MEXICO CULTURAL EXCHANGE
This digital project is meant to document many of the historical connections between London, Ontario, and Mexico. One of the earliest contemporary connection was when Duncan deKergomeaux travelled to San Miguel in 1958 on a Canada Council grant. ECH co-founders Ron Benner & Jamelie Hassan have had, over the years different connections with Mexico, as have many cultural workers & activists base in London. One exchange was with three artists in Merida, Mexico. Ron & Jamelie did solo exhibitions in Merida. In the early 1980's, Jamelie frequently visited the Casa de Montejo - while it was still in the hands of the family & was given permission to do some watercolours inside the house. Most recently Jamelie and Ron were based in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2012 and 2013 when they did their first exhibition together.
Oaxaca, Mexico
Photo credit for all the above photos: Marnie Fleming
A Garden of Resistance
A Garden of Resistance |
Interncambio/exchange
Interncambio/exchange |
Tribute to Francisco Toledo
Paulina in Oaxaca provided the following update regarding this poster of Toledo produced by the graphics collective Gran OM. Sensational posters! Here is the catalogue. |
Work by Ron Benner as a tribute to Francisco Toledo. The work showed at Artspace in Peterborough. It was a group exhibition curated by William Kingfisher. Title of exhibition: enawendewin/relationships. Nov. 1 - Dec. 14, 2019. Ron Benner also did a corn roast. The exhibition included work by Anong Megwans Beam, Lisa Myers, David Deleary and Jennifer Cole and a performance by Kingfisher and gardens of First Nations plants throughout the city. |