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Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge, "Carole’s Garden", 2021

Carol Condé and Karl Beveridge's work, “Carole's Garden" is an original work that was created by the artist duo for the online group exhibition  “Pandemic Gardens." It was then featured on the front cover of the exhibition catalogue, purchased by Museum London, London, ON, and hung in the National Gallery, Ottawa, ON, in celebration of Carole and Karl being awarded the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2022. 

Pandemic Gardens:
Resilience Through Nature
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​Exhibition Catalogue

Pandemic Gardens: Resilience Through Nature was the first online Embassy Cultural House exhibition of 2022. An international group exhibition organized by Ron Benner and Rachel MacGillivray, with the assistance of JoAnna Weil, Jamelie Hassan, and Olivia Mossuto. 

The exhibition catalogue highlights 49 contributions by 53 artists, gardeners, and nature enthusiasts. Pandemic Gardens presents the diverse ways in which people have engaged with gardens and nature during the COVID-19 pandemic. In many ways, it is an ode to the complex relationships and connections that have developed through a state of lockdown and isolation.

Contributors to Pandemic Gardens include: Jessie Amery, Ron Benner, Anthea Black, Carole Condé / ​Karl Beveridge, Stephen Cruise, Patricia Deadman, Holly English, Marnie Fleming, Mireya Folch-Serra, Richelle Forsey, Fatima Garzan, Rebecca Gimmi, Jamelie Hassan, Fern Helfand, Lisa Hirmer, SF Ho, Martyn Judson, Iraboty Kazi, Christina Kingsbury, Yam Lau, Michelle Corrine Liu, Miriam Love, Martha MacGillivray, Rachel Anne MacGillivray, Josh Mazza, Ashar Mobeen, Catherine Morrisey, Olivia Mossuto, Kim Neudorf, Justine Richardson, Jennifer Rudder, Judith Rodger, Jayce Salloum, Roland Schubert, Sandra Semchuk, Geordie Shepherd, Gabriella Solti, Vera Tamari, Jeff Thomas, Larry Towell, Dot Tuer / Alberto Gomez, Zainub Verjee, Catherine Villar, JoAnna Weil, Stephanie White, Ryan Whyte, Jade Williamson, Winsom Winsom and BH Yael.



EDITORIAL TEAM

ONLINE FOUNDING EDITOR
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,
Diana Tamblyn, and Lucas Stenning 

COORDINATING EDITORS
Olivia Mossuto & 
Mireya Seymour

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Blessy Augustine, Anahí González, Jared Hendricks-Polack, Jessica Irene Joyce, Ira Kazi, Shelley Kopp, Jenna Rose Sands, and Michelle Wilson. 

VIRTUAL TOUR
Andreas Buchwaldt

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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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