Skip to content

Arts Incubator Winnipeg

Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • Home
  • About
    • Artists, Collaborators And Mentors
    • Partners, Funders and Supporters
      • Art Borups Corners
      • Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture
    • Reports
      • 2023-2024 Report
      • 2021-2022 Report
    • Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Tracker
    • Resources
      • Entrepreneurship Resources
      • Framework for Recreation in Canada
      • Funding Programs and Sources
      • Parks for All
      • The Common Vision
  • Projects
    • Community Projects
    • Food Security
      • Manitoba: Come Eat With Me Cookbook
      • Melgund: Come Eat With Us Cookbook
      • Milkweed to Market
      • Towards a Framework for Northern Food Systems Innovation
      • Food Preservation Training and Curriculum Development
      • Relationship Development and Engagement with the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and University of Minnesota Duluth
      • Relationship Development and Engagement Activities with the University of the Arctic
      • The Art of Canning and Creative Entrepreneurship
    • Incubating Artificial Intelligence
      • Asteroids
      • Inuit Innovators
      • Step Inside Your Content
    • Media Arts and Storytelling
    • Stories & Publishing Skills
      • Unfinished Tales and Short Stories
      • BL Stories. Unbound.
      • Bookstore Links
      • Spring Short Stories
      • Winter Stories
  • News
    • Artificial Intelligence news
    • Arts & Creative Leadership
    • Creative Entrepreneurship
    • Food Security and Innovation
    • Photos and Short Stories
    • Winnipeg
  • Events
  • Contact
Home / Manitoba arts

Manitoba arts

Based in Winnipeg, The Arts Incubator is a hub for Manitoba arts, connecting local creators with Northern and Indigenous projects across the province and beyond. By supporting community-driven initiatives, mentorship opportunities, and digital innovation, the Incubator strengthens the arts sector while amplifying the unique voices of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. From emerging artists to established cultural leaders, the Incubator fosters collaboration and sustainability, ensuring that Winnipeg and Manitoba’s arts community continues to thrive as a center for creativity and cultural exchange.

Jukebox In Exile is the latest country music album from Flin Flon, Manitoba singer-songwriter C.C. Trubiak. Rooted in classic country music traditions, the album combines heartfelt storytelling, honky-tonk influences and contemporary songwriting inspired by life in Northern Manitoba. Written during a period of wildfire evacuation and displacement, Jukebox In Exile reflects the resilience, creativity and strong community spirit found throughout Flin Flon and across Manitoba. Featuring the singles "Old Country Songs," "Being Rich" and "Outlaws Meditation," the album highlights Trubiak's growing presence in Canadian country music while celebrating the people, places and experiences that shape life in Manitoba's North.
News

Jukebox In Exile: Country Songs for Coming Home with C.C. Trubiak

Northern Manitoba artist C.C. Trubiak releases fourth album Jukebox In Exile, shaped by wildfire evacuation and country music traditions.
Read More →
The Exchange District perfectly masquerades as Bastion, Illinois, with this convincing theater set advertising Karloff and Price, built specifically for the chilling atmosphere of David Slade’s Dark Harvest.
Photos and Short Stories

Cellulose Illusion

The line between reality and cinematic illusion blurs beautifully on the historic pavements of downtown Winnipeg.
Read More →
The ultimate primitive boardroom: an intimate, fire-lit space that coaxes creative thinkers outside to connect, brainstorm, and stay warm beneath the dark night sky.
Winnipeg

Primordial Kilns

Working with raw fire and earth reminds us that the best artistic connections are entirely unscripted.
Read More →
A battered and broken payphone keypad in downtown Winnipeg stands as a raw, gritty piece of accidental street art, capturing the textured history of old public communication.
Photos and Short Stories

Dial Tone Ghosts

A shattered payphone in Winnipeg transforms ordinary street damage into a beautifully haunting monument to human voices.
Read More →
One of this summer's creative projects will explore how clay connects art, geology, history, and human storytelling across generations and landscapes naturally.
Climate Entrepreneurship

What Is Slip Clay?

This creative project explores how clay connects art, geology, history, and human storytelling across generations and landscapes naturally.
Read More →
By pressing buttons to mix red, green, and blue LED lights, park visitors become active performers, shaping the visual landscape and connecting with the local neighborhood community through beautiful colour.
Winnipeg

Electric Playgrounds

DIY Field turns park visitors into casual street artists, using simple light buttons to paint the dark.
Read More →
The tilt shift lens brings focus to the heart of the sidewalk, blurring the heavy traffic and overhead skywalks to emphasize the people who make Winnipeg feel truly, deeply alive.
Winnipeg

Concrete and Sunlight

Ditching the indoor skywalks for real sidewalks reminds us exactly why we love this raw, beautiful city.
Read More →
The Under $100 Art Show is coming to Winnipeg August 13–16 with 100 artists, 20,000 sq ft of art, and everything under $100.
Winnipeg

Under $100 Art Show Winnipeg: Tickets on Sale Now!

One weekend only: explore thousands of artworks under $100 at Winnipeg’s massive Under $100 Art Show event.
Read More →
Fire, Flight & Country Songs with C.C. Trubiak
Arts & Creative Leadership

Fire, Flight & Country Songs with C.C. Trubiak

C.C. Trubiak says fleeing Flin Flon during wildfires reignited creativity that ultimately shaped his new album.
Read More →
C.C. Trubiak's new single "Being Rich" is part of Jukebox In Exile, his new album coming out on June 5.
Photos and Short Stories

New Single Being Rich Lands May 17!

Manitoba musician C.C. Trubiak's latest album was influenced by a wildfire evacuation from Flin Flon.
Read More →

Posts pagination

1 2 … 32 Next

Recent Posts

  • Jukebox In Exile: Country Songs for Coming Home with C.C. Trubiak
  • Building AI Literacy, Creativity, and Climate Innovation Through Community Tech
  • Canada tackles low public trust in artificial intelligence
  • New AI strategy targets rural and Indigenous communities
  • Federal AI strategy boosts non-profits and creators
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" drops on June 5!

Upcoming Events

The Under $100 Art Show is coming to Winnipeg August 13-16, 2026. Get your tickets now for this amazing event! The Art Spot Canada Under $100 Art Exhibition is coming to Winnipeg, Manitoba this August! ART SPOT was created in 2008 in Calgary to support local emerging artists.  ART SPOT has curated and facilitated over 100 successful art events, including solo exhibitions, group exhibitions, workshops, concerts, body painting competitions, markets, community events and more.

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

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.

Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse Logo

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
© 2026 Arts Incubator Winnipeg. All rights reserved.