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Winnipeg Manitoba

The Arts Incubator’s central Winnipeg hub is a dynamic platform supporting Northern and rural artists across Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. In partnership with the Art Borups Corners Collective and with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts and Manitoba Arts Council, the hub provides mentorship, workshops, digital arts training, and land-based programs that amplify Indigenous voices, rural creativity, and Northern perspectives.
As a hub for community-driven arts innovation, it connects emerging and established artists to resources, networks, and opportunities that strengthen cultural resilience and sustainability. Through initiatives in media arts, public art, storytelling, and collaborative projects, the Winnipeg hub ensures that Northern artists and rural creators can develop their practice, share their work, and engage with audiences locally and nationally.
By prioritizing place-based creativity, peer-to-peer learning, and interdisciplinary collaboration, The Arts Incubator Winnipeg hub is not just a space—it is a launchpad for transformative Northern and rural arts projects that connect local communities to the wider Canadian cultural landscape.

Winnipeg’s stonework hums in chisel tongues—glyphs of frostbitten dreams etched in sediment and soot. Faces emerge, not seen but sensed, eroded into myth by wind and waiting. Carvings press silence into permanence, where granite listens and limestone weeps. Each groove a memory. Each building, a slow exhale of forgotten hands.

Carved in Stone

All over the Forks—tucked near the riverbanks, beside trails, or half-buried in grass—you’ll find carvings.
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Behind every thriving creative space is an unseen web of exchange. Whether it’s bartering mural work for studio time or musicians sharing gear, informal economies power the arts in ways that grants and galleries can’t. Dive into the grassroots systems keeping creativity alive.

Art, the Power of Third Places and Informal Economies

Where creativity meets community, resilience thrives. From underground art markets to skill-sharing circles, informal creative economies are reshaping how artists sustain themselves and support one…
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Beneath the rusted lattice of the old rail bridges near the Forks, time bends—steel bones whispering histories into the wind, footsteps echoing between memory and motion. The river moves slow and thick below, like thought unspoken, while overhead the iron arches cradle sky and silence.

Bridges: The Forks

There’s something sacred about walking through The Forks in Winnipeg, especially when winter hasn’t quite let go.
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As traditional volunteer roles fade, a new wave of grassroots care is rising—from mutual aid to micro-volunteering. Here’s how everyday people are reshaping what it means to show up for each other.

Volunteerism is Down. Now What?

The future of community care isn’t about overwork—it’s about reciprocity, rest, and real connection.
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When artists lead, systems shift. Learn how makers, volunteers, and young people are stepping into roles of influence—reshaping communities through imagination, shared values, and bold, grassroots ideas that traditional leadership often overlooks.

Leading from the Edge

Leadership isn’t reserved for boardrooms anymore. From kitchen tables to community art studios, a new kind of leadership is taking shape—fueled by creativity, empathy, and…
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In a world where passion fuels progress, creative entrepreneurs are transforming local economies. From handmade goods to digital content, these businesses offer a new, meaningful path to success and sustainability.

The Rise of the Passion Economy

The passion economy is reshaping how we work, where creativity leads the way, turning small ideas into vibrant, sustainable businesses that strengthen communities and redefine…
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The Kaleidoscope View
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The Kaleidoscope View

Uncover how multiple perspectives reveal nuanced truths, enriching your narrative and deepening audience connection.
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The sky folded under the weight of something forgotten. The buildings stay still not because they want to, but because they’ve been asked to remember a world that no longer runs upright. What if time shifted its axis, and only snow noticed?

Where the Sky Fell Sideways

The sun didn’t rise. It drifted. Everything else followed—snow, buildings, memory. Now we live sideways.
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For this week's AI Food Prompt series image and recipe, we showcase a creamy squash and carrot soup, enhanced by the sweetness of maple syrup and finished with a sprinkle of toasted pumpkin seeds. It's the perfect Manitoba comfort food!
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Manitoba Maple Glazed Squash & Carrot Soup

This week’s AI Food Prompt Fridays features a comforting maple glazed squash and carrot soup, perfect for the cold season.
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The sky above the Arctic doesn’t shout. It murmurs. These clouds are not weather — they are memory in motion, frost turned to breath, breath returned to sky. Look too long and you forget where you end and the sky begins. Up here, nothing is separate. Everything floats.

Above the Silence

The sky above the Arctic is never empty — it is layered, textured, alive. In this photograph, clouds fold into each other like breath caught…
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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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