November Updates with the Embassy Cultural House!

Forest City Gallery Members' Show and Sale, Museum London Winter Launch, and the 401 Holiday Open House!

View this email in your browser Forest City Gallery's Members' Show and Sale: In support of FCG and Embassy Cultural House Forest City Gallery Members' Show and Sale  November 22, 2024 to December 20, 2024 Opening Reception: Friday, November 22 from 7PM - 9PM  1025 Elias Street, London, ON Forest City Gallery (FCG) is excited to announce the opening of its Members' Show and Sale, the longest-running annual exhibition at the gallery, in partnership with Embassy Cultural House. This highly anticipated event, taking place Friday, November 22 from 7-9 pm, serves as a cornerstone fundraising initiative for the gallery, supporting vital programming that fosters artistic innovation and community engagement. The Members' Show and Sale is an important fundraiser that enables FCG to continue offering dynamic exhibitions, provide essential artistic resources, and cultivate meaningful dialogue between local, regional, and international artists. The funds raised through this event directly support the gallery's year-round activities and initiatives. This year's event will feature the work of over 50 talented local artists, including FCG members and contributors from Embassy Cultural House. It promises to be a vibrant celebration of creativity, showcasing a diverse range of artistic expressions that reflect the rich cultural fabric of our community. Join the FCG and the ECH in celebrating the creativity and vision of our local arts community while supporting the continued growth of Forest City Gallery and Embassy Cultural House’s programming. This is an opportunity to connect with artists, discover unique works of art, and contribute to the cultural vitality of London. We look forward to seeing you at this year’s Members’ Show and Sale, in FCG’s 51st year! For more information, please visit the FCG website or contact [email protected].  Museum London's 2024 Winter Launch Party! Museum London Winter Launch Party Thursday, November 21 from 7PM - 10PM 421 Ridout Street North, London, ON Pay-what-you-can    Explore all three floors of the Museum, meet artists and curators, and get creative with hands-on activities. Grab refreshments and sweet treats from Culinary Catering and Yaya’s Kitchen. Enjoy performances by DJ Ames and Eleanor & more! Gather with us to celebrate our latest exhibitions: Baapaagimaak: Weaving Endurance is new digital artwork by Anishinaabe artists Katie Wilhelm and Summer Bressette that challenges colonial perspectives and embraces the radical endurance of nature itself.  Ukutula: Our Timeless Journeys is inspired by African dance and music. Curated by Qanita Lilla, the show invites us to move among an extraordinary diversity of traditional West African masks from the Justin and Elisabeth Lang Collection of African Art at Agnes Etherington Art Centre. They appear in chorus with five, multi-generational Canadian artists from the African and Asian diasporas: Winsom Winsom, Camille Turner, Jessica Karuhanga, Anthony Gebrehiwot and Jill Glatt.  Esmaa Mohamoud: Glorious Bones is a sculpture made of repurposed football helmets adorned with vivid African Kente patterns. These powerful works, which are part of a larger series that has been exhibited across the country, speak to issues of race, identity, gender and sports culture. Fore more information about the launch, please visit the Museum London website.  RSVP HERE Embassy Cultural House joins the 401 Holiday Open House 401 Richmond's Holiday Open House Thursday, November 28, 2024, 5PM - 8PM 401 Richmond Street West, Toronto, ON   Start and finish your shopping at 401 Richmond this festive season including 20+ open artist studios, 17 galleries, 2 shops, and a licensed café with gourmet pantry! Find artwork, objects, books, toys, clothing, accessories, cards and much more. Embassy Cultural House will have publications and multiples available by ECH artists and contributors.  For more information, contact [email protected]. To learn more about 401 Richmond, please visit their website.  Looking for gift ideas? Give the gift of local history! Portraits of Sam Hallick: Modern Arab Presence in Early Twentieth-Century North America by Salah D. Hassan is currently featured at Attic Books in London, Ontario. Photo credit: Jamelie Hassan Thank you to our newest ECH Contributors!  Over the past three months, the Embassy Cultural House has added three new contributing editors to our team through the internship program with Western University's Visual Arts Department. We are grateful to Jessica Joyce, Mireya Seymour, and Anna Da Silva for the significant work and energy that they have brought to ECH programs this fall.  Relevant and Related Links From The Breach: "In Canada, UN expert slams Israeli cleansing of Gaza, 'They said it, and they've done it'"—Desmond Cole in conversation with Francesca Albanese Obituary for Duncan de Kergommeaux (1927-2024) From The London Free Press: "Longtime Indigenous Broadcaster Dan Smoke mourned: 'Transformative'" by Jennifer Bieman From CBC News: "Murray Sinclair, former senator who led Truth and Reconciliation commission, dead at 73" by Peter Zimonjic From A Space Gallery: In Loving Memory of Carole Condé From Simon Fraser University, Department of English: "In Memoriam: Roy Miki, professor emeritus" by Clint Burnham Obituary for Christopher Edward Smith Gittings (1962–2024) Visit the ECH Website Embassy Cultural House 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. Copyright © 2024 Embassy Cultural House. All rights reserved. Our mailing address: 514 Pall Mall Street, London, ON, N5Y 2Z6, Canada Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.