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Stephen Andrews in 50th anniversary group exhibit at the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris

9/28/2020

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"Auditorium" (detail) 2009-2015 oil on canvas - Collection of The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
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We are happy to share the news that ECH exhibition alumnus and 2019 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts recipient Stephen Andrews is included in the 50th-anniversary group exhibit at The Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris, France. This exhibit opened on September 17 and runs until October 16, 2020. Andrews also has an upcoming solo exhibition at Paul Petro Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto, Ontario in which he will be presenting his recent night sky paintings and a collection of ceramic Moon Jars. The opening reception for FIRMAMENT is on October 16, 2020. Stephen was part of the group exhibition The Body and Society at the Embassy Cultural House showing from November 10th to December 9th, 1988. Visit the recently added artist page for him on our site.

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ECH co-founder Jamelie Hassan to participate in Toronto Palestine Film Festival Panel

9/21/2020

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​Jamelie Hassan will be part of a Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) discussion panel on Cultural Suppression and Revival on Saturday September 26, 2020.  The panel will explore the silencing of Palestinians voices in the cultural sector, as well as showcasing artists reviving Palestinian culture in their work.

 “I am honoured to add my voice to such a distinguished panel and be together with those who stand in solidarity with Palestine and culture here in Canada and across communities internationally. TPFF is inspiring and full of surprises... it's introduction of kid-friendly programs -  its intergenerational dynamic that appeals to all audiences  - grandparents, moms and dads and everyone else, drawn together from Toronto's BIPOC, cultural workers, activists, secular and civil society communities, keen to discover what's new and urgent in Palestinian culture."

-- Jamelie Hassan, London, Ontario

Please visit the TPFF online program for a full listing of films and events. ​

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From the archives: Invitation card from the 2012 exhibit at Museum London

9/21/2020

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From the archives: This image of the Embassy Hotel was  the invitation card for the 2012 exhibit at Museum London curated by Robert McKaskell. The image shows the front exterior of the hotel on Dundas St. The  black & white mural was painted by Cuban artist José Bedia Valdés during the Siting Resistance exhibition series Sept. 1990. The entrance to the Embassy Cultural House has the colourful mural around its front window and door. This mural was painted in 1989 by Fabienne Rohner Haller, Matt Evans and Tom Nesbitt. All 3 were art students at H.B. Beal Secondary School at the time and Tom & Matt were in the band "The Others".
Photo courtesy of Jamelie Hassan & Ron Benner's archive.  

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Collection of Jamelie Hassan's watercolours of the Embassy Hotel painted in 1978

9/3/2020

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In 1978, the owner of the Embassy Hotel, Helen Haller, commissioned her sister, artist Jamelie Hassan, to paint a series of watercolours related to the Embassy, its workers, and residents. The watercolours, a tribute to life in London east neighbourhood, were on display in the hotel lounge for many years. Helen donated these historic watercolours to Museum London's permanent collection in the summer of 2019.

One of these watercolours, Embassy at Nite, will be featured on one of the facade wall of Indwell's new affordable housing project on the site of the old Embassy Hotel (744 Dundas Street) named the "Embassy Commons" in tribute to the location’s past cultural history. The new name was officially announced at the Hope@Home Virtual Gala on June 12, 2020. Hassan Law was a sponsor of the event. For more information, please go to Indwell's page on the the project. 

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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

WEB DESIGN & SOCIAL MEDIA 
Tariq Hassan Gordon, Ira Kazi, Olivia Mossuto, Niloufar Salimi,  JoAnna Weil 

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Andreas Buchwaldt

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Blessy Augustine, Shelley Kopp, 
Olivia Mossuto

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Andreas Buchwaldt, Blessy Augustine, Anahí González, Ira Kazi, ​Shelley Kopp, Ashar Mobeen, Niloufar Salimi,  Jenna Rose Sands, JoAnna Weil & Michelle Wilson. 

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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. Other former members of the board were: Debrann Eastabrook, Henry Eastabrook, Sharron Forrest, Wyn Geleynse, Janice Gurney, Jean Hay (1929 - 2008), Doug Mitchell, Kim Moodie, Gerard Pas, Peter Rist, Wanda Sawicki, Jean Spence and Jennie White. 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. 

This project is supported by the Ontario Arts Council and the London Arts Council through the City of London's Community Arts Investment Program.
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