La Ruche d'Art

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Take one modest storefront on a street in a working-class neighbourhood; fill it with donations of paints, fabrics and other recyclables; throw open the doors to the community to come make art. What do you get? A community art hive. Or, in French, a ruche d’art.

Discover how making puppets brought the community together...

A Portrait of La Ruche d'Art

Video on La Ruche d'Art, Montreal Art Hive.

*** La Ruche d'art St-Henri closed its doors permanently in the fall of 2020 ***

La Ruche d’Art is a free community art studio and science shop – open to everyone! It is located in the St-Henri borough in the south-west of Montreal.

Its mission is to make art more accessible, strengthen links between community members and the university; and celebrate diversity, through art making, dialogue and gardening.

Since 2011, La Ruche has warmly welcomed thousands of art-makers, families, gardeners, community groups, local residents, and visitors from afar.

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