Culture to connect
The cultural village
The Cultural Village provides a place where melanated people and their allies can immerse themselves in Afro-descendent art, music, literature and other forms of cultural expression.
0rijin, in collaboration with partners, organizes seasonal activities, performances and demonstrations, open to all Montrealers and Canadians throughout the year.
eatUP week
eatUP week is a food festival featuring the best Afro-Caribbean restaurants and chefs of Montreal. Held on an ongoing basis, the festival is packed with culture, stories and spices.
eatUP week offers multiple culinary experiences, allowing Montrealers to engage with Afro-descendant food heritage while helping restaurants and chefs to gain new customers.
A collaboration with AirBnB
readUP club
readUP celebrates the literary achievements of Black culture. Our club is aimed at readers of all walks of life. Through shared reading of the works of Black authors, we want to promote Black literature and support Black-owned libraries nationwide.
We host in-person meetups as well as online conferences, introducing the audience to key figures of Black literature as well as to contemporary writers.
A collaboration with Librairie Racine
artUP festival
artUP is a think tank of creativity, enabling the expression of culture through our own lenses. It provides a platform for financing, producing and showcasing projects and artworks of and for melanated artisans.
artUP provides a structure of support for participants to develop their own artworks. A public program of events allows participants to gain access to a range of cultural producers. Invited artists, scholars, critics and curators will lead workshops and share their own experience of Black embodiment with participants.
A collaboration with Never Was Average