Hear a Festival Story featuring Reg Knelson, artist, past TMC board member and former Drop-In Centre client. Originally aired on the Calgary Eye Opener, February 28, 2012.
THIS IS MY CITY
"The project is important because it ... facilitates communication and encourages people to become part of a larger community – to see themselves as something other than homeless ... part of a larger artistic community."
Save the Date!
Tip Your Hat 2012
Live and Silent Auction of
Artistically Altered Cowboy Hats
Saturday July 7, 1-3 pm
DaDe Art & Design Lab
1327-9 Ave SE, Calgary AB
Proceeds support This is My City Art Society’s programming with those who have experience of, or are at risk of, homelessness.
BACKGROUND
This is My City was a project initiated by The City of Calgary, Arts & Culture, which provided Calgary’s homeless community with increased opportunities for creative expression and engaged Calgarians in a dialogue about the issues surrounding homelessness and the place of art and culture in society today. The City of Calgary, Arts & Culture, has worked extensively with This is My City, (TMC) which is now a not-for-profit society that picks up where the original program left off. Many members of the artist-mentor team combined their talents and vision to take TMC to the next step through the creation of This Is My City Art Society, so that it might continue to grow and share this work with all Calgarians.
