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Embassy Commons project announced

6/30/2020

Indwell's architectural image of Embassy Commons, 2020

Exciting news - Indwell's new affordable housing project on the site of the old Embassy Hotel (744 Dundas Street) has been named the "Embassy Commons" in tribute to the location’s past history. One of my watercolours from the Embassy Hotel series commissioned by my sister and former owner Helen Haller in 1978 - which she donated to the collection of Museum London in the summer of 2019 - will be featured on one of the facade walls of the building. The new name was officially announced at the Hope@Home Virtual Gala on June 12. Hassan Law was a sponsor of this event. For more information, please go to Indwell's page on the the project.

Embassy at Nite, 1978

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Residential Schools Land Memory Atlas launched

6/23/2020

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Quill Boxes from Mnidoo Mnising exhibit, 2018, collection CUAG. Photo credit: Jamelie Hassan

Jeff Thomas, 2019 recipient of the Governor General's Award in Visual & Media Arts, NGC, Ottawa, with Jamelie Hassan. Photo credit: Tariq Gordon

This innovative and timely mapping project has been launched with contributions by visual artist, writer and curator Jeff Thomas. Jeff is Indigenous curator in residence at Museum London awarded through a grant from the Ontario Arts Council.

Jeff is co-curator with Patrick Mahon of the “GardenShip and State” Project upcoming in September 2021 at Museum London.
Over the years I have been involved in numerous projects with Jeff and am so pleased that he will have a continuing connection with our community in London on the Deshkan Ziibi.

Congratulations to Jeff and all who have contributed to this Residential Schools Land Memory Atlas - working towards truth and reconciliation.

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Brown University establishes Mahmoud Darwish Chair in Palestinian Studies

6/18/2020

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Jamelie Hassan's 2009 survey exhibition title At the Far Edge of Words was inspired by a Mahmoud Darwish poem.

Thrilled to see that Brown University has established a faculty chair in Palestinian Studies named after Palestinian poet laureate Mahmoud Darwish, an icon of Palestinian and Arab literature. The chair is the first of its kind at a major research university. Professor Beshara Doumani has been appointed the first holder of the Mahmoud Darwish Chair in Palestinian Studies effective July 1, 2020. See the statement here.

The title of my 2009 survey exhibition, At the Far Edge of Words, was in tribute to Darwish, evoking a line from his poem, “I am from there.” The poem begins “I come from there and I remember” but concludes “I learned and dismantled all the words to construct a single one: Home.”
The survey exhibition included works over four decades of art-making.

The exhibition's publication was co-published by Museum London and the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia. The neon work Noon is in the collection of the Belkin Art Gallery.

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Sign the #BLM global solidarity statement!

6/16/2020

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Take the opportunity to sign the global solidarity statement with #BlackLivesMatter:
https://www.leadnow.ca/solidarity-statement-blm/

CARFAC Ontario has provided these resources. If you are able, please consider making a donation to a fundraiser or to an organization supporting the Black community. We share a few links here:

Groups and organizations:

Fundraisers:

Fund for Black-led mental health supports
For our members seeking help and support, here are a list of mental health and general wellness resources:
Across Boundaries- Providing mental health and addiction services for those in racialized communities
Warden Woods Community Centre- offers a COVID-19 support line
Women's Health in Women's Hands- A community health centre for racialized women
TAIBU Community Health Centre- Providing health care and related services for Black communities across the Greater Toronto Area, focusing on personalized care and wellness
Peer Counseling- Peer Counselling for Queer Black and/or Indigenous People of Colour (BIPOC)
Therapy For Black Girls- Resources for black women related to handling grief during COVID, reflections on mental health topics, and networks to connect to competent therapists
Coronavirus: grieving and isolation | Cruse Bereavement Care- Resource for mourning in isolation and dealing with bereavement in general.
Canada Suicide Prevention Service | Crisis Services Canada- Suicide prevention and support.

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10th annual UPwithART a huge success

6/14/2020

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Jamelie Hassan - Luxor, Egypt, 1989/2006 Print, Artist Proof

Great to see the 10th annual fundraiser UPwithART 2.0 raised $146,000. All proceeds will go directly towards the Unity Project's housing stability program and Museum London's children's education programming.

My donation, a digital print of a watercolour painting created on location in Luxor, Egypt, sold through the silent auction at above the appraised value. Thank you to everyone who supported this worthy cause!

This year the fundraiser was entirely online due to the health measures in place to stop the global pandemic. I am proud to have been a contributor to this project over the last ten years.

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Embassy Commons project announced

Residential Schools Land Memory Atlas launched

Brown University establishes Mahmoud Darwish Chair in Palestinian Studies

Sign the #BLM global solidarity statement!

10th annual UPwithART a huge success

Jamelie Hassan

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