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Making Chocolate at Home Learn to make chocolate from scratch—our AI Food Prompt Art series explores homemade cocoa creations.

Making Chocolate at Home

Tony Eetak 4 Feb 2025

Learn to make chocolate from scratch—our Come Eat With Me Manitoba recipe series explores homemade cocoa creations.

Environments: Breathing Life into Virtual Galleries with OpenAI Transforming static virtual galleries with AI-driven environmental simulations. This project deepens our expertise in merging art and technology, resulting in rich, interactive spaces that engage and captivate.

Transforming static virtual galleries with AI-driven environmental simulations. This project deepens our expertise in merging art and technology, resulting in rich, interactive spaces that engage and captivate.

Environments: Breathing Life into Virtual Galleries with OpenAI

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg 2 Feb 2025

Virtual galleries are transcending their traditional boundaries, evolving from static displays into mesmerizing, interactive sanctuaries where art...

Spring Manitoba Whitefish with Wild Leeks For this week's AI Food Prompt Art series image and recipe, we showcase a decadent raspberry and cream tart with a buttery almond crust and fresh Manitoba raspberries. A perfect sweet treat to celebrate a Manitoba harvest.

For this week's AI Food Prompt Art series image and recipe, we showcase a decadent raspberry and cream tart with a buttery almond crust and fresh Manitoba raspberries. A perfect sweet treat to celebrate a Manitoba harvest.

Spring Manitoba Whitefish with Wild Leeks

Tony Eetak 2 Feb 2025

This week’s AI Food Prompt Friday recipe highlights a raspberry and cream tart with a buttery almond...

Mentorship: The Importance of Participatory Approaches As we continue to build the framework for our summer arts residency, we’re putting a lot of thought into participatory elements for aspects like learning structure, making sure that mentorship and professional development for artists is at the heart of every experience.

As we continue to build the framework for our summer arts residency, we’re putting a lot of thought into participatory elements for aspects like learning structure, making sure that mentorship and professional development for artists is at the heart of every experience.

Mentorship: The Importance of Participatory Approaches

Jamie Bell 1 Feb 2025

This week, we’ve truly experienced the transformative power of participatory arts practices—where the line between artist and...

Roasted Red Pepper & Raspberry Gazpacho A vibrant, chilled gazpacho served in a glass bowl, garnished with basil and olive oil, showcasing the art of gourmet food styling and AI photography. The soft lighting and precise composition elevate this dish into a visual masterpiece.

A vibrant, chilled gazpacho served in a glass bowl, garnished with basil and olive oil, showcasing the art of gourmet food styling and AI photography. The soft lighting and precise composition elevate this dish into a visual masterpiece.

Roasted Red Pepper & Raspberry Gazpacho

Jamie Bell 1 Feb 2025

Dive into AI food art with this visually captivating roasted red pepper and raspberry gazpacho dish. Explore...

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 31 Jan 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

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg 30 Jan 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 27 Jan 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

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg 26 Jan 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.