Arts & Creative Leadership

Here, we cultivate arts and creative leadership through participatory, arts-based community initiatives. We offer news, features and stories on developing essential skills such as collaboration, innovative thinking, and effective communication, empowering artists and communities to lead with creativity and purpose. Through hands-on training, mentorship, and community engagement, we provide opportunities to build confidence, foster resilience, and drive social impact. Connecting artistic practices with leadership development, we prepare individuals to inspire change and strengthen their communities through the transformative power of the arts.

Building Capacity in the Arts: Reviving Curriculum Design for Organizational Resilience Tony Eetak, a Winnipeg-based youth artist, is one of the team members traveling across the city to meet with and engage different organizations, gaining insights into their work and best practices to strengthen arts programming in local communities.

Tony Eetak, a Winnipeg-based youth artist, is one of the team members traveling across the city to meet with and engage different organizations, gaining insights into their work and best practices to strengthen arts programming in local communities.

Building Capacity in the Arts: Reviving Curriculum Design for Organizational Resilience

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg November 15, 2024

This fall and winter, we’re focusing on rebuilding capacity in rural and northern arts organizations through innovative...

Exploring Nuclear Waste Management in Our Backyard: A New Course by Youth and Artists This photo is a rendering of the proposed Deep Geological Repository (DGR) at the Revell Site, designed to safely store nuclear waste deep underground for long-term environmental protection.

This photo is a rendering of the proposed Deep Geological Repository (DGR) at the Revell Site, designed to safely store nuclear waste deep underground for long-term environmental protection.

Exploring Nuclear Waste Management in Our Backyard: A New Course by Youth and Artists

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg October 10, 2024

In a groundbreaking initiative, youth and artists from Melgund Township have created an interactive online course designed...

Research and Resilience: Looking back at the Arviat Film Society Dr. Zacharias Kunuk, O.C. mentors Inuit youth from the Arviat Film Society in storytelling and filmmaking.

Dr. Zacharias Kunuk, O.C. mentors Inuit youth from the Arviat Film Society in storytelling and filmmaking.

Research and Resilience: Looking back at the Arviat Film Society

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg September 26, 2024

It is important that communities have the tools and skills to tell their own stories so that...

Designing our Creative Journeys Collaboration with local communities and exchanging traditional knowledge will be vital components of our framework moving forward. Working even more closely with community members and regional champions like the Minneapolis College of Art and Design will allow us to create more relevant and impactful solutions.

Collaboration with local communities and exchanging traditional knowledge will be vital components of our framework moving forward. Working even more closely with community members and regional champions like the Minneapolis College of Art and Design will allow us to create more relevant and impactful solutions.

Designing our Creative Journeys

Jamie Bell July 27, 2024

Join us August 16, 2024 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. for an engaging session on designing our collaborative journeys....

Happy Fourth of July! Whether you're enjoying a lakeside barbecue in Minnesota or marveling at the midnight sun in Alaska, we hope your Fourth of July is filled with joy, laughter, and a renewed sense of purpose.

Whether you're enjoying a lakeside barbecue in Minnesota or marveling at the midnight sun in Alaska, we hope your Fourth of July is filled with joy, laughter, and a renewed sense of purpose.

Happy Fourth of July!

Tony Eetak July 4, 2024

Whether you're enjoying a lakeside barbecue in Minnesota or marveling at the midnight sun in Alaska, we...

No Risk. No Story. In the world of arts and food, it's not just about following trends—it's about setting them. It's about being brave enough to explore uncharted territories and passionate enough to keep pushing even when the going gets tough. Our Mission? Unite Kindness.

In the world of arts and food, it's not just about following trends—it's about setting them. It's about being brave enough to explore uncharted territories and passionate enough to keep pushing even when the going gets tough. Our Mission? Unite Kindness.

No Risk. No Story.

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg July 3, 2024

It's often the risks you take that transform into your most compelling stories.

Cultivating Optimism: How a Positive Outlook Can Transform Your Garden Beans and Peas are growing even more!

Cultivating Optimism: How a Positive Outlook Can Transform Your Garden

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg July 3, 2024

Learn how a positive mindset in gardening can foster resilience, health, and community, transforming both personal plots...

Sākihiwē Festival and Indigenous Marketplace Rocks Central Park The Sākihiwē Festival's Central Park Block Party was held on June 30, 2024.

Sākihiwē Festival and Indigenous Marketplace Rocks Central Park

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg June 30, 2024

The Sākihiwē Festival celebrated Manitoba's top Indigenous talent on June 30, 2024, in Winnipeg, offering a vibrant...

Always Pitch In: Propose Even When Unsure! Our mission is to Unite Kindness: Global Dignity Canada National Role Model and @1860 Winnipeg Arts founding member Tony Eetak met Sākihiwē Festival Director Alan Greyeyes during the Turtle Island Block Party on June 29, 2024. Photo: Jamie Bell

Our mission is to Unite Kindness: Global Dignity Canada National Role Model and @1860 Winnipeg Arts founding member Tony Eetak met Sākihiwē Festival Director Alan Greyeyes during the Turtle Island Block Party on June 29, 2024. Photo: Jamie Bell

Always Pitch In: Propose Even When Unsure!

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg June 30, 2024

The key to fostering a vibrant, innovative atmosphere is encouraging everyone to pitch in, even when they're...

Exploring Virtual Reality and a Visit to the Urban Shaman Art Gallery Emerging youth artist and musician Tony Eetak explores a VR installation in summer 2024 at the Urban Shaman Contemporary Art Gallery in Winnipeg, Manitoba.