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.

Making Arts Discoverable Online The Arts Incubator designs its own schema tools to elevate arts visibility and manage information.

Making Arts Discoverable Online

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg July 8, 2025

The Arts Incubator’s custom schema tools improve search rankings and highlight creative, climate-focused projects.

Powering Northern Arts Innovation in progress! We're crafting a new platform to connect and uplift artists.

Powering Northern Arts

Jamie Bell July 8, 2025

New platform is redefining what's possible for artists in Canada's northern, rural, and Indigenous communities.

Why Planning Matters! Planning is the most important step to ensure projects, programs, and community initiatives achieve their goals efficiently and effectively.

Planning is the most important step to ensure projects, programs, and community initiatives achieve their goals efficiently and effectively.

Why Planning Matters!

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg July 2, 2025

Planning is key to organizational efficiency and mission success.

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Why Admin Matters!

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg June 30, 2025

Learn how administrative expenses power essential operations behind every successful nonprofit, agency, or business.

The Disconnected North It's tough when a stubbornness about using digital tools puts up an invisible wall, leaving our northern communities cut off from the vibrant arts, culture, and recreation services they truly need. That just deepens the community disconnect.

It's tough when a stubbornness about using digital tools puts up an invisible wall, leaving our northern communities cut off from the vibrant arts, culture, and recreation services they truly need. That just deepens the community disconnect.

The Disconnected North

Art Borups Corners June 26, 2025

Many Northern communities face digital disconnect; archaic mindsets hinder vital arts, culture, and recreation.

Diving Deeper: Crafting “The Eco-Innovators Journey” This week, our Digital Arts and Climate Entrepreneurship program has been buzzing with creative energy as we dive into "The Eco-Innovators Journey"! We're exploring how gamification can transform big ideas, like climate entrepreneurship, into something truly approachable and fun.

This week, our Digital Arts and Climate Entrepreneurship program has been buzzing with creative energy as we dive into "The Eco-Innovators Journey"! We're exploring how gamification can transform big ideas, like climate entrepreneurship, into something truly approachable and fun.

Diving Deeper: Crafting “The Eco-Innovators Journey”

Jamie Bell June 24, 2025

Beyond digital art: gamified tools empower next-gen climate entrepreneurs.

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Summer Focus Areas

Jamie Bell June 16, 2025

Actively shaping arts leadership, community engagement, and innovation in Manitoba, Ontario, Nunavut, Minnesota.

Nature Trails: More than a Walk Stepping into the silence of the forest, embracing the beauty of our Canadian green spaces. With June being Parks and Recreation Month, there's no better time to hit the trails and experience moments like this!

Stepping into the silence of the forest, embracing the beauty of our Canadian green spaces. With June being Parks and Recreation Month, there's no better time to hit the trails and experience moments like this!

Nature Trails: More than a Walk

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg June 10, 2025

Canada's nature trails & parks offer premier spots for hiking, cycling, and outdoor activities. Learn about the...

Plants, People, and the Arts The Nodding Trillium was one of the many plants that truly fascinated us this year. We had walked past it countless times, never realizing it was quietly growing all around us—hiding its delicate white bloom beneath its leaves. Once we finally noticed it, we began to understand why so many traditional plants are described as humble teachers.

The Nodding Trillium was one of the many plants that truly fascinated us this year. We had walked past it countless times, never realizing it was quietly growing all around us—hiding its delicate white bloom beneath its leaves. Once we finally noticed it, we began to understand why so many traditional plants are described as humble teachers.

Plants, People, and the Arts

Jamie Bell June 5, 2025

This year, as part of our ongoing photography, traditional storytelling, and arts-based learning activities, we’re documenting the...

Your Community, More Active Gathering around a crackling campfire, residents connect with nature and each other. These moments of shared experience on the land are vital for fostering well-being and exemplify how outdoor physical activity creates strong community bonds.