This week in our 2024-2025 Fall and Winter Arts Incubator mentorship program, team members set clear and actionable goals while sharing valuable insights on creative collaboration. During the meeting, Tony inspired us by discussing how music and photography can deepen community connections and enhance our mentorship activities. We also began planning our end-of-year report and initiated ideas for making National Kindness Week impactful in February, ensuring our learning journey continues to thrive.
This week’s Mentorship Journey Update
Our team met on November 5, 2024 for our second group meeting of this year’s fall and winter 2025 arts incubator program. Building on our last week’s meeting, we focused on setting clear, actionable goals for the mentorship journey. Mentors and mentees worked together to identify personal and group objectives. We emphasized the importance of setting realistic milestones while staying open to unexpected learning opportunities.
We deeply appreciate Maurice Betournay’s insights on setting ambitious yet achievable goals for next summer’s music program. His guidance helped us think critically about our next steps. Music has been an area many of us have wanted to expand into for several years, even before the pandemic, and now we’re able to start looking at integrating that more into our programming.
Tony, whose passion lies in music and photography, also talked about doing more with music in the new year. He discussed how these art forms can play a crucial role in capturing the essence of our programs and connecting with the community on a deeper level. Tony shared his approach to incorporating music and photography into mentorship activities. He emphasized how these mediums can help document our journey and foster emotional connections. Tony encouraged team members to think about how they can use these creative tools in their own work. This can include creating soundscapes, storytelling through photos, or documenting personal growth. Planning will begin for the music festival in Melgund Township early in the new year.
This session sparked new ideas for blending artistic expression with mentorship activities. We started to work on concepts for our virtual gallery, and what kind of theme and environment we want to work with for our prototype. The group decided we would look at having an open world concept, with exhibit stations that look like signs people would find in a park. We’ll have music, photos and video and environmental effects.
We also started to work on our end-of-year report on impacts and outcomes. Since we didn’t do a big report last year, this year’s report will include data from 2023 and 2024. Our food security projects started in the fall of 2023 and continued throughout the year. Jamie and Tony will work on the report in December and have it ready for the end of the year.
Additionally, we talked about initial planning and ideas for National Kindness Week in February. Planning will take place in late November and early December. The group decided that we will hold our project meetings on Monday evenings until the end of the fall-winter season. Thanks to everyone for coming out! For more information on how people can take part, message us at info@artsincubator.ca. All are welcome to join us either in person or virtually.
About our Winter 2025 program
Our fall and winter 2025 program in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is focused on exploring the intersection of digital skills, storytelling, creative entrepreneurship, and leadership in the arts. We’re dedicated to equipping artists with the tools and knowledge to navigate the evolving digital landscape, empowering them to bring their creative visions to life in new, innovative ways. This program is a space for collaboration and growth, where artists can sharpen their digital skills, explore the potential of emerging technologies, and build the leadership capabilities needed to drive their own creative ventures forward. This year’s program activities are supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program. We meet every week in person and virtually and all are welcome. To join us, contact us at info@artsincubator.ca
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