The Community Oven is located in Michaëlle Jean Park overlooking the Red River. It is a 20 loaf capacity, wood-burning oven. It can bake pretty much anything a standard oven can bake. With one fire we can bake up to 40 loaves of bread and dinner for the evening.
We see the Community Oven continuing to engage the community in a different conversation around healthy food and food security, as well as bringing the community together in a fun and interesting way. We host pizza nights and other events throughout the summer in partnership with various other community organizations.
HISTORY
The oven was constructed in 2012. The mosaic project to decorate the outside of the oven was done by youth from the community under the leadership of Leah Decter, the community artist who started the community oven, and with the involvement and support of Graffiti Art Gallery. The youth consulted the community, including NPDWC participants, on the design to decorate the outside of the oven. Then the young people then spent the summer turning the ideas into a design, learned the skills needed to turn the design into a tile mural, and tiled the entire outside of the oven.
ACCESS
The community oven is free to use for trained community members. People outside the community are also able to use the oven when it is available for a small fee. Training to operate the community oven occurs throughout the spring and summer months.
If you would like more information or to plan an event, please contact communityoven@npdwc.org.
We see the Community Oven continuing to engage the community in a different conversation around healthy food and food security, as well as bringing the community together in a fun and interesting way. We host pizza nights and other events throughout the summer in partnership with various other community organizations.
HISTORY
The oven was constructed in 2012. The mosaic project to decorate the outside of the oven was done by youth from the community under the leadership of Leah Decter, the community artist who started the community oven, and with the involvement and support of Graffiti Art Gallery. The youth consulted the community, including NPDWC participants, on the design to decorate the outside of the oven. Then the young people then spent the summer turning the ideas into a design, learned the skills needed to turn the design into a tile mural, and tiled the entire outside of the oven.
ACCESS
The community oven is free to use for trained community members. People outside the community are also able to use the oven when it is available for a small fee. Training to operate the community oven occurs throughout the spring and summer months.
If you would like more information or to plan an event, please contact communityoven@npdwc.org.
