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.

Bridges: Waiting at the Water’s Edge by Tony Eetak “Mud pulls at your feet, the river hums under closed bridges, and the air thickens with thawed-out memory.”

“Mud pulls at your feet, the river hums under closed bridges, and the air thickens with thawed-out memory.”

Bridges: Waiting at the Water’s Edge by Tony Eetak

Digital Salvage 1 Jun 2025

Beneath still bridges and softened trails, the landscape invites us into a season of return—a ritual written...

Winnipeg in Black and White Winnipeg in Black and White is a short virtual exhibit by youth artist Tony Eetak.

Winnipeg in Black and White

Art Borups Corners 14 May 2025

WINNIPEG, MB — A striking new photography exhibition titled Winnipeg in Black and White is now on view, showcasing the...

Back to the Land Lab! The Arts Incubator Land Lab in Northwestern Ontario is a funky outdoor space where we connect art with nature.

Back to the Land Lab!

Jamie Bell 3 May 2025

Our program is hitting the road this summer, from our home base in Winnipeg to Northwestern Ontario!

Shifting Horizons: Edges of Ice and Snow This virtual exhibition, inspired by the "Our People, Our Climate," program showcases Tony Eetak's photographs of Nunavut, providing a unique Inuit perspective on the environmental shifts affecting his homeland.

This virtual exhibition, inspired by the "Our People, Our Climate," program showcases Tony Eetak's photographs of Nunavut, providing a unique Inuit perspective on the environmental shifts affecting his homeland.

Shifting Horizons: Edges of Ice and Snow

Art Borups Corners 1 May 2025

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -- Inuit youth photographer Tony Eetak is using his lens to capture the changing Arctic...

Light for the Sleeping The sky sings above those who sleep. The wind carries stories no longer spoken aloud. In this northern hush, every tilted cross is a line in a poem written by ancestors — not to be read, but to be felt. Nothing here is gone. Everything waits beneath snow, beneath stars, beneath the turning light.

The sky sings above those who sleep. The wind carries stories no longer spoken aloud. In this northern hush, every tilted cross is a line in a poem written by ancestors — not to be read, but to be felt. Nothing here is gone. Everything waits beneath snow, beneath stars, beneath the turning light.

Light for the Sleeping

Tony Eetak 1 May 2025

Weathered crosses rise from snowdrifts like prayers etched into wind, quietly watching the horizon. This is not...

Edges of Ice Ice rises like fingers sculpted in a moment of thaw—sharp, delicate, reaching toward the low sun. In this blur of focus, what is foreground and what is memory? A crystallized tension sits between presence and erosion, the dirt and grains trapped inside as witness. Nothing here is still, though everything looks like it might be.

Ice rises like fingers sculpted in a moment of thaw—sharp, delicate, reaching toward the low sun. In this blur of focus, what is foreground and what is memory? A crystallized tension sits between presence and erosion, the dirt and grains trapped inside as witness. Nothing here is still, though everything looks like it might be.

Edges of Ice

Tony Eetak 1 May 2025

Ice rises like fingers sculpted in a moment of thaw—sharp, delicate, reaching toward the low sun. In...

Through My Eyes: An Arctic Story Even in the heart of our community, winter's presence is felt. The school stands as a center of learning, surrounded by the enduring snow.

Even in the heart of our community, winter's presence is felt. The school stands as a center of learning, surrounded by the enduring snow.

Through My Eyes: An Arctic Story

Tony Eetak 1 May 2025

My photography is a reflection of the world I see, the world I'm growing up in, as...

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Building the Future of Arts Discoverability

Digital Salvage 26 Apr 2025

Supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program and the Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program, youth and...

Schema as Story Schemas empower arts organizations. This connected network demonstrates how structured data amplifies voices, ensuring diverse art is seen and valued.