About Us
14 years in business
Est. in 2008
Cool people doing cool things.
N2M2L About
Near North Mobile Media Lab (N2M2L) is a registered non-profit that provides the tools media artists, students, filmmakers and audiences in Northern Ontario need to produce, present and enjoy contemporary media arts in all its forms. This includes but is not limited to: media installations; filmmaking; video art; animation; documentary arts; and sound production. We provide a rental service of industry standard equipment at low prices, run workshops, hold screenings and events, and foster a growing community of media artists in our region. We are located in downtown North Bay.
N2M2L Mission
The Near North Mobile Media Lab cultivates, develops, and champions contemporary digital media art for artists and audiences in northern Ontario.
N2M2L Mandate
We envision a thriving and sustainable arts community in northern Ontario that supports innovative digital media artists, creates access to contemporary presentations, and is a valued participant in broader artistic discourse.
Born in the North
Board of Directors
Chair
Neil Brown
Treasurer
Stephen Lee
Secretary
Stéphanie Lamothe
Member
Gregory Unrau
Member
Josie Beamish
Member
Aylan Couchie
Member
Stephanie McGinn
Member
Douglas Brisebois
Staff
Executive Director
Sharon Switzer
Sharon Switzer is an artist, curator, arts educator, and producer. She has, since the early 1990s, exhibited her digital and video art widely across Canada and in the U.S, as well as at international art fairs with Corkin Gallery. Her curating focuses on bringing contemporary art to public spaces. She founded the not-for-profit curatorial organization Art for Commuters, and produced the Art in Transit program as well as the Toronto Urban Film Festival, offering artists an opportunity to show their work in the public spaces frequented by urban commuters. Switzer has an MFA from the University of Western Ontario, is a Graduate of the CFC Media Lab at the Canadian Film Centre. She is represented by Corkin Gallery, Toronto.
Communications Officer
Jameson Toye
Jameson Toye is a Marketing Coordinator based in North Bay, Ontario, who has been working in the role of Communications Officer with the Near North Mobile Media Lab since joining in November 2018.
Jameson graduated from the Advertising and Marketing Communications program at Canadore College with honours, and since joining N2M2L has proven himself to be a tremendous asset and contributor to our team. He has learned much about the Northern Ontario Arts sector from his time working with N2M2L, and is excited to continue learning more.
DCN Network Facilitator
Katya Serre
Katya Serre is a two-spirit Anishinaabe artist from Nipissing First Nation who operates within a variety of artistic disciplines. Practicing and exhibiting Anishinaabe art is a way for her to feel connected to her culture in the 21st century as an act of resistance against colonialist efforts. Her personal art practice often revolves around themes of tradition and modernity working in harmony or in some cases, in dissonance with one another.
Katya has graduated from Nipissing University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (honours, with distinction) minoring in Indigenous Studies. She is currently working for the Near North Mobile Media Lab as a network facilitator. Previously, she was a program facilitator for Digital Creator North and was integral in the North Bay program’s success with the youth: she hopes to spread positivity through creation whether that be digital, traditional, or a mix of the two.