“The ideals of TMC coalesce in this event which transforms identical white hats into individual expressions of social comment, identity, and sense of place.”
Tip Your Hat To Dreams 2015
July 2nd to July 26th, 2015
Loft 112
#112 - 535, 8 Avenue SE
Over the past years This is My City (TMC) has produced some wonderful works of art. Now you get a chance to buy them!
All the proceeds of the sale of these artworks support TMC programming with marginalized individuals and communities.
The exhibit showcases the original, wearable hats made by professional Calgary artists to wear during Stampede and beyond. It also features stunning handmade decorative quilts that reflect themes of sleep and dreams.
Tip Your Hat to Dreams! is a celebration of our Calgary home. We hope to see you there!
It all started in 2009 with Reg Knelson, back when he was a resident of the Calgary Drop-In Centre and one of the original This is My City (TMC) workshop participants.
His idea - to have artists create artworks out of cowboy hats that would be sold to the public - captured what TMC is all about.
Tip Your Hat invites diverse artists to make works of art that express unique stories and uses them to then engage a broad spectrum of people in dialogue.
As the hats are bought, worn, and displayed, they continue to tell their stories in even wider circles.