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Presentations & Performances ​1983-1990

1983
  • Stephen Webb, Cabaret Magic, May 28
  • Matthew Teitelbaum, Whose side are you on anyway? The Curatorial Question, May 31
  • Spring Hurlbut, slide presentation of her work, June 15
  • The Other London Review, Poets, Performance Dance and Music, organized by Frank Rogue, June 21
  • David Lindsay, slide presentation of his recent trip to Spain and Portugal, June 28
  • Robert McKaskell, reading from small words, Street Actions and Subway Entertainments and Teaching Stories, July 13
  • David Donnell, poetry reading, July 26
  • Isaac Applebaum, David Clarkson, Stan Denniston, Peter MacCallum and Jayce Salloum, documentation of the exhibition Alternate Photography (curated by Rick Rhodes), September 10
  • Jan Figurisk, Poetry Reading, September 13
  • Bob Bozak, slide presentation of a recent trip to Poland, September 22
  • A Performance: The Dadaistic Rebirth of Creative Adventurism Using Somewhat Surrealistic Means Abstractly Displayed with a Touch of Jazz and the Taste of Kinetic & Poptimistic Futurism, with Herman B., Steve Godin, Geoff Johnson, Gaetan La Belle and Dixie Permezel, November 23 and 24
  • International Dance Night (Proceeds to London International Folk Dance Experience), December 16
  • Christmas Dinner, with trees and decorations by Stephen Best, Nicole Collins, Michael Davidson, Oliver Girling, Jamelie Hassan, Spring Hurlbut, Kim Moodie, Lotus Why and Irene Xanthos, December 22
 
1984
  • Goldie Rans, 5 Waves of London Artists, Slides and Conclusions, January 24
  • Valentines Party, February 11
  • Chromaliving, slide presentation of the exhibition by Andy Fabo and Tim Jocelyn, February 21
  • An evening of poetry for International Woman’s Day with readings by Mary di Michele, Elizabeth Harper, Susan Glickman and Colleen Thibaudeau, March 7
  • An Evening with Arlene Mantle for International Woman’s Day, March 9
  • Dance Party with music by Janet Fury and the Furettes and comedy by Renee Molly for International Woman’s Day, March 10
  • Dave Benner, Three Years in Hyderabad, India, slide lecture, October 3
  • Victor Rendon, Mayan Sites of Yucatan, Mexico, slide lecture, October 17

1985
  • Sweetheart Party, with live music, February 14
  • Discussion: Collective Action, Greg Curnoe, Thelma Rosner (CAR London), Stan Denniston (Artists’ Union Toronto), May 16
 
1989
  • Chris Dewdney, Landscape Reading at the Coves, September 17
  • Charles Merewether, Slide Lecture on Contemporary Latin American Art, December 5

1990
  • Siting Resistance: Jamila Ismail, Lee Maracle and Lilian Allen, Poetry Reading, organized by Jamelie Hassan, September 9
  • Siting Resistance: Lillian Allen and the Revolutionary Tea Party, organized by Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner with the support of Gerry Collins and the Forest City Gallery, September 9
 


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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