Artificial Intelligence

Artists Exploring Digital Arts, AI Tools and Technologies

Here we showcase groundbreaking initiatives that merge participatory arts with cutting-edge AI tools and technologies. With support from the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, our projects are transforming how communities engage with the arts, advancing efforts in mental health, resilience, and equity. With activities spanning Winnipeg, Borups Corners, and Minneapolis, this space highlights the power of AI to empower artists, researchers, and communities to push creative boundaries. Discover how AI is helping us reimagine the arts and foster connections across Canada and beyond, one project at a time.

Northern AI, Youth, and Innovation: Stories Across Manitoba, Ontario, Nunavut & Minnesota

E is for Environment

Across the vast, culturally rich landscapes of Northwestern Ontario and the broader Canadian North, a powerful creative movement is taking shape. From the intricate beadwork of the Anishinaabe and Dene to the striking sculptures of Inuit carvers and the digital art of a new generation, creativity in these regions has always been more than expression — it is storytelling, identity, and survival.

E is for Environment

Art Borups Corners November 3, 2025

How can your project honour the land, the water, and the air it depends on?

A is for Advantage

A river of ideas flows through ECO-STAR North, where interdisciplinary arts, mixed-methodological AI research, and climate-focused entrepreneurship come together to shape meaningful Northern innovation.

A is for Advantage

Art Borups Corners November 3, 2025

To find your advantage, you need to know the landscape.

Introducing ECO-STAR North AI tools meet community research: a youth-built tool for designing ethical, participatory action projects with real impact.

AI tools meet community research: a youth-built tool for designing ethical, participatory action projects with real impact.

Introducing ECO-STAR North

Jamie Bell October 29, 2025

ECO-STAR North empowers northern artists to decolonize innovation, blending Indigenous knowledge, creativity, and applied AI research.

The Administrative Victory

Tired of the expensive and time-consuming communication treadmill imposed by third-party schedulers, the administrative team built the Bluesky Auto Poster, a custom WordPress plugin designed for precision content syndication. This specialized module allows for reliable, set-and-forget scheduling directly from the dashboard, bypassing external subscription costs and securing complete control over credentials and timing to efficiently reclaim valuable administrative hours.

The Administrative Victory

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg October 28, 2025

We ditched the administrative treadmill and endless subscriptions to build our own precise, powerful Bluesky Auto Poster.

The End of Expertise AI is dismantling traditional expert-driven firms, replacing costly specialist labor with agile, system-orchestrating transversal creators.

AI is dismantling traditional expert-driven firms, replacing costly specialist labor with agile, system-orchestrating transversal creators.

The End of Expertise

Jamie Bell October 13, 2025

AI and automation are reshaping work, replacing expensive specialist labor with agile, cross-disciplinary creators powered by intelligent...

Beyond Chatbots Research suggests AI isn’t replacing northern artists—it’s openinig up the potential for them go further.

Beyond Chatbots

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg September 2, 2025

AI agents are transforming work, moving beyond conversation to handle tasks, automate processes, and act intelligently.

Artists Explore Agentic Design We’ve had a blast building a scalable AI framework to shift focus from procedural tasks to creative execution and community impact.

We’ve had a blast building a scalable AI framework to shift focus from procedural tasks to creative execution and community impact.

Artists Explore Agentic Design

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg August 15, 2025

Agentic design and AI automation are empowering northern arts organizations, tackling administrative challenges and building capacity for...

Beyond the Prompt Empowering artists to thrive in a digital age. Explore how integrated tools and intelligent assistance are transforming creative practice and artistic growth.

Empowering artists to thrive in a digital age. Explore how integrated tools and intelligent assistance are transforming creative practice and artistic growth.

Beyond the Prompt

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg July 16, 2025

Innovating Northern arts leadership with personalized AI collaboration.

New System Reaches TRL 7 The future of arts administration is taking shape. Designed by artists for artists, our platform just hit TRL 7, proving its readiness to transform how creative work gets done. Get ready to focus more on your art, less on paperwork!