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Manitoba

The Arts Incubator’s programs in Manitoba, anchored by its Winnipeg hub, provide essential support for Northern and rural artists across the province and into Northwestern Ontario. Established with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Manitoba Arts Council, these initiatives offer mentorship, workshops, digital arts training, and land-based projects that highlight Indigenous creativity, rural innovation, and community-driven arts.

Through its Manitoba programs, the Arts Incubator connects emerging and established artists to networks, resources, and collaborative opportunities that strengthen cultural resilience and sustainability. By fostering place-based creativity, interdisciplinary collaboration, and peer-to-peer learning, the Incubator ensures that local artists can develop their practices, showcase their work, and engage audiences regionally and nationally.

With a focus on Northern perspectives and Manitoba arts, the Incubator positions the province as a hub for transformative, community-rooted artistic projects that resonate across Canada’s cultural landscape.

Building Capacity Without Burning Everyone Out
Community Lens

Building Capacity Without Burning Everyone Out

You don’t need a huge budget to build capacity. Here are realistic approaches that actually work for grassroots teams.
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Making Audio Publishing a Little Easier: Building Our Own Audio Converter
Community Projects

Making Audio Publishing a Little Easier: Building Our Own Audio Converter

A community-built audio converter for preparing stories, music and recordings with artwork, metadata and simple browser-based tools.
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Lexi painted some moose jaws and bones earlier. We love the skull themed palette she's using!
Fun

Skulls and Bones!

We're getting spooky and creative this Halloween season.
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Why Third Places Quietly Protect Your Mental Health
Community Lens

Why Third Places Quietly Protect Your Mental Health

Only 36% of Canadians feel connected most of the time. Third places help close that gap. Here’s the evidence.
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Online communities can give people a place to speak freely, find others with shared experiences and build friendships beyond geography. For people who feel isolated in their immediate surroundings, that access can make a meaningful difference. The question is not whether online friendships are real, but how we create relationships that remain supportive when life extends beyond the screen.
Community Lens

Online Communities vs. Real Meaning

Young adults are finding community online while questioning what meaningful connection requires beyond messages, posts and digital spaces.
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A well-earned moment for our partners at Art Borups Corners Society! After months of collecting local clay, shaping test pieces and waiting for safe conditions, the team is completing its first pit firing. Now comes the wait for everything to cool before the big reveal.
Community Projects

And Then the Flames Died Down …

The flames are dying down on the Art Borups Corners Society's first pit firing this weekend. We can't wait to see the results.
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Why So Many Small Groups Feel Stretched Thin Right Now
Community

Why So Many Small Groups Feel Stretched Thin Right Now

Demand is up, people are tired, and funding feels tighter. Here’s what’s actually happening for small groups in Canada.
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Frosty mornings call for colourful hats, warm mitts and one-of-a-kind creations made by local artists. These beautiful creations were made by Dryden artist Tanya McArthur.
Creative Entrepreneurship

Hats, Mitts and Handmade Magic: Support Local Artists This Christmas

Every stitch has character. Celebrate the creativity, care and craft behind handmade winter accessories.
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A snapshot of our digital archive in motion, bringing together years of articles, projects, research, and creative work in a single interactive environment. Each node represents a record, while the connecting lines reveal relationships across topics, activities, and time.
Technology

Turning Digital Archives into Interactive 3D Knowledge Graphs

See how interactive 3D graphs transform large digital archives into navigable networks of projects, activities, and evidence.
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These beautiful apple trees from the living lab are red and purple to begin with, but we couldn't help notice how extra red they are as we creep towards winter.
Food Security and Innovation

Those Reds Won’t Be Here Forever

Deep reds, purple leaves and the promise of future harvests at our Living Lab orchard this autumn.
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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 today!

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!

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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