Cassandra Getty
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Cassandra Getty began her curatorial work in the mid-1990s in Ontario and British Columbia. Over the last two decades she has worked in public museums in Windsor and London, Ontario. At the Art Gallery Windsor she served as Curator of Historical Art and the Collections and Collections Manager. In that time she was an integral part of the growth of AGW’s permanent collection, and toured exhibitions across Canada, and in the United States and Japan. In February 2010, Getty joined Museum London as Curator of Art. She has organized numerous exhibitions, including Kathleen Munn and Lowrie Warrener: The Logic of Nature, the Romance of Space (2008), Arthur Heming: Chronicler of the North (2012), Myfanwy MacLeod, Or, There and Back Again (2013), L.O. Today (2013), Kim Adams: One for the Road(2013), Kim Ondaatje (2014), Robert Fones: Signs | Forms| Narratives (2017), and BGL: Spectacle + Problems (2018). She has developed more than 20 catalogues, and over the last decade her projects have earned four OAAG Awards. Getty holds a BFA from the University of Windsor’s School of Visual Arts, and an MA in the History of Art from the University of Victoria. She is currently an adjunct professor in the Visual Arts Department at Western University. |
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EDITORIAL TEAM
ONLINE FOUNDER Tariq Hassan Gordon COFOUNDERS & CURATORIAL ADVISORS Jamelie Hassan & Ron Benner ADVISORY CIRCLE Samer Abdelnour, Marnie Fleming, Wyn Geleynse, Fern Helfand, S F Ho, Lorraine Klaasen, Judith Rodger, Ruth Skinner, Mary Lou and Dan Smoke, and Lucas Stenning COORDINATING EDITORS Tariq Hassan Gordon & Olivia Mossuto CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Blessy Augustine, Anahí González, Ira Kazi, Shelley Kopp, Ashar Mobeen & Michelle Wilson. VIRTUAL TOUR Andreas Buchwaldt |
OUR STORY
Artists Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner and jazz musician Eric Stach founded the Embassy Cultural House (1983-1990) located in the restaurant portion of the Embassy Hotel at 732 Dundas Street in East London. In 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Embassy Cultural House was re-envisioned as a virtual artist-run space and website.
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The Embassy Cultural House gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the London Arts Council through the City of London's Community Arts Investment Program.
The Embassy Cultural House is thankful for the Mentorship program established by the Visual Arts department and the continued support of the students and faculty of Arts & Humanities at Western University.
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Thank you to our partners
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E M B A S S Y C U L T U R A L H O U S E . C A
The Embassy Cultural House (ECH) is located in London, Ontario, Canada on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Lenape, Attawandaron and Huron-Wendat peoples, at the forks of Deshkan Ziibi (Antler River), an area subject to the Dish with One Spoon Wampum and other treaties. The ECH strives to create meaningful relationships between the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island and our contributors. The ECH honours the stewardship of the many Indigenous peoples who have resided on these lands since time immemorial.
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