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.

Come Eat With Me: Food Security Aisle lights flicker like low-budget auroras. A cart drifts alone, existential, beneath a sky of suspended rollback signs. Somewhere between frozen peas and bulk ramen, time folds. The artist doesn't seek inspiration—they forage. The absurdity of price becomes performance. Meaning hides in markdowns. Surveillance watches, but never truly sees.

Aisle lights flicker like low-budget auroras. A cart drifts alone, existential, beneath a sky of suspended rollback signs. Somewhere between frozen peas and bulk ramen, time folds. The artist doesn't seek inspiration—they forage. The absurdity of price becomes performance. Meaning hides in markdowns. Surveillance watches, but never truly sees.

Come Eat With Me: Food Security

Jamie Bell February 5, 2025

Participatory Arts and Food Production in Manitoba 204,310. That’s the number of views as the algorithm watched...

Strengthening Arts and Community Engagement: A Path Forward As we continue to shape the residency’s structure, we’re also prioritizing the need for capacity building with local and regional arts organizations, now just our own. Our focus is on equipping both individual artists and cultural organizations with the skills and leadership pipelines necessary to initiate and manage projects, build sustainable networks, and secure funding.

As we continue to shape the residency’s structure, we’re also prioritizing the need for capacity building with local and regional arts organizations, now just our own. Our focus is on equipping both individual artists and cultural organizations with the skills and leadership pipelines necessary to initiate and manage projects, build sustainable networks, and secure funding.

Strengthening Arts and Community Engagement: A Path Forward

Jamie Bell February 4, 2025

This past month, we’ve been working diligently on developing the framework for our next summer artist residency...

Making Chocolate at Home Learn to make chocolate from scratch—our AI Food Prompt Art series explores homemade cocoa creations.

Making Chocolate at Home

Tony Eetak February 4, 2025

Learn to make chocolate from scratch—our Come Eat With Me Manitoba recipe series explores homemade cocoa creations.

Environments: Breathing Life into Virtual Galleries with OpenAI Transforming static virtual galleries with AI-driven environmental simulations. This project deepens our expertise in merging art and technology, resulting in rich, interactive spaces that engage and captivate.

Transforming static virtual galleries with AI-driven environmental simulations. This project deepens our expertise in merging art and technology, resulting in rich, interactive spaces that engage and captivate.

Environments: Breathing Life into Virtual Galleries with OpenAI

Art Borups Corners February 2, 2025

Virtual galleries are transcending their traditional boundaries, evolving from static displays into mesmerizing, interactive sanctuaries where art...

Spring Manitoba Whitefish with Wild Leeks For this week's AI Food Prompt Art series image and recipe, we showcase a decadent raspberry and cream tart with a buttery almond crust and fresh Manitoba raspberries. A perfect sweet treat to celebrate a Manitoba harvest.

For this week's AI Food Prompt Art series image and recipe, we showcase a decadent raspberry and cream tart with a buttery almond crust and fresh Manitoba raspberries. A perfect sweet treat to celebrate a Manitoba harvest.

Spring Manitoba Whitefish with Wild Leeks

Tony Eetak February 2, 2025

This week’s AI Food Prompt Friday recipe highlights a raspberry and cream tart with a buttery almond...

Mentorship: The Importance of Participatory Approaches As we continue to build the framework for our summer arts residency, we’re putting a lot of thought into participatory elements for aspects like learning structure, making sure that mentorship and professional development for artists is at the heart of every experience.

As we continue to build the framework for our summer arts residency, we’re putting a lot of thought into participatory elements for aspects like learning structure, making sure that mentorship and professional development for artists is at the heart of every experience.

Mentorship: The Importance of Participatory Approaches

Jamie Bell February 1, 2025

This week, we’ve truly experienced the transformative power of participatory arts practices—where the line between artist and...

Week 4: Crafting Interactivity—Bringing Art to Life In week four, we’re pushing artistic boundaries by integrating proximity detection, making our virtual art respond to movement. This dynamic interaction creates a living, evolving experience where the viewer becomes an active participant in the narrative.

In week four, we’re pushing artistic boundaries by integrating proximity detection, making our virtual art respond to movement. This dynamic interaction creates a living, evolving experience where the viewer becomes an active participant in the narrative.

Week 4: Crafting Interactivity—Bringing Art to Life

Art Borups Corners January 30, 2025

In week four, we’re pushing artistic boundaries by integrating proximity detection, making our virtual art respond to...

Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Tart Recipe Indulge in a silky dark chocolate hazelnut tart, featuring a smooth ganache and crunchy nuts.

Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Tart Recipe

Jamie Bell January 27, 2025

Indulge in a silky dark chocolate hazelnut tart, featuring a smooth ganache and crunchy nuts. A perfect...

Manitoba Food, Art Project Launches Online Cookbook

Come Eat With Me Manitoba is a groundbreaking AI-powered cookbook featuring a new Manitoba-inspired recipe every week. Developed by Indigenous youth, this project blends food security, culinary innovation, digital storytelling, participatory media arts, and AI-generated food imagery to create a dynamic and interactive food experience. Each recipe highlights locally sourced, sustainable, and traditional Indigenous ingredients, bridging the past and future through youth-led research, community-driven food sovereignty, and digital literacy in the culinary arts. By harnessing AI-generated food art and prompt engineering, this initiative empowers young creators to explore recipe development, nutrition education, sustainable cooking practices, and the intersection of technology and Indigenous food traditions. Featuring wild game, freshwater fish, prairie-grown grains, foraged berries, and farm-to-table produce, this evolving cookbook supports Manitoba food heritage, eco-conscious eating, and digital-first culinary storytelling. With a strong focus on interactive learning, visual storytelling, and food equity, Come Eat With Me Manitoba invites readers to discover the vibrant flavors of the province while supporting youth innovation, AI-driven creativity, and culturally rooted food experiences.

Manitoba Food, Art Project Launches Online Cookbook

Art Borups Corners January 26, 2025

Discover Come Eat With Me Manitoba, a groundbreaking cookbook featuring weekly Manitoba recipes, AI-generated art, participatory media...

Week 3: The Art of Voice—Bringing Characters to Life Bringing characters to life with Text-to-Speech—this duck avatar is more than just a cute face. By fine-tuning voice and personality, we’re learning how to add emotional depth and presence, turning simple designs into fully realized characters in our digital worlds.