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In this episode, Qanita Lilla talks with the celebrated artist Jamelie Hassan about growing up as a first generation Arab Canadian. Hassan talks about how, with her parent’s encouragement, she traversed continents to study art and to find her creative voice. She also does not separate the role of her community from founding the artist-run centre, Embassy Cultural House in London Ontario. And neither does she preclude the valuable, life-long contribution of her beloved life-partner and artist, Ron Benner.
Jamelie Hassan is a visual artist and social justice activist based in London, Ontario, an area subject to the Dish with One Spoon Wampum and other treaties. Her maternal grandfather and her father travelled from mountain villages in Lebanon to North America in the early 1900’s fleeing Turkish military conscription and the First World War. After her high school studies Jamelie Hassan travelled to Rome, Italy (1967) and Beirut (1968) where she studied art. Since the 1970s she has exhibited widely in Canada and internationally and her works are included in major public collections. The recipient of numerous awards, including the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2001, she received an honorary degree from OCAD University, Toronto in 2018 and in 2023 an honorary degree from Western University, London, Ontario. She is co-editor with Ron Benner of the anthology An Alternative Cultural History of London, Ontario: Art & Activism published by the Embassy Cultural House, London, Ontario in 2024.
With Opened Mouths: The Podcast is produced by Agnes Etherington Art Centre in partnership with Queen’s University’s campus radio station, CFRC 101.9 FM.
Hosted by Qanita Lilla
Produced by Danuta Sierhuis
Episodes are edited and mixed by Chancelor Maracle, CFRC 101.9 FM
Original music by Jameel3DN, produced by Elroy “EC3” Cox III and commissioned by Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 2021
The graphic for the podcast is created by Vincent Perez
Recorded at Radio Western 94.9 FM
Distributed by CFRC 101.9 FM, Queen’s University and Radio Western 94.9 FM
Season four of With Opened Mouths: The Podcast is supported by the Inclusive Community Fund at Queen’s University, the Jackman Humanities Institute University of Toronto, Radio Western and the Justin and Elisabeth Lang Fund.
