Inspiring Digital Creativity In Ontario’s North
DGTL CREATOR NORTH BAY
Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday from 3pm – 7pm
Location: 108 Main Street East, North Bay, ON, P1B 1A9
Digital Creator North Bay operates as a free, drop-in learning environment for youth aged 11 – 19 to acquire digital media skills. Staffed by artist mentors, the space is equipped to support interest-driven creative activities like 3D Printing, coding, graphic design, animation, videography, digital photography, podcasting and audio recording. Teens can also come in to work on homework, read, paint, draw, collage, or just hang out and play video games with friends!
What is Dgtl Creator North?
Digital Creator North is a free, low-barrier program for youth and emerging artists with a focus on using digital and media arts tools to support creativity in a casual atmosphere. It is a welcoming program that offers participants the freedom to gain digital skills at their own pace, collaborate with others, and learn from experienced mentors. In 2020 we launched a virtual version of the Digital Creator, using the Gather.town platform. We are also currently working on creating a network to support communities in northern Ontario that want to create their own spaces using Digital Creator as a model.
Our Upcoming Programming
Sara Mayhew
Program Facilitator
Sara Mayhew is a Canadian manga artist, writer, and illustrator. She graduated Canadore College in 2005 and the same year created “Secrets of Sorcerers,” which won the International Manga and Anime Festival award and a Northern Arts grant. Mayhew also illustrated “The First Emperor,” self-published “Love Pet,” and created the “Legend of the Ztarr” series, which received another Northern Arts grant. Mayhew has written about her skeptical viewpoint in her art in various periodicals, podcasts, and conventions. Her work has also featured in Applied Arts Magazine and Scholastic’s ChickaDEE magazine.
Our News & Announcements
April Update
NewsApril UpdateApril has been a good month and the rest of the month is looking just as good! Temiskaming Shores Digital Creator has started hosting weekly clubs during the week along with stand-alone workshops on Saturdays. The weekly clubs have been going very well...
Sol Lewitt – “Copied Lines”
NewsSol Lewitt - "Copied Lines"We recently held a workshop here in Sioux Lookout where we created a piece entitled Wall Drawing #797 inspired by Sol Lewitt. Lewitt was an American Conceptual artist famous for his instructionals, among other things. In this set of...
Aperture Play in Sault Ste. Marie
NewsAperture Play in Sault Ste. MarieTaking to the DSLR’s again, we have been playing around with Manual Exposure here in Sault Ste. Marie. In particular, we’ve been working on mastering depth of field/aperture to get those beautiful blurred background shots everybody...
Light Painting Workshop
NewsLight Painting WorkshopEver wondered what happens if you give our youth some lights and a camera? Action of course! Take a look at this video which combines both behind the scenes snippets and some of the awesome things our teens were able to create in our...
Looking Ahead
NewsLooking AheadDigital Creator Temiskaming Shores just finished an action-packed week with the “March Break Mural Project” and is now enjoying the space and its new chic! Keeping things a bit lighter by trying out some of the tech we’ve had lying around for a while,...
Sunshine, Snow & Snapshots
NewsSunshine, Snow & Snapshots“Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.” – Pietro Aretino Here at Digital Creator Kenora we’ve been taking advantage of the late-winter balmy temperatures by taking our cameras on the road for photo-walks around Keewatin....