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Photos and Short Stories

The Arts Incubator Winnipeg is a hub and space for experimentation, collaboration, and creative production grounded in real community experience. Through story and photo, we document the moments that shape our work—late-night editing sessions, first-time gallery installations, youth-led workshops, quiet breakthroughs, and collective challenges. These snapshots offer more than a behind-the-scenes look; they reflect the rhythms, relationships, and realities of building something meaningful together. Whether it’s an emerging artist discovering their voice or a group reimagining their surroundings through art, each moment tells a part of the story we’re living and shaping as a creative community. Sometimes, we just post photos we like for fun.

The snow will fall soon, but these lupines are still growing. Covered in beautiful drops of water, they're among our favourite flowers.
Photos and Short Stories

Gravity and Glass

Look closely at the delicate balance between green fronds and water drops after a heavy morning rainstorm.
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A close-up view of Manitoba maple leaves glowing in vivid pink and deep crimson tones under the crisp autumn light.
Winnipeg

Forget Muted Yellows: The Manitoba Maple’s Autumn Transformation

Exploring Winnipeg’s autumn streets as Manitoba maple trees turn brilliant shades of crimson, pink, and fiery red.
Read More Forget Muted Yellows: The Manitoba Maple’s Autumn Transformation →
A macro shot highlighting the intricate, velvety buds and tight geometric spiral of a Manitoba lupine in bloom.
Winnipeg

Purple Geometric Lupines: The Summer Gem We Almost Forgot to Share

Autumn is here, but this vivid purple lupine from earlier this summer in Winnipeg deserved its own spotlight.
Read More Purple Geometric Lupines: The Summer Gem We Almost Forgot to Share →
You don't need a canvas, a plan, or an ounce of formal training to get the benefits of painting. Grabbing an old piece of wood and a tube of bright paint is enough to give your brain the break it’s been begging for.
Photos and Short Stories

No Rules, Just Paint

Need a quick mental reset? Dive into experimental painting, bright colors, and rough textures without any pressure to perform.
Read More No Rules, Just Paint →
A Little Rest Before the Long Journey
Photos and Short Stories

A Little Rest Before the Long Journey

The monarch migration is underway, and this beautiful butterfly pauses briefly before continuing south.
Read More A Little Rest Before the Long Journey →
Splintered heartwood and darkened, rotting fibers mark the exact spot where gale-force winds twisted and broke this trunk.
Photos and Short Stories

Anatomy of a Fallen Giant

See what happened inside a tree snapped by last week’s storm, from growth rings to internal decay.
Read More Anatomy of a Fallen Giant →
Step onto the northern landscape and discover Labrador Tea—the iconic shrub with fuzzy leaves and a fragrant, pine-infused past that has fueled generations of gatherers from the boreal line to the open tundra.
Food Security and Innovation

From Tundra to Timberline: The Lasting Legacy of Labrador Tea

Long before coffee shops dotted the map, northern communities across the Arctic and subarctic relied on Labrador Tea.
Read More From Tundra to Timberline: The Lasting Legacy of Labrador Tea →
Spot bird's-foot trefoil on your next northern hike.
Photos and Short Stories

Bird’s-Foot Trefoil

Look closely at the sunny yellow blossoms of Ontario's bird's-foot trefoil.
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Tony Eetak captured these shots of graffiti under a bridge in the North End.
Photos and Short Stories

Higgins and Main in Monochrome

Exploring the ever-changing underpass at Higgins and Main in Winnipeg through contrast, texture, and time.
Read More Higgins and Main in Monochrome →
A vibrant mixed-media wolf painting by Northwestern Ontario artist Leanne Nicholson. Bold linework and rich textures bring the spirit of the northern wolf to life on canvas.
Photos and Short Stories

Art on Display: Where Wilderness Meets Canvas

Bold canvas strokes meet the raw beauty of the Boreal in mixed-media art show by Northwestern Ontario artist Leanne Nicholson.
Read More Art on Display: Where Wilderness Meets Canvas →

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In Music

Jukebox In Exile is the new country music album from Flin Flon singer-songwriter C.C. Trubiak, blending classic country, honky-tonk, Americana and traditional storytelling into a collection of songs inspired by resilience, community and life in Northern Manitoba. Written during and after the 2025 Flin Flon wildfire evacuation, the album draws influence from country music legends including Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings and George Jones. Featuring the singles "Old Country Songs," "Being Rich" and the charting track "Outlaws Meditation," Jukebox In Exile showcases Trubiak's signature songwriting while celebrating small-town life, northern Canadian culture, queer country music and the enduring spirit of Flin Flon. The album is available now on major music streaming platforms.
Manitoba's own C.C. Trubiak's new album "Jukebox in Exile" dropped on June 5! Check it out!

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Upcoming Events

The Under $200 Art Show is coming to Calgary October 15-18. Art of all kinds- paintings, photography, textiles, mixed media, ceramics, handmade accessories, and so much more! Don’t miss your chance to discover amazing local art and one-of-a-kind finds!
The Under $200 Art Show is coming to Calgary October 15-18. Art of all kinds- paintings, photography, textiles, mixed media, ceramics, handmade accessories, and so much more! Don’t miss your chance to discover amazing local art and one-of-a-kind finds!

MANITOBA ARTS PROGRAMS

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.

Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program

NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO ARTS

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.

Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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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