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3 stories exploring community arts across the city.
A grassroots arts initiative in Brandon repurposes vacant storefronts into studios, classrooms and performance spaces, connecting youth, elders, and Indigenous creators. It is quietly reshaping downtown life, economic vitality, and civic belonging.
In Brandon and surrounding Westman towns, grassroots art projects—murals, music festivals, university partnerships and Indigenous-led workshops—are stitching social ties, offering economic opportunity, and reframing the region's story for a younger, more diverse generation.
In Brandon and across Westman, a quiet cultural shift is underway: artists, students and organizers repurpose spaces, forge Indigenous collaborations and push hybrid programming—testing how art can sustain local economies and strengthen civic ties.