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Building Bridges: Arts & Recreation Partnerships for Community Health Beyond Sports: Think recreation is just about games? Think again. This article explores the surprising power of arts-based programs within recreation, revealing how they can address community challenges and foster youth leadership.

Beyond Sports: Think recreation is just about games? Think again. This article explores the surprising power of arts-based programs within recreation, revealing how they can address community challenges and foster youth leadership.

Building Bridges: Arts & Recreation Partnerships for Community Health

Jamie Bell March 5, 2025

Beyond Sports: Think recreation is just about games? Think again. This article explores the surprising power of...

Re-Organizing Organizations: A Body Without Organs Case File from the Nomadic Detective Agency We learned about radical new ways to think about organizations, moving beyond rigid hierarchies and embracing fluidity like the "Body without Organs." It's about unleashing potential, not just managing structure. The Nomadic Detective Agency is showing us how!

We learned about radical new ways to think about organizations, moving beyond rigid hierarchies and embracing fluidity like the "Body without Organs." It's about unleashing potential, not just managing structure. The Nomadic Detective Agency is showing us how!

Re-Organizing Organizations: A Body Without Organs Case File from the Nomadic Detective Agency

Jamie Bell March 4, 2025

Build better groups like a Body without Organs. We're learning about radical organizational development from the...

Artist Collectives & Cooperatives: Can They Work? In part two of our five-part series, we dive deeper into the heart of artist collectives, exploring how collaboration and shared spaces ignite creativity. This week's focus highlights how these collectives create environments where artists thrive together, exchanging ideas and breaking down traditional boundaries.

In part two of our five-part series, we dive deeper into the heart of artist collectives, exploring how collaboration and shared spaces ignite creativity. This week's focus highlights how these collectives create environments where artists thrive together, exchanging ideas and breaking down traditional boundaries.

Artist Collectives & Cooperatives: Can They Work?

Jamie Bell March 4, 2025

Explore concepts behind artist collectives and co-operatives, from consensus-based decision-making to creating sustainable creative spaces.

Diving into the Deep End: Are You Ready for Rhizomes, Cosmic Artisans, and Smooth Spaces? Forget straight lines. Forget hierarchies. The universe is a messy, interconnected, rhizomatic masterpiece waiting to be explored. Join us as we delve into the revolutionary ideas of smooth spaces and cosmic artisans, guided by the visionary work of the Nomadic Detective Agency.

Forget straight lines. Forget hierarchies. The universe is a messy, interconnected, rhizomatic masterpiece waiting to be explored. Join us as we delve into the revolutionary ideas of smooth spaces and cosmic artisans, guided by the visionary work of the Nomadic Detective Agency.

Diving into the Deep End: Are You Ready for Rhizomes, Cosmic Artisans, and Smooth Spaces?

Jamie Bell March 3, 2025

Ever feel like the world is way more interconnected and fluid than it seems? Like there's a...

ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᒌᓐᓂᖅ – Ikajuqtigiinniq Ikajuqtigiinniq: Like a team of artists collaborating on a mural, together we create something beautiful and meaningful together. May our shared efforts build a stronger and more vibrant community.

Ikajuqtigiinniq: Like a team of artists collaborating on a mural, together we create something beautiful and meaningful together. May our shared efforts build a stronger and more vibrant community.

ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᒌᓐᓂᖅ – Ikajuqtigiinniq

Tony Eetak March 3, 2025

Ikajuqtigiinniq, an Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit value emphasizing collaboration and working together for a common cause. Learn how...

Artists and Musicians Gather for Cozy Winter Retreat in Borups Corners Dryden musician Gerry McArthur's guitar riffs provided the backbone for countless musical moments at the retreat. Beyond his impressive guitar skills, Gerry also ensured everyone sounded their best, expertly managing the sound for the weekend's lively performances.

Dryden musician Gerry McArthur's guitar riffs provided the backbone for countless musical moments at the retreat. Beyond his impressive guitar skills, Gerry also ensured everyone sounded their best, expertly managing the sound for the weekend's lively performances.

Artists and Musicians Gather for Cozy Winter Retreat in Borups Corners

Terri Bell March 3, 2025

Borups Corners was a creative hub for the Winter Arts and Music Retreat on March 1-2, 2025,...

Grassroots Strategies for Growth Effective grassroots strategies are essential for initiating and sustaining impactful projects in small and northern communities facing limited resources. This article discusses how collaborative efforts, local stakeholder engagement, and community-driven initiatives empower Indigenous youth and artist-run collectives to drive meaningful change.

Effective grassroots strategies are essential for initiating and sustaining impactful projects in small and northern communities facing limited resources. This article discusses how collaborative efforts, local stakeholder engagement, and community-driven initiatives empower Indigenous youth and artist-run collectives to drive meaningful change.

Grassroots Strategies for Growth

Jamie Bell March 3, 2025

This week, we explore strategies to empower small and grassroots programs to initiate impactful and sustainable projects...

The Zine Scene: Why Young Creatives Are All In! In the digital age, zines are making a remarkable return, offering tactile creativity and raw expression that digital media just can't replicate. Handmade and heartfelt, these mini-publications are capturing the spirit of self-expression and community connection anew.

In the digital age, zines are making a remarkable return, offering tactile creativity and raw expression that digital media just can't replicate. Handmade and heartfelt, these mini-publications are capturing the spirit of self-expression and community connection anew.

The Zine Scene: Why Young Creatives Are All In!

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg March 2, 2025

Discovering the zine scene can be like stumbling upon a secret clubhouse. Zines, those handmade, often self-published...

ᐋᔩᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᖅ – Aajiiqatigiinniq Explore Pijitsirniq, an Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit value of service and community care. Discover how this principle strengthens arts communities and supports artists' well-being. Image: Tony Eetak