This mural sits at the corner of Knox and Hibernia streets in Montreal, Canada. It is a piece of street art, created in 2013 by the Collectif Au pied du mur, a collective whose name translates roughly as "at the foot of the wall."
The work was produced with the Carrefour d'éducation populaire de Pointe-Saint-Charles, a community education organization in the Pointe-Saint-Charles neighbourhood, and was made under the city's Programme graffitis et murales, the municipal programme that supports murals on public walls. Because it was commissioned through this programme, the mural is part of a wider, city-supported effort to bring painted art onto Montreal's streets.
What to expect
The mural is best suited to a short, unhurried visit. It is a public artwork on an ordinary street corner rather than a building with set hours, so there is no admission to plan for. Visitors usually come to look at the painting itself, take photographs, and see how the work sits within its surroundings.
- Location: the corner of Knox and Hibernia, Montreal
- Kind of visit: an outdoor street-art stop, suited to walkers
- Created: 2013, by the Collectif Au pied du mur with the Carrefour d'éducation populaire de Pointe-Saint-Charles
Around the mural
The mural lies in the Pointe-Saint-Charles area of Montreal, a neighbourhood that combines residential streets with a long tradition of community organizing. Those who make the trip can combine it with a walk through the surrounding streets and with other sights in the city. For more detail on the artwork, the City of Montreal's mural page for this work is listed under the reference number 37.