Batiment7

PedalBox Gallery supports the development of new works from emerging and established artists in any medium that can be dragged around town. We commission artists to create projects specifically for the mobile exhibition space. It’s a gallery that has no walls! Acting as an ambassador for the work, PedalBox brings art to places where art…

This project brings together the Press Start youth to work on anti-racist and environmental justice initiatives. Working in collaboration with community members and utilizing the tools in Bâtiment 7, youth will develop programming that seeks to educate, agitate and organize their communities around issues of racial discrimination and environmental sustainability. During the first part of…

The B7 Mushroom Project aims to develop a mycelium incubator/ laboratory as well as a sustainable outdoor mushroom growing facility at the Batiment 7/ Fermette de la Pointe-Saint-Charles. The project comprises three components, the first is an educational component, the second is an integrational component and the third is access to greater food security and…

Quarantine Kitchen Stories is a collaborative project based in the Montreal South-West connecting Point-Saint-Charles community hub Bâtiment 7 to the work of the food business incubator of the Little Burgundy-based DESTA Black Youth Network, which delivers free food to families, sourced exclusively from black-owned restaurants, stores, community gardens, and farms. Quarantine Kitchen Stories will consist…

Due to the home staying orders caused by the pandemic, people are spending more time in their own neighborhood, discovering its different corners. In order to make these visits more enjoyable in the Point Saint Charles neighborhood, our project aims to lighten up one of the Point’s community hubs, Batiment7. As part of this initiative,…

This series of eco-art workshops aims to support public health and wellbeing through sustainable community action on a neighbourhood level.  These workshops facilitate the community’s connection with each other and their environment through artmaking with natural materials. Participants in this project will learn to connect with and use their environment in a sustainable fashion to…

Portraits from the Southwest is an oral history project, in collaboration with Press Start Coop, consisting of a series of interviews with residents and activists sharing their stories of their neighborhoods.    This project will result in the transmission of these stories through an online blog and/or public conversations. YEARS FUNDED 2020-21 PROJECT LEADER Maher Kouraytem…

Performing Together is a series of theatre workshops designed for youth ages 16-24 who speak English. Over the course of 8 weeks, the participants and facilitators will work together to create an original short performance piece exploring themes of social justice. Several artists from the Montreal BIPOC community will be brought in to lead workshops tailored…

The aim of this project is to teach residents basic nutritional information and cooking skills, and about healthy and affordable dietary options.The members will cook healthy meals in bulk so that they have food for the week. The goal of this project is that this will help improve the overall health of residents and reduce…