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Embassy Cultural House: Curators

From 1983 to 1990 numerous artists exhibited at the Embassy Cultural House. These visual art exhibits were just an element of the programming held over the years including music concerts, film nights, performances, lectures, and social events. There was also an irregular tabloid newspaper that promoted and reviewed the programming at the Cultural House. This dynamic community created wonderful energy and a cultural buzz in East London.

Below is a list of the curators who were part of this vibrant community.  

This dynamic community created wonderful energy and a cultural buzz in East London. Curators were an important part of organizing exhibits, and many were local, though there were also visiting and guest curators, as well.  Additionally, we have included curators who supported the ECH by attending or participating in activities and events at the time, or who have connected with the ECH community in the intervening years.. 

  1. Ron Benner: Five Years of Programming: March 1988; Brian Egerton, Control-Data, 1990, Siting Resistance, series of 3 exhibitions, summer 1990
  2. Rebecca Diederichs and Reid Diamond: e,c: e without the bar is c, Feb, 1990
  3. Debrann Eastabrook: More Profound than Words, 1986 
  4. Marnie Fleming
  5. Paddy Gunn O'Brien
  6. Ron Benner and Wyn Geleynse organized the Keeley exhibit/room in June of 1984 
  7. Wyn Geleynse: Alt Art, juried exhibition from the graduating class of Althouse College, (UWO), 1984; Eclectic Preference, 1989
  8. Wyn Geleynse and Jean Spence: Andy Patton, 1989; Interview, Janice Gurney
  9. Cassandra Getty
  10. Jean Hay and Peter Rist: Silent Auction, 1989
  11. Jamelie Hassan and Sharron Forrest: Voices from the City, 1989
  12. Jamelie Hassan, International Women’s Day exhibition, 1984; Body & Society: 1988; Faithful Witnesses, 1989;  Siting Resistance, poets and performance program, Sept. 1990
  13. Andrew Kear
  14. John Henry Martin: Alt Art, juried exhibition from the graduating class of Althouse College, (UWO), 1984
  15. Bob McKaskell (1943 - 2020): Reading from small words, Street Actions and Subway Entertainments and Teaching Stories, July, 13, 1983;
  16. Shaheen Merali: Black Artists from Britain, part of the Siting Resistance program organized by Ron Benner, June, 1990
  17. Doug Mitchell: Tom Benner, The Coves, April, 1990
  18. Kim Moodie: four exhibitions, Invisible Stories, 1988.
  19. ​Wanda Nanibush
  20. Judith Rodger
  21. Martha Rosler: If You Lived Here, DIA Art Foundation, NYC, USA 1989
  22. Jennifer Rudder
  23. Jean Spence and Sharron Forrest for International Women’s Day Exhibit, March 1985
  24. Jean Spence: The Body & Society, 1988; Eclectic Preference, 1989
  25. Matthew Teitelbaum: Whose side are you on anyway? The Curatorial Question, lecture, May 31, 1983; Alt Art, juried exhibition from the graduating class of Althouse College, (UWO), 1984
  26. Melanie Townsend: editor of Embassy Cultural House catalogue for the Museum London exhibit, 2012
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RON BENNER
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JAMELIE HASSAN
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MARNIE FLEMING
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ANDREW KEAR
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WYN GELEYNSE
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BOB MCKASKELL
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CASSANDRA GETTY
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WANDA NANIBUSH
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JUDITH RODGER
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JENNIFER RUDDER
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MELANIE TOWNSEND


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. 

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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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