Northwestern Ontario

The Arts Incubator works closely with artists and communities in Northwestern Ontario, building opportunities for creative development rooted in the realities of the North. Through workshops, mentorship, and digital platforms, the Incubator supports projects that reflect the cultural strength and resilience of the region. With the backing of the Ontario Arts Council, its programming uplifts both emerging and established artists, ensuring that the voices of Northwestern Ontario are connected, celebrated, and recognized within the wider Canadian arts landscape.

The Art of Information The Art of Information explores how metadata, structured data, and digital systems are reshaping contemporary creative practice. Using Unfinished Tales and Short Stories as a case study, the piece demonstrates how information architecture has become a core artistic medium—transforming stories into interconnected, searchable, and future-ready cultural assets within a modern digital archive.

The Art of Information

Jamie Bell 25 Dec 2025

Building the system that holds the art is now part of the art itself.

Lund’s Cozy Cabins Old Signs

Lund’s Cozy Cabins

Art Borups Corners 19 Dec 2025

Looking at old signs from long-gone businesses in Northwestern Ontario.

From Hearth to Hospitality Old history of Dyment

From Hearth to Hospitality

Art Borups Corners 18 Dec 2025

Explore Northwestern Ontario heritage through vintage stoves, stoneware, and local motel artifacts at our new museum exhibition.

AI-Powered Storytelling: Emerging Practices

This program blends AI research with artistic practice, enabling participants to experiment with generative tools, interactive narratives, and innovative production workflows. Through hands-on engagement with data, automation, and creative design, it cultivates both technical skills and imaginative approaches. The initiative highlights how interdisciplinary collaboration can expand the possibilities of storytelling, research, and cultural creation.

AI-Powered Storytelling: Emerging Practices

Art Borups Corners 14 Dec 2025

Blending AI research and arts, the program cultivates skills, creative experimentation, and collaborative storytelling innovations.

The Saint’s Last Stand: A Volvo P1800 This beautiful, but heavily worn, Volvo P1800 sports coupe—famous for its elegant design and starring role in The Saint—now sits quietly, its original red paint fading to purple. The distinct curves and chrome details are still visible beneath the rust, suggesting a glamorous life that ended here among the trees.

This beautiful, but heavily worn, Volvo P1800 sports coupe—famous for its elegant design and starring role in The Saint—now sits quietly, its original red paint fading to purple. The distinct curves and chrome details are still visible beneath the rust, suggesting a glamorous life that ended here among the trees.

The Saint’s Last Stand: A Volvo P1800

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg 25 Nov 2025

Once driven by The Saint across Europe, this elegant Swedish sports car now sits rusting, quietly surrendered...

The Ghost of Percy Anderson’s Garage This weathered side panel, likely belonging to a Ford Model A or similar early 20th-century vehicle, features the ghosted hand-painted signage of "Percy Anderson's Garage Dyment." The bold lettering, despite decades of exposure, serves as a tangible link to a local business from a bygone era.

This weathered side panel, likely belonging to a Ford Model A or similar early 20th-century vehicle, features the ghosted hand-painted signage of "Percy Anderson's Garage Dyment." The bold lettering, despite decades of exposure, serves as a tangible link to a local business from a bygone era.

The Ghost of Percy Anderson’s Garage

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg 21 Nov 2025

An antique truck's faded door retains the hand-painted sign of "Percy Anderson's Garage Dyment," linking us to...

The Lumber Truck’s Last Haul This old Huey St. Aubin Lumber truck is likely a 1942 model Dodge Power Wagon. It tells the tough story of Northern Ontario hauling.

This old Huey St. Aubin Lumber truck is likely a 1942 model Dodge Power Wagon. It tells the tough story of Northern Ontario hauling.

The Lumber Truck’s Last Haul

The Arts Incubator - Winnipeg 19 Nov 2025

This old 1942 Dodge Power Wagon with "Huey St. Aubin Lumber" on its door stands as a...

How Fragmentation Can Redefine Storytelling the-orange-peel-and-the-algorithmic-fog

How Fragmentation Can Redefine Storytelling

Art Borups Corners 19 Nov 2025

An archive of narrative fragments invites readers to explore emotion, ambiguity, and connection without resolution or closure.

A Sentinel of the Forest This rugged 1954 Chevrolet 3100 truck rests quietly, its once-vibrant blue paint now a beautiful, multi-hued patina earned over decades of exposure to the elements.