EMBASSY CULTURAL HOUSE
  • Home
    • ECH News
  • Community
  • Exhibitions
  • Projects
  • Background
    • Past Programming >
      • Exhibitions 1983-1990 >
        • Index of Curators
        • Index of Photographers
        • Index of Visual Artists
      • Film 1983-1990
      • Music 1983-1990 >
        • Index of Musicians
      • Performances 1983-1990 >
        • Index of Performers
    • Embassy Hotel History
  • About

EXHIBITIONS ​1983-1990

Picture
Dave Gordon, Brown Bullhead, 1982; Exhibited at the ECH in 1983; Collection of Museum London, London, Ontario
Picture
Robert Fones, Natural Range of Canada Map, exhibited at the ECH in 1984. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
From 1983 to 1990 numerous artists exhibited at the Embassy Cultural House. The visual art exhibitions were just one element of the programming. Over the years the programming also included music concerts, film nights, poetry,
​performances, lectures, and social events. There was also an irregular tabloid newspaper that promoted and reviewed the programming at the Cultural House. 

1983 
  • Kim Moodie, Signs and Symbols, May 12 - June 2
  • Dave Gordon, Recent Paintings, June 4 - July 2
  • Fern Helfand, Recent Photographic Work, July 7 - July 24
  • John Tamblyn (1947 - 2012), Recent Photographs, July 28 - August 18
  • Oliver Girling, Lemmy Caution was a Sculptor, August 20 - Sept. 12 
  • Duncan de Kergommeaux, Cow Paintings, September 15 - October 13 
  • Disarmament Art Exhibit, Eddy Aitken , Ron Benner Leif Benner, Michael Bidner, Julie Booker, Cathy Destun, Stephen Elkerton, Wyn Geleynse, Mara Geleynse, Oliver Girling, Jamelie Hassan, Tariq Hassan Gordon, Jean Hay, Stephen Best, Bob Bozak, Robert Lutochinski, Kim Moodie, Al Matheson, Stuart Hilton, John Nold, Paul Nicholson, John Tamblyn (1947 - 2012), Wiesia Pikula - Sickle, Vaugn Perusse, Mathew Teitelbaum, Jayce Salloum, Irene Xanthos, closed November 11
  • Ray Hassan, Small Oil Paintings from the Series Opera Buffa, November 12 - December 2
  • Gerard Pas, Works in Juxtaposition, December 3 - December 20 

1984
  • Beth Strachan, Recent Paintings, January 8-30
  • Rae Johnson, Works on Paper, February 3 - March 1
  • International Women's Day Exhibition: kerry ferris, Bernice Vincent (1934 - 2016), Margaret Randall, Jean Hay, Janice Gurney, Wiesia Pikula, Jerry Grey, Freda Guttman, March 3 - March 21
  • Renee Van Halm, Small Works, March 24 - April 24
  • Doug Mitchell, Recent Works, May 19 - June 6
  • Shelagh Keeley, exhibition and opening of permanent installation, Room 31, June 9 - July 4
  • Brian Lambert, Perceptions of Youth, July 7 - July 26
  • Lorraine Hughes and Vern Harrison, Exquisite Corpse, July 28 - Aug. 15
  • Jean Hay, Recent Work, August 18 - September 12
  • Sybil Goldstein, Recent Work, September 20 - October 11
  • Gildo Gonzalez, Oscar Ortiz, Victor Rendon, Recent Work from Yucatan, Mexico, October 13 - November 8 
  • Robert Fones, Range Maps of Individual Tree Species  and Ductus Scripts, November 10 - December 6 

1985
  • George Legrady, Stock Footage, December 27 - January 11 
  • Drawings : group exhibit including Ron Benner , Tom Benner , Stephen Best, Greg Curnoe (1936 - 1992), Michele Eeley , kerry ferris , Wyn Geleynse, Jamelie Hassan, Kim Moodie, Gerard Pas , Carole Wright , Bernice Vincent (1934 - 2016), Ed Zelenak ) January 19 - February 14  .
  • Suzy Lake, Recent Work, February 16 - March 6
  • International Women's Day Exhibition, Extending a Hand (Teresa Altman, Jill Andrews, Margaretta Gilboy, Fern Helfand, Betty Heydon, Ethel Horne, Barbara Hyatt, Jean Madison, Wanda Sawicki-Kutac, Thelma Rosner, Nita Ross, Elizabeth Roy, Jenny White Lotus Why)
  •  March 7 - Apil 11
  • Lise Downe, Recent Works, April 13 -14
  • Artists Against Cutbacks, Toronto, agit-prop sculptures and placards from protest march organized by the Toronto Artists' Union, May 4 - May 24
  • kerry ferris, storm lines, May 25 - June 29
  • Nick Johnson, Following the Heron, September 20 - October 3
  • Jack Jeffrey, Paris Sculptures, October 5 - November 1
  • Stephen Best, Recent Drawings,  November 5- December 21       

