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Throughout the months of February and March, the Embassy Cultural House will focus on our publications—and trees! On Sunday, February 25, 2024 from 11AM to 4PM, ECH is set to attend the Rock / Paper / Scissors Book & Print Fair at the Art Gallery of Guelph. The newest edition of the Embassy Cultural House tabloid will be available at our booth and has already been distributed throughout London and Toronto! Our work continues on the forthcoming anthology as well--An Alternative Cultural History of London, Ontario: Art and Activism. On Friday, March 1, 2024 at 1 PM EST, ECH will also launch our newest online exhibition, A Community of Trees, curated by ECH Contributing Editor Emmy Meredith with the assistance of Curatorial Advisors Ron Benner and Jamelie Hassan. We look forward to celebrating this event with a Zoom Launch - all who are interested are welcome. More information below! “A Community of Trees" Online Exhibition and Zoom Launch A Community of Trees Zoom Launch Friday, March 1, 2024 at 1:00 PM EST (10 AM PST / 2:30 PM NST) Contact [email protected] to RSVP Though it is not widespread knowledge, trees have the ability to communicate with each other through a variety of means. Their elaborate root systems contain fungi, which can send messages to nearby connected trees to warn of dangers or other predators. Just as humans function best when working together as a collective and a community, trees are best able to thrive when they are a part of a forest, connected to other trees. A Community of Trees will highlight the versatility of trees' existence and how they are an important and essential part of the ecosystem. This exhibition has been curated by ECH Contributing Editor Emmy Meredith, with the assistance of ECH Curatorial Advisors Ron Benner and Jamelie Hassan. Contributors to the exhibition include Maria Awaraji, José Bedia, Ron Benner, Marlene Creates, Patricia Deadman, Selwyn Dewdney, Richelle Forsey, Alexis Green, Jamelie Hassan, Fern Helfand, Lisa Hirmer, Penn Kemp, Miriam Love, Don McKay, Emmy Meredith, Catherine Morrisey, David Merritt, Olivia Mossuto, Monica Joy, Judith Rodger, Roland Schubert, Ashley Snook, Heather Steinhagen, Diana Tamblyn, and Larry Towell. To join the event on Friday, March 1, please email the Embassy Cultural House for the Zoom link required for the launch. Embassy Cultural House Tabloid: February 2024—Now Available The most recent ECH tabloid at Art Metropole. Photo credit: Olivia Mossuto The February 2024 edition of the Embassy Cultural House tabloid documents the ECH’s programming from January 2023 to January 2024, in addition to works, writings, and news from the local arts community in London, Ontario, and the ECH community abroad. This edition includes a reprint of Wanda Nanibush's 2016 article About Land, tributes to Tom Hill and Raymond Moriyama, an essay on the RI 9 Space of Memory in Corrientes, Argentina, by Dot Tuer and Alberto Gomez, a recipe for risotto, and more. Locations where you may or may not find the tabloid include Museum London, Colour by Schubert, Covent Garden Market, Jill's Table, Western University's Visual Arts Department, Locomotive Espresso (Pall Mall location), The Bag Lady, and The Framing and Art Centre. While quantities last! To receive a free copy of this tabloid, please contact [email protected]. PS Guelph's Annual Rock / Paper / Scissors |
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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. VIRTUAL TOUR Andreas Buchwaldt |
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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.
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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.
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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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.