Arts Incubator and Land Lab News

Raspberry and Roasted Eggplant Hummus Platter Vibrant and textured, this raspberry-infused roasted eggplant hummus platter is framed by the warm curves of pita and fresh vegetables. With the soft glow of candlelight and delicate shadows, this image captures the essence of rustic elegance in every bite. It’s one of the many exciting creative explorations we've been undertaking in our AI food arts activities since last year.

Vibrant and textured, this raspberry-infused roasted eggplant hummus platter is framed by the warm curves of pita and fresh vegetables. With the soft glow of candlelight and delicate shadows, this image captures the essence of rustic elegance in every bite. It’s one of the many exciting creative explorations we've been undertaking in our AI food arts activities since last year.

Raspberry and Roasted Eggplant Hummus Platter

Jamie Bell January 31, 2025

Explore the world of AI food art with our Friday Food Prompt, where creativity meets technology to...

Week 4: Crafting Interactivity—Bringing Art to Life In week four, we’re pushing artistic boundaries by integrating proximity detection, making our virtual art respond to movement. This dynamic interaction creates a living, evolving experience where the viewer becomes an active participant in the narrative.

In week four, we’re pushing artistic boundaries by integrating proximity detection, making our virtual art respond to movement. This dynamic interaction creates a living, evolving experience where the viewer becomes an active participant in the narrative.

Week 4: Crafting Interactivity—Bringing Art to Life

Art Borups Corners January 30, 2025

In week four, we’re pushing artistic boundaries by integrating proximity detection, making our virtual art respond to...

Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Tart Recipe Indulge in a silky dark chocolate hazelnut tart, featuring a smooth ganache and crunchy nuts.

Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Tart Recipe

Jamie Bell January 27, 2025

Indulge in a silky dark chocolate hazelnut tart, featuring a smooth ganache and crunchy nuts. A perfect...

Manitoba Food, Art Project Launches Online Cookbook

Come Eat With Me Manitoba is a groundbreaking AI-powered cookbook featuring a new Manitoba-inspired recipe every week. Developed by Indigenous youth, this project blends food security, culinary innovation, digital storytelling, participatory media arts, and AI-generated food imagery to create a dynamic and interactive food experience. Each recipe highlights locally sourced, sustainable, and traditional Indigenous ingredients, bridging the past and future through youth-led research, community-driven food sovereignty, and digital literacy in the culinary arts. By harnessing AI-generated food art and prompt engineering, this initiative empowers young creators to explore recipe development, nutrition education, sustainable cooking practices, and the intersection of technology and Indigenous food traditions. Featuring wild game, freshwater fish, prairie-grown grains, foraged berries, and farm-to-table produce, this evolving cookbook supports Manitoba food heritage, eco-conscious eating, and digital-first culinary storytelling. With a strong focus on interactive learning, visual storytelling, and food equity, Come Eat With Me Manitoba invites readers to discover the vibrant flavors of the province while supporting youth innovation, AI-driven creativity, and culturally rooted food experiences.

Manitoba Food, Art Project Launches Online Cookbook

Art Borups Corners January 26, 2025

Discover Come Eat With Me Manitoba, a groundbreaking cookbook featuring weekly Manitoba recipes, AI-generated art, participatory media...

Week 3: The Art of Voice—Bringing Characters to Life Bringing characters to life with Text-to-Speech—this duck avatar is more than just a cute face. By fine-tuning voice and personality, we’re learning how to add emotional depth and presence, turning simple designs into fully realized characters in our digital worlds.

Week 3: The Art of Voice—Bringing Characters to Life

Jamie Bell January 25, 2025

See how our Winter 2025 program in Winnipeg enhances storytelling through innovative Text-to-Speech technology, bringing AI characters...

Rustic Manitoba Birch Syrup Apple Pie For this week's AI Food Prompt series recipe and image, we present a classic Northern apple pie made with classic Manitoba birch syrup, giving it a rich, unique flavor that’s perfect for the season.

For this week's AI Food Prompt series recipe and image, we present a classic Northern apple pie made with classic Manitoba birch syrup, giving it a rich, unique flavor that’s perfect for the season.

Rustic Manitoba Birch Syrup Apple Pie

Tony Eetak January 25, 2025

This week’s AI Food Prompt Friday recipe and image highlights a delightful Northern apple pie, enhanced with...

Blackberry & Sweet Potato Buddha Bowl A vibrant, nutrient-packed Buddha bowl brimming with roasted sweet potatoes, quinoa, kale, chickpeas, and fresh blackberries. The bold contrast between the crisp vegetables and the glossy tahini dressing creates a striking visual harmony.

A vibrant, nutrient-packed Buddha bowl brimming with roasted sweet potatoes, quinoa, kale, chickpeas, and fresh blackberries. The bold contrast between the crisp vegetables and the glossy tahini dressing creates a striking visual harmony.

Blackberry & Sweet Potato Buddha Bowl

Tony Eetak January 24, 2025

Explore AI food art and digital food styling in our Food Art Fridays challenge. This week, create...

Stories from the Frozen Horizon In the quiet Arctic night of Arviat, streetlights cast a soft glow against snowbanks, their light fading into the vast, dark sky. The stillness of the landscape is broken only by the crisp, cold air, as the night embraces the town in its quiet solitude.

In the quiet Arctic night of Arviat, streetlights cast a soft glow against snowbanks, their light fading into the vast, dark sky. The stillness of the landscape is broken only by the crisp, cold air, as the night embraces the town in its quiet solitude.

Stories from the Frozen Horizon

Tony Eetak January 24, 2025

Beneath the Arctic sky, the camera becomes a bridge between silence and story, capturing moments where light...

Our People, Our Climate: Stories from the Frozen Horizon In the quiet Arctic night of Arviat, streetlights cast a soft glow against snowbanks, their light fading into the vast, dark sky. The stillness of the landscape is broken only by the crisp, cold air, as the night embraces the town in its quiet solitude.

Our People, Our Climate: Stories from the Frozen Horizon

Tony Eetak January 24, 2025

Beneath the Arctic sky, the camera becomes a bridge between silence and story, capturing moments where light...

AI in the Gallery: The Art of Prototyping Exhibitions with DALL·E From large-scale museum installations to intimate community pop-ups, AI tools like DALL·E 3 are helping artists and curators craft bold, imaginative concepts with ease. These tools allow creatives to rapidly prototype ideas, visualize themes, and explore designs that might have taken weeks or months to develop.