Photos and Short Stories

The Arts Incubator is a 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.

It’s Toad-ally Froggy Friday A wonderful week of wildlife encounters! We were thrilled to spot these three fascinating amphibians in our land-based living lab. Each one a unique marvel of nature!

A wonderful week of wildlife encounters! We were thrilled to spot these three fascinating amphibians in our land-based living lab. Each one a unique marvel of nature!

It’s Toad-ally Froggy Friday

Art Borups Corners June 13, 2025

It's Froggy Friday! This week, our land-based living lab celebrated with sightings of a Northern Leopard Frog,...

The Quiet Rows Empty seats in a lecture hall echo with memory—fragments of thought, laughter, doubt, discovery. Education isn’t confined to presence; it resonates in absence. These still rows are archives of energy, holding the quiet hum of voices that changed everything.

Empty seats in a lecture hall echo with memory—fragments of thought, laughter, doubt, discovery. Education isn’t confined to presence; it resonates in absence. These still rows are archives of energy, holding the quiet hum of voices that changed everything.

The Quiet Rows

Digital Salvage June 12, 2025

Tony Eetak's "Bridges of Winnipeg" exhibition highlights how spaces shape learning and connection.

A Glimmer of Gold Just a perfect little buttercup, fresh from the field with its morning dew! Love how that pure yellow just glows – such a simple, radiant moment.

Just a perfect little buttercup, fresh from the field with its morning dew! Love how that pure yellow just glows – such a simple, radiant moment.

A Glimmer of Gold

Tony Eetak June 12, 2025

Experience the pure joy of a buttercup flower, a radiant symbol of summer's gentle light. See how...

Unpacking the Lupine’s Design Just soaking in the incredible details of this summer lupin! Those blues and purples, the intricate layering... it's a whole art piece in itself. Getting so much inspiration from nature's own designs lately!

Just soaking in the incredible details of this summer lupin! Those blues and purples, the intricate layering... it's a whole art piece in itself. Getting so much inspiration from nature's own designs lately!

Unpacking the Lupine’s Design

The Arts Incubator Team June 11, 2025

Dive into the mesmerizing colors and unique forms of the lupin flower, a true inspiration for art...

Whispers on the Wind A universe in miniature, each wispy parachute poised for flight, carrying the promise of new life. This macro photograph captures the breathtaking intricacy of a dandelion seed head, highlighting the delicate balance and extraordinary design within nature's unassuming wonders.

A universe in miniature, each wispy parachute poised for flight, carrying the promise of new life. This macro photograph captures the breathtaking intricacy of a dandelion seed head, highlighting the delicate balance and extraordinary design within nature's unassuming wonders.

Whispers on the Wind

Jamie Bell June 11, 2025

See the inherent beauty of dandelions, their intricate seed heads, and their crucial role in supporting pollinators...

Sweet Beginnings The first tiny berries are emerging in our Northwestern Ontario land lab, inspiring growth in nature and our vibrant arts program!

The first tiny berries are emerging in our Northwestern Ontario land lab, inspiring growth in nature and our vibrant arts program!

Sweet Beginnings

Art Borups Corners June 11, 2025

See the magic unfold as the first strawberries appear in our land lab program in Northwestern Ontario....

The Purple Iris Behold the exquisite beauty of a purple iris in full bloom. Its velvety falls, adorned with intricate veining and a striking golden beard, unfurl gracefully, showcasing nature's meticulous artistry.

Behold the exquisite beauty of a purple iris in full bloom. Its velvety falls, adorned with intricate veining and a striking golden beard, unfurl gracefully, showcasing nature's meticulous artistry.

The Purple Iris

Jamie Bell June 10, 2025

Simply Stunning: Diving into the Beauty of the Purple Iris Bloom There’s something incredibly captivating about an...

Purple Lupines in Bloom Delicate yet striking, these purple lupins are unfurling in full glory, their individual blossoms creating a magnificent tower of color. It's moments like these that truly highlight the magic of a summer garden.

Delicate yet striking, these purple lupins are unfurling in full glory, their individual blossoms creating a magnificent tower of color. It's moments like these that truly highlight the magic of a summer garden.

Purple Lupines in Bloom

The Arts Incubator Team June 9, 2025

Lupines. See why these gorgeous, towering blooms are a true highlight, bringing vibrant color and natural beauty...

From Green Leaf to Red Fortress What a transformation! These aren't berries – they're spiky rose galls, caused by tiny gall wasps. The shift from duller tones to this brilliant red signals different stages of their development, offering a fascinating peek into the intricate ecosystem of wild roses. Have you spotted these near you?

What a transformation! These aren't berries – they're spiky rose galls, caused by tiny gall wasps. The shift from duller tones to this brilliant red signals different stages of their development, offering a fascinating peek into the intricate ecosystem of wild roses. Have you spotted these near you?

From Green Leaf to Red Fortress

The Arts Incubator Team June 8, 2025

Curious about those odd, spiky bumps on wild roses? Understand the amazing secret behind rose galls! This...

Tiny Beaks, Big Appetites These two little robin chicks are doing their best "feed me!" impression, and honestly, it's the cutest thing ever. So much life and anticipation in those tiny, open beaks! It's a privilege to witness these precious moments in nature.