday recipe and image with Manitoba wild rice risotto and...

Showcasing the Impact of Self-Initiated Community Projects Self-initiated projects, from grassroots zines to cultural festivals, have the power to reshape communities. These bottom-up efforts address local needs, foster creativity, and build stronger bonds. Discover the role of micro-grants and community incubators in turning passion into lasting impact.

Self-initiated projects, from grassroots zines to cultural festivals, have the power to reshape communities. These bottom-up efforts address local needs, foster creativity, and build stronger bonds. Discover the role of micro-grants and community incubators in turning passion into lasting impact.

Showcasing the Impact of Self-Initiated Community Projects

Jamie Bell April 10, 2025

From independent zines to local festivals and skill-sharing workshops, grassroots community projects fuel connection and creativity.

Waiting at the Water’s Edge Mud pulls at your feet, the river hums under closed bridges, and the air thickens with thawed-out memory. Between branches and broken trails, a stillness opens—where water dreams upward, steel waits without speaking, and the season writes itself in soft collisions.

Mud pulls at your feet, the river hums under closed bridges, and the air thickens with thawed-out memory. Between branches and broken trails, a stillness opens—where water dreams upward, steel waits without speaking, and the season writes itself in soft collisions.

Waiting at the Water’s Edge

Tony Eetak April 9, 2025

In spring, the river swells with memory. Ice pulls back, revealing thick ribbons of mud and trails...

The Bison

Among bare branches and snow-laced silence, the book-buffalo waits—pages frozen in time, wisdom stacked into muscle and memory. It is not sculpture, but spellwork. It holds what we forgot we carried: story, survival, and the soft hoofbeats of future paths.

The Bison

Tony Eetak April 9, 2025

Tucked into the natural paths at The Forks, Education is the New Bison emerges like a quiet monument.

The Quiet Rows Empty seats in a lecture hall echo with memory—fragments of thought, laughter, doubt, discovery. Education isn’t confined to presence; it resonates in absence. These still rows are archives of energy, holding the quiet hum of voices that changed everything. Most of us never make it here.