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Embassy at Nite 1978/2023

417 English Street • London, Ontario N5W 3T4
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      417 English Street • London, Ontario N5W 3T4

      Jamelie Hassan’s Embassy at Nite 1978/2023, pays homage to the Embassy Hotel, where Indwell’s affordable housing complex, Embassy Commons, now occupies the site.

      The original painting of Embassy at Nite, 1978, is from a series of watercolours that were commissioned by the artist Jamelie Hassan’s sister Helen Haller, the former co-owner of the Embassy Hotel.


      Embassy at Nite 1978/2023 Mural located at the Embassy Commons on 417 English Street 

       

      ABOUT THE MURAL

      The original painting of Embassy at Nite, 1978, is from a series of watercolours that were commissioned by the artist Jamelie Hassan’s sister Helen Haller, the former co-owner of the Embassy Hotel (1978-2000). The series relates to the former Embassy Hotel and its environment, a duplex that their father Alex Hassan built in 1936. The original watercolour of Embassy at Nite was donated to Museum London by Helen Haller in 2019. A three-story digital reproduction of the mural was installed at the Embassy Commons in 2023.

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    About The Artist

    Jamelie Hassan, Doctor of Laws, Honoris causa (LLD), Western University, is a visual artist, independent curator, activist, lecturer and writer based in London, Ontario Since the 1970s, she has exhibited widely in Canada and internationally. In 1993, she received the “Canada 125” Medal for outstanding community service and in 2001 she was awarded the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts in recognition of her artistic achievements. She received an honorary doctorate in visual arts from OCAD University, Toronto in 2018. She is also one of the founders of two artist-run centres in London, Ontario – the Forest City Gallery and the Embassy Cultural House.

     

    Artistic Style

    Multi-disciplinary
     

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