Arts Incubator and Land Lab News

Crispy Manitoba Trout with Charred Corn and Wild Greens For this week's AI Food Prompt series, Manitoba’s bounty shines with a beautifully crisp trout fillet, served with smoky charred corn and a touch of wild mustard. A perfect harmony of flavors!

For this week's AI Food Prompt series, Manitoba’s bounty shines with a beautifully crisp trout fillet, served with smoky charred corn and a touch of wild mustard. A perfect harmony of flavors!

Crispy Manitoba Trout with Charred Corn and Wild Greens

Jamie Bell March 28, 2025

This week's AI Food Prompt Fridays image and recipe is a flavourful Manitoba trout dish, served with...

Soft Serve Frequencies

A scoop becomes a witness. The swirl is not dessert—it is doctrine, layered with pixel-static and the soft surrender of vanilla in fluorescence. Forty-six thousand five hundred fourteen eyes have seen it, but none tasted the same myth twice. The cone, pinned to the wall like a saint. Cold sugar, eternal return. A bite taken in Elmwood ripples into the archive of glances, archived now in memory, now in metadata. Art lives here—not in frames, but in freezers, in marker-signed mandates, in the quiet sermon of soft-serve melting into ritual.

Soft Serve Frequencies

Tony Eetak March 26, 2025

The cold hum spills sideways across time, tasting like the absence of plans. A cone dissolves before...

Northern Art: Revolutionizing Preservation and Creation with LiDAR, 3D Photogrammetry, and Virtual Spaces This 3D photogrammetry scan of Qaumajuq, the Inuit art centre at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, brings the intricate design and cultural significance of the space to virtual life.

This 3D photogrammetry scan of Qaumajuq, the Inuit art centre at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, brings the intricate design and cultural significance of the space to virtual life.

Northern Art: Revolutionizing Preservation and Creation with LiDAR, 3D Photogrammetry, and Virtual Spaces

Jamie Bell March 25, 2025

Imagine walking through a museum, but instead of navigating crowded hallways or worrying about the next tour...

The Future of Self-Managed Arts: Lessons & Next Steps This week’s article explores the growing trend of self-managed arts spaces, highlighting best practices, challenges, and visions for a sustainable, non-hierarchical arts ecosystem. The future of artist-run initiatives is collaborative, resourceful, and empowering. Read on for lessons from successful collective-driven projects.

This week’s article explores the growing trend of self-managed arts spaces, highlighting best practices, challenges, and visions for a sustainable, non-hierarchical arts ecosystem. The future of artist-run initiatives is collaborative, resourceful, and empowering. Read on for lessons from successful collective-driven projects.

The Future of Self-Managed Arts: Lessons & Next Steps

Digital Salvage March 25, 2025

The future of self-managed arts involves shifting to non-hierarchical structures, overcoming challenges, and building sustainable, inclusive creative...

Expanding Community Reach Connecting small and northern community programs to broader regional and national networks enhances their visibility and fosters collaborative opportunities for growth.

Connecting small and northern community programs to broader regional and national networks enhances their visibility and fosters collaborative opportunities for growth.

Expanding Community Reach

Digital Salvage March 24, 2025

Showcasing community impact is vital for garnering support and recognition from the broader sector.

Manitoba Rhubarb and Berry Galette For this week's AI Food Prompt Art series image and recipe, we present a tangy-sweet Manitoba rhubarb and berry galette, perfect for summer gatherings.

Manitoba Rhubarb and Berry Galette

Tony Eetak March 23, 2025

For this week's AI Food Prompt Art series image and recipe, we present a tangy-sweet Manitoba rhubarb...

Vibe Coding with AI: How Artists Are Learning To Use Code We learned how to use audio visualizers using GPT 4 Turbo (GPT 4.5) and Javascript. It was lots of fun!

We learned how to use audio visualizers using GPT 4 Turbo (GPT 4.5) and Javascript. It was lots of fun!

Vibe Coding with AI: How Artists Are Learning To Use Code

Jamie Bell March 22, 2025

Vibe coding is simple at its core: You describe what you want to make. You give instructions...

Mastering the Linear Line

Jamie Bell March 22, 2025

The seemingly simple chronological narrative remains a foundational storytelling tool for captivating audiences and building suspense.

Spring is just around the corner As our Fall and Winter 2024-2025 arts incubator program starts to wind down, spring is just around the corner.

Spring is just around the corner

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg March 21, 2025

Fall and Winter 2024-2025 arts incubator program coming to a close As winter winds down, we’ve been...

Royal Gala Apple Orchard Takes Root in Northwestern Ontario Newly transplanted Royal Gala apple seedlings thrive in early spring sunlight at Melgund Township’s community orchard project. Youth and volunteers are expanding the orchard with sustainable agriculture practices in Northwestern Ontario.