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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.

A quiet stretch of the Graham Avenue Skywalk, right where the pedestrian network passes next to the Millennium Library and Winnipeg Police Service Headquarters.
Winnipeg

Winnipeg from the Inside Out

While downtown rushes by on their lunch breaks, we take our time exploring the silent stretches of Winnipeg's walkways.
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Community workshop addresses grief, resilience, and support systems, encouraging open dialogue and creative approaches to healing.
Arts & Creative Leadership

Supporting Grief and Healing Through Art and Conversation

Artist-led workshop examines mental health, grief, and healing through art, focusing on storytelling and emotional processing.
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The Real Value of Creative Entrepreneurship
Creative Entrepreneurship

The Real Value of Creative Entrepreneurship

Supporting small teams is the most reliable strategy to keep local communities financially strong.
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Federal AI strategy boosts non-profits and creators
Artificial Intelligence (AI) News

Federal AI strategy boosts non-profits and creators

A new fifty-million-dollar Creative Technology Program will help Canadian artists adopt AI on their own terms
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This summer, we're exploring how WordPress, React, and artificial intelligence can help artists and community organizations build more engaging digital experiences. Through hands-on experimentation and creative research, the project examines new ways to support digital storytelling, cultural initiatives, and community innovation with accessible technology.
Community Projects

From WordPress to AI and Web Apps

Exploring how AI, React, and WordPress can help artists and communities build better digital experiences together.
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Modest legislative strides pulled Manitoba out of the D-range, but policy gaps in rental assistance and northern food security continue to trap households.
Food Security and Innovation

Manitoba climbs to ‘C-‘ grade in national poverty report

While Manitoba secured the second-highest grade in the country, the province still flunked four major categories including food insecurity and social support adequacy.
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Tipped carelessly against a brick wall by a downtown dumpster, a discarded Winnipeg Press Club sign serves as a sobering monument to a forgotten era of local journalism.
Winnipeg

Final Edition

The Winnipeg Press Club served as a legendary sanctuary where the city's greatest storytellers challenged power.
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Spring Short Stories for: May 31, 2026
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Spring Short Stories for: May 31, 2026

This collection explores urban spring narratives through experimental storytelling, focusing on northern cities, glowing pollen, and seasonal change.
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Beautiful, ripe strawberries, hand-picked after a season of careful cultivation.
Food Security and Innovation

How Often to Water Strawberries for Sweet Fruit

How Often to Water Strawberries Without Drowning Your Crop
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Spring Short Stories for: May 28, 2026
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Spring Short Stories for: May 28, 2026

A collection featuring four psychological spring stories exploring urban decay, human connection, and various mysterious seasonal shifts.
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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 $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.

WINNIPEG 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.

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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
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