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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.

Stories Over Coffee
Arts & Creative Leadership

Stories Over Coffee

At Stella’s on Portage, coffee, conversation, and curiosity fuel Winnipeg’s Living Lab experiments in storytelling and AI.
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Emerging youth artist and musician Tony Eetak explores a VR installation in summer 2024 at the Urban Shaman Contemporary Art Gallery in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Artificial Intelligence

The Virtual Studio Revolution

Chinese researchers reveal how AI and XR are redefining filmmaking, human creativity, and the future of global storytelling.
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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.
Photos and Short Stories

AI-Powered Storytelling: Emerging Practices

Blending AI research and arts, the program cultivates skills, creative experimentation, and collaborative storytelling innovations.
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December in Winnipeg
Photos and Short Stories

December in Winnipeg

It's almost the end of the year.
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After producing millions of words last year, we realized we needed a better way to share them. Meet our new, human-friendly ePub reader built for us.
Technology

Building our own EPUB Reader

Last summer we wrote millions of words. Now, we’ve built a custom, simple ePub reader so our community can actually read them without the tech…
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How Fragmentation Can Redefine Storytelling
Arts & Creative Leadership

How Fragmentation Can Redefine Storytelling

An archive of narrative fragments invites readers to explore emotion, ambiguity, and connection without resolution or closure.
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Golden, flaky crusts hide rich, savory fillings brimming with local ingredients. Each chicken pot pie tells a story.
Food Security and Innovation

Chicken Pot Pie Time

Our Manitoba cookbook is still growing. next up, hearty chicken pot pies to savour and share this season.
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Analyses: Reading the Fragments
Arts & Creative Leadership

Analyses: Reading the Fragments

Analyses transform narrative fragments into spaces of reflection, guiding readers through emotion, structure, and interpretation.
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In a world driven by online perfection and follower counts, we’ve chosen a different path — one rooted in real relationships, shared values, and grassroots action. This is what community-first work looks like.
Creative Entrepreneurship

Thriving in the Algorithmic Age.

From Production to Curation, Connection, and Taste Generative AI has fundamentally and permanently altered the landscape of creative work. In a world where high-quality text,…
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Avatittinnik Kamatsiarniq isn't just a tradition; it's a responsibility. Inuit youth and artists are leading the way in environmental stewardship, protecting the land for future generations. Our connection to the land inspires action and drives positive change.
Arts & Creative Leadership

We Read the Currents, We Don’t Chase the Wind.

No work of art can be understood without its context. The same is true of an innovation.
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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.

Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse Logo

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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