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Embassy Cultural House: Photographers

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John Tamblyn (1947 - 2012) took this iconic image of the Embassy Hotel and Cultural House. John was the photographer who documented the work of many London and ECH artists.
From 1983 to 1990 numerous artists exhibited at the Embassy Cultural House.  Visual art exhibits were just one element of the programming held over the years. Other events included music concerts, film nights, performances, lectures, poetry readings and social gatherings. There was also an irregular tabloid newspaper that promoted and reviewed the programming at the Cultural House.

This dynamic community created a wonderful energy and  cultural buzz in East London. Local arts photographers were an important part of the life of an exhibit. All the exhibitions at the ECH were photographed in order to document the exhibit. In addition to the list below, members of the ECH board documented exhibitions or contributed photographic works to group exhibitions, including Ron Benner, Wyn Geleynse, Jamelie Hassan and Gerard Pas. These photos were often published in the ECH tabloid.

  1. Isaac Applebaum
  2. David Buchan
  3. David Clarkson
  4. Stan Denniston
  5. Robert Frechette
  6. Fern Helfand
  7. Suzy Lake
  8. George Legrady
  9. Peter MacCallum
  10. Ian MacEachern
  11. Margaret Randall
  12. Victor Rendon
  13. Martha Rosler
  14. Jayce Salloum
  15. Roland Schubert
  16. Cheryl Simon
  17. John Tamblyn  (1947 - 2012)
  18. Don Vincent (1932-1993)

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TYSON HALLER
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ROLAND SCHUBERT
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SUZY LAKE
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JOHN TAMBLYN
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GEORGE LEGRADY
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JAYCE SALLOUM


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

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