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A handful of summer

Jamie Bell 29 Jun 2025
Beautiful, ripe strawberries, hand-picked after a season of careful cultivation.

Beautiful, ripe strawberries, hand-picked after a season of careful cultivation.

The moment has arrived! The first batches of strawberries are ripening, and all the hard work and care from the past few months are really paying off. These delicious strawberries, bright red, show just how much effort went into growing them. Every berry, plump and perfectly shaped, promises a burst of sweet, juicy flavor – truly the taste of summer’s best.

Picking these red beauties is such a great feeling, a real connection to what the earth gives us. We carefully pluck each ripe strawberry to make sure only the best ones are chosen. They’re ready to be eaten fresh, made into tasty jams, or baked into pies. This first harvest means the season is off to a good start, and we’re looking forward to many more sweet batches in the weeks ahead. It’s awesome to see the results of all our effort!

And it’s not just about growing; it’s been a creative journey too. Since early spring, we’ve been taking tons of photos and writing down everything about how these strawberries grow, from those first tiny blossoms to the big, bright red fruit you see now. We’ve gathered stories and watched all the little changes as the plants grew. This whole collection of pictures and notes isn’t just about the growing process; it’s also our way of showing the amazing patience and wonder of nature’s cycles, capturing how beautiful growth itself can be.

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Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell

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Jamie Bell is a Winnipeg-based interdisciplinary artist and strategist working at the intersection of media arts, community engagement, and public affairs. Among others, his work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, and the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, with a focus on participatory media, strategic communications, and arts-based collaboration across northern and urban contexts.

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This platform, our Winnipeg, Manitoba hub and programs have been made possible with support from the Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program. We gratefully acknowledge their funding and support in making the work we do possible.

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The Arts Incubator was seeded and piloted with strategic arts innovation funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse. We thank them for their investment, supporting northern arts capacity building and bringing the arts to life.

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This platform, our Northwestern Ontario hub and programs have been made possible with support from the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program. We gratefully acknowledge their funding and support in making the work we do possible.

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