
from left: Jearld Moldenhauer, Joey, Amerigo Marras, Donald Suber Corley. Aug. 20, 1972. First Gay Picnic, Hanlan’s Point. Picture by Charlie Dobie

In late 1970 I (Jearld Moldenhauer) moved in with Amerigo Marras and Donald Suber Corley (pictured here), into their 65 Kendal Avenue apartment. It is this address that served as both the initial home for Glad Day Bookshop and The Body Politic. Amerigo’s artwork adorned several pages of the first issues of the The Body Politic. Don and Amerigo bought a house at 4 Kensington Avenue in the Market area and allowed the early gay movement to use a shed behind the house as a separate space for both The Body Politic and Glad Day Bookshop. (Photo by Jearld Moldenhauer from www.jearldmoldenhauer.com)
Kensington Arts Association, October 1975 (4 Kensington)
CEAC (Centre for Experimental Arts and Communication), December 1975
CEAC, January-Feb 1976 (86 John Street)
CEAC, March 1976 (86 John Street)
CEAC, May 1976 schedule, and poster for John Faichney’s performance Momenting (86 John Street)
CEAC, May 1976 (86 John Street)

Missing Associates (Peter Dudar and Lily Eng) in performance, March 1976
Kensington Arts Association, 86 John Street
May 1976. Steve Reich and Peter Dudar. Steve Reich and musicians played at a CEAC event at Convocation Hall, May 2, 1976
CEAC’s new location, July 1976 (15 Duncan)![]() ![]() ![]() |
CEAC, Opening night, September 18, 1976 (15 Duncan)
CEAC, October 1976 schedule (15 Duncan)
CEAC, October 1976, first Canadian performance art tour in Europe. Lily Eng, Amerigo Marras, John Faichney, Ron Gillespie (behind John), Peter Dudar.
CEAC, October 1976 (15 Duncan)
CEAC, November 1976 (15 Duncan)

Crash Points by Missing Associates (pictured: Peter Dudar and Linda Eng, assisted by Lily Eng and Bruce Eves.
Michael Snow and Paul Sharits are seated on the right, foreground.
CEAC, February 1977 (15 Duncan)
CEAC, performances in New York, Franklin Furnace (Feb. 27), Pier 52 (March 24)
CEAC, March 1977 (15 Duncan)
May/June 1977 CEAC Performances/Seminars in England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Italy
Crash ‘n’ Burn, Toronto’s first punk club, opened in the basement of the CEAC, July/August 1977, 15 Duncan Street
Fashion Burn, July 1977
September 8-16, 1977 CEAC at Joseph Beuys’ Violence and Behaviour Workshop at Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany

Joseph Beuys (standing near ladder with hat), Bruce Eves (videotaping), Amerigo Marras (standing, centre left), Lily Eng (subject of taping, offscreen)
The Funnel’s first film screenings (in the basement of CEAC), October 1977 (15 Duncan)
CEAC, Art Communication Edition 8 was a 6 page magazine with a 45″ vinyl RAW/WAR released on Crash ‘n’ Burn Records October 1977 (15 Duncan)
CEAC, October 1977 (15 Duncan)
December 1977
December 1977
Amerigo Marras, Nam June Paik and John Baldessari at the IX International Video Encounter at the University of Mexico. Photos by Saul Goldman
CEAC School January/February 1978, 15 Duncan Street
April/May 1978. 5 Polemics to the Notion of Anthropology, 15 Duncan Street
June 1978, final European performance art tour (shows in Kagreb, Yugoslavia)
Amerigo Marras at CEAC, 15 Duncan Street
Bruce Eves and Amerigo Marras at CEAC, 15 Duncan Street
Bruce Eves at CEAC, 15 Duncan Street
Diane Boadway at CEAC, 15 Duncan Street
Peter Dudar at CEAC, 15 Duncan Street
Suber Corley at CEAC, 15 Duncan Street
December 27, 1983 Postcard from Amerigo Marras to Mr+Mrs. Saul Goldman

Ron Giii, Peter Dudar, Lily Eng, Diane Boadway, Philip Monk, CEAC Panel 1, Art Gallery of York University, Nov. 2014. Photo by Coman Poon

John Faichney, Peter Dudar, Bruce Eves, Diane Boadway, Dot Tuer, CEAC Panel 2, AGYU, November 2014. Photo by Coman Poon.

Is Toronto Burning? 1977-79 Three Years in the Making (and Unmaking) of the Toronto Art Scene, Art Gallery of York University Sept. 17-Dec. 7, 2014. Curator Philip Monk. Photo by Coman Poon

Is Toronto Burning? 1977-79 Three Years in the Making (and Unmaking) of the Toronto Art Scene, Art Gallery of York University Sept. 17-Dec. 7, 2014. Curator Philip Monk. Photo by Coman Poon