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Judith Rodger​

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Judith Rodger is a writer, art historian, and freelance curator. She studied at McGill University, Montreal, where she received her BA in English and psychology. She continued her studies at the University of London, UK (postgraduate certificate in education), Western University, and the University of Toronto (MA). She began her career at Museum London (then the London Regional Art Gallery—LRAG), followed by the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the McIntosh Gallery at Western University. 

​Judith worked at LRAG during the Embassy Cultural House era and has been a long-time supporter of the arts in London. The first time she attended an event at the ECH was in 1983, when LRAG's curator of contemporary art Matthew Teitelbaum presented a lecture. She met Jamelie Hassan in 1970, when Hassan presented a work at the London Public Library and Art Museum (Museum London). More recently, she has been involved in an exhibition of Greg Curnoe’s work at the Art Gallery of Ontario that was also shown at Museum London. For the Art Canada Institute, she wrote the monograph Greg Curnoe: Life and Work. She is currently an adjunct professor in the Department of Visual Arts at Western University.

​Earth Day 2021: Stop Extinction! Restore the Earth

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​Judith Rodger, "Turtles on the Brink, Deshkan Zibi", digital photograph, 2017
​Judith Rodger, Turtles on the Brink, Deshkan Zibi, 2017

​Artist Statement: An Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle shares a log in central London, Ontario with two Northern Map Turtles, all three at risk. I have been working for over twenty years to preserve biodiversity in Southwestern Ontario, where wildlife and habitat are the most diverse, but also under the greatest threat in Canada. 

Selected published work​



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 Smoke, and Lucas Stenning 

COORDINATING EDITORS
Tariq Hassan Gordon & 
Olivia Mossuto

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Blessy Augustine, Anahí González, Jared Hendricks-Polack, Jessica Irene Joyce, Ira Kazi, 
Shelley Kopp, Jenna Rose Sands, Mireya Seymour, Venus Tsao, Diana Tamblyn, and 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. 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. 

The Embassy Cultural House gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the London Arts Council through the City of London's Community Arts Investment Program.
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The Embassy Cultural House is thankful for the mentorship program established by Western University's Visual Arts department and the continued support of the students and Faculty of Arts & Humanities.
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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

The Embassy Cultural House (ECH) 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.

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