ECH SUMMER BREAKAugust 9 - September 8 As of August 9, the ECH will be on summer break until September 8. After an incredibly successful first year, we are using this time to reflect on the future and recharge. We are cognizant of the time and energy poured into this collective, and we are truly grateful to the supportive community in London and beyond, in addition to our incredible contributing members, contributing editors, advisory circle, and institutional and community partners. Stay tuned for the fall season as we continue with our extensive programming! Here is a sneak peak of what is to come...
In the meantime, best wishes from the Embassy Cultural House. Enjoy the warm weather and stay safe! Image: Poster from the archives, on the anniversary of Siting Resistance (September 1990).
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 Online Exhibition hosted by Embassy Cultural House
Organized by Rachel A. MacGillivray and Ron Benner with the assistance of Jamelie Hassan, Olivia Mossuto and JoAnna Weil Deadline: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 Live: January 2022 When the world went into lockdown last March, so did my creative brain. I hit a wall in my studio practice that was so thick and heavy I couldn’t even pick up my materials, and nothing I had been making felt important anymore. The only place I came alive was in my garden. Planting gave me purpose, seeds shooting up gave me hope, pulling weeds and clearing land helped me step outside of my worries. We spent 5 months in isolation with our toddler son and most of that time was spent together, planning and tending our gardens – it’s how we survived the separation, anxiety, and pressure. It’s the thing that got us through and we’re not the only ones. Now, it’s time to share our gardens. Whether your experience was painting fantasy gardens while in lockdown, visiting public green spaces, taking care of a beloved house plant, containers on your balcony, or working in your own garden - tending vegetables, flowers, or weeds - we want to share your experience. Let’s recognize and acknowledge these connections with the natural world. - Rachel A. MacGillivray, July 28, 2021 I am reminded of an exhibition that Jamelie and I did in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2013 about the Ethnobotanical Garden of Oaxaca, titled The World is a Garden Whose Walls are the State. The title was inspired by a quote from Ibn Khaldun's The Muqaddimah (1377 AD) which was one of the first universal histories of the world…now, the world is a garden whose walls are the pandemic. - Ron Benner, July 28, 2021 Please submit an image of your pandemic garden experience and include a short statement about the location, date, and your relationship/connection/experience to and with the “garden” during the pandemic. Deadline for your contribution: September 7, 2021 Image size: 300 dpi, no smaller than 800 pixels on the shortest side. An artist fee of $30.00 will be paid for each digital contribution. For questions about the exhibition, email: [email protected] Photo Credit: Rachel A. MacGillivray, In the Garden, 2020 |
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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 Smoke, and Lucas Stenning COORDINATING EDITORS Tariq Hassan Gordon & Olivia Mossuto CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Blessy Augustine, Anna Da Silva, Anahí González, Jessica Joyce, Ira Kazi, Shelley Kopp, Emmy Meredith, Ashar Mobeen, Mireya Seymour, and Michelle Wilson. VIRTUAL TOUR Andreas Buchwaldt |
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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 Western University's Visual Arts department and the continued support of the students and Faculty of Arts & Humanities.
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The Embassy Cultural House (ECH) is located on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak, and Chonnonton peoples, at the forks of Deshkan Ziibi (Antler River), an area subject to the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum and other treaties, colonized as London, Ontario. 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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