1986
  • Susanna Heller, Recent Works, ​January 8 - February 12
  • bill bissett, February 15 - March 31
  • Dave Merritt, One Blind Eye, April 1 -  April 30
  • YYZ "World Tour" (David Clarkson, Stan Denniston, Judith Doyle, Rebecca Garrett, Janice Gurney, Elizabeth MacKenzie, Ian McKinnon, Anna Gronau, Shirley Yanover, Jennifer Rudder, Sheila Ayearst, David Buchan, Carolyn Simmons), May 17 - June 11
  • Nicole Jolicoeur, Works on Paper, June 14 - July 11
  • Lewis De Soto, Landscapes, July 14 - August 27
  • Carolyn Simmons, Bhopal Story, September  2 - October  4

1987
  • David Merritt, Installation/More Profound than Words, September 18 - October 15
  • Robert McNealy, Installation/Exhibition, October 17-November 12
  • Spring Hurlbut, Installation/Exhibition, November 14 - December 13

1988
  • Michael Fernandes, No Sphere, January 23 - February 21
  • Recollections: Five Years of Programming, organized by Ron Benner, February 27 - March 31
  • Invisible Stories: Kate Wilson, May 14- June 15
  • Invisible Stories: Cathy Daley, The Cook, in the Lounge with the Nectarine (After Chernobyl) June 18 - July 13
  • Invisible Stories: John Hartman, July 16- August 10
  • Invisible Stories: Eugenio Tellez, August 13 - September 11
  • The  Body & Society: Wendy Coad, Gerard Pas, Ed Pien, Mary Scott, September 22 - October 9
  • The Body & Society: John Brown, Susan Day, Leon Golub, Nancy Spero, October 13 - November 8
  • The Body & Society: Stephen Andrews, Sheila Butler, Greg Curnoe (1936 - 2012), Andy Fabo, November 10 - December 8

1989
  • Eclectic Preferences, February 11 -March 6
  • Interview, Janice Gurney, March 11 - 30
  • Recent Work, Andy Patton, April 1 - 26
  • Faithful Witnesses: Palestinian Children Witnesses Recreate Their World, April 27 - May 10
  • Silent Auction: A Benefit Exhibition, with work by Nicole Jolicoeur, Freda Guttman, Cheryl Simon, Strand Fine Arts Services, Ed Pien, Johannes Zits, Jennie White, Judith Schwartz, Susan Day, kerry ferris, Barbara Hyatt, Vaughn Peruse, Duncan deKergommeaux, David Merritt, Janice Gurney, Grant Arnold, Murray Favro, Doug Mitchell, Greg Curnoe (1936 - 1992), Gerard Pas, Gisele Amantea, John TamblyN (1947 - 2012), Paddy O'Brien, Sylvie Belanger, Fern Helfand, Jamelie Hassan, Peter Rist, Wanda Sawicki, Jean Spence, Ron Benner, Kim Moodie, Jean Hay, Sharron Forrest, Wyn Geleynse, and Ed Zelenak, May 11 - June 3
  • Voices from the City: :Liz Magor, June 10 - July 3
  • Voices from the City: Bob McKaskell (1943 - 2020), July 8 - August 7
  • Voices from the City: Lani Maestro, August 12 - September 11
  • November 26, Open House and Exhibition 

1990
  • Brian Egerton, Control-Data, January 21 and by appointment
  • e.c: e without the bar is c : Heather Cameron, Reid Diamond, Susan Kealey and Cathy Jones, February 3 - February 28
  • e.c: e without the bar is c  : Rebecca Diederichs, Peter Cosco and Peter Hobbs), March 3 - March 31
  • Tom Benner, The Coves, April 7 - April 29
  • Bev Pike, The Boudoir Series and Larry Glawson, Orderly Deceptions, May 5 - May 30
  • Siting Resistance: Black Artists from Britain : Sonia Boyce, Allan de Souza, Shaheen Merali, Pitika Ntuli, Keith Piper, June 27 - July 19
  • Siting Resistance: Grace Channer, Recent Work, July 21 - September 4
  • Siting Resistance: Magdalena Campos, Recent Work and Permanent Installation (Room 44) in the Embassy Hotel, September 8 - September 28
  • Siting Resistance: Jose Bedia, mural Installation on the front of the Embassy Hotel and solo exhibition at Forest City Gallery, September 8 - 28
  • Indian Summer : Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Irwin, Eula and Daryl Chrisjohn, Robert Frechette, Stock Agency and Florence Ryder, in London, October 6-21 and at the Woodland Cultural Centre,  Brantford, October 23 - November 26


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 

VIRTUAL TOUR
Andreas Buchwaldt

PRINT PUBLICATIONS
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. 

Picture
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.
Picture
Picture
Picture

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture

Thank you to our partners

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture

E M B A S S Y  C U L T U R A L  H O U S E . C A

​London, Ontario is 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.

Copyright © 2022  Embassy Cultural House.
All rights reserved.
Proudly powered by Weebly

  • Home
    • ECH News
  • Community
  • Exhibitions
  • Projects
  • Background
    • Past Programming >
      • Exhibitions 1983-1990 >
        • Index of Curators
        • Index of Photographers
        • Index of Visual Artists
      • Film 1983-1990
      • Music 1983-1990 >
        • Index of Musicians
      • Performances 1983-1990 >
        • Index of Performers
    • Embassy Hotel History
  • About