THIS IS PARADISE / Place as state of mind:The Cameron Public House and 1980s Toronto
June 25 – August 21
THIS IS PARADISE / Place as state of mind:The Cameron Public House and 1980s Toronto
June 25 – August 21
By Rae Johnson
Upon opening its doors under the new ownership in October 1981, the Cameron became a magnet for the most talented and ambitious in the ‘hood. It came together as a kind of social experiment in the form of a hotel, similar to hotels like the Chelsea in New York, but fundamentally different in that it’s reason d’etre from the beginning wasn’t to sell beer and collect rent, but to provide a place for Culture.
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
Opening Celebration and reception:
June 24, Friday 8-11pm
Many of the key players Rae Johnson and Herb Tookey, Napoleon Brousseau, Donna Lipchuk, Andy Fabo, Jennifer Dean, Evan Penny, John Scott and many more were present at the grand opening