Your Town is Our Town

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Exhibition
Your Town is Our Town
Captivating streetscapes of an evolving city, frozen in time
by Calgary’s top editorial photographers
March 25th–June 14th, 2015
Calgary, AB. – March 24th, 2015 – You probably follow the same routine
everyday, take the same route to work, and generally do not think about these
experiences as anything worthy of being rediscovered. Yet sometimes, the most
ordinary moments can lead to creative magic. In Your Town is Our Town, 11 of
Calgary’s top editorial photographers capture Calgary landmarks and streets in
ways you have never seen before.
This exhibition will make you stop and see Calgary as it is, an evolving, vibrant
city full of wonder and magic. Curated by Shelley Youngblut, an award-winning
journalist and creator of Swerve, this exhibition is a remarkable collection of
images that give you a strong sense of an interesting Calgary.
No stranger to being a cultural and social hub for local conversation, the
historically grounded Lougheed House continues this tradition through Your
Town is Our Town, an exhibition featuring 20 photographs that captured the
here and now in one space. We invite you, as a Calgarian, to take a moment
and step into this timeless gallery and connect with these photographs that
capture our changing city.
Featured Photographers:
Randy Gibson
Leah Hennel
Todd Korol
Andy Nichols
Bryce Meyer
Brent Mykytyshyn
Marc Rimmer
KerianneSproule
Heather Saitz
George Webber
Daniel Wood
A 10-year celebration:
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Lougheed House being open to the
public, as well as the 10th anniversary of Swerve Calgary, the city’s relevant,
resonant and relentlessly local magazine, covering local art, entertainment and
cultural scene.
This exhibition captures the remarkable photography featured in Swerve’s Our
Town, the popular last page that highlighted Calgary’s evolving landscape.
Free Opening Reception in the Lougheed House Gallery
The public is invited to the free opening reception on Friday, March 27th from
5:30-7:30 p.m. with the photographers and curator, Shelley Youngblut. There will
be a cash bar.
Regular admission prices
$8.50 Adult
$6.50 Seniors & Students
$5.00 Children 6-12
$25.00 Families
Children under 6 are admitted free of charge
Lougheed House is at 707 - 13 Avenue SW Calgary, AB T2R 0K8 and is open
Wednesday - Friday, 11:00 am to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Phone (403) 244-6333
[email protected]
www.lougheedhouse.com
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Lougheed House
Built in 1891 for James and Isabella Lougheed and their growing family, historic
Lougheed House is a 14,000 square-foot sandstone prairie mansion with
extensive gardens on 2.8 acres in Calgary’s beltline community. One of the
finest residences in Canada’s northwest and the political and social hub of fastgrowing Calgary until 1938, Lougheed House is now a National and Provincial
Historic Site and Museum run by the Lougheed House Conservation Society.
Subject to availability, historic interpreters are available to give guided tours.
Self- guided and audio tours are always available.
The Restaurant at Lougheed House serves lunch Wednesday - Sunday, 11:00 2:00 p.m., and brunch, Saturday and Sundays only, 10:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Gardens
Our 2.8-acre Gardens are open daily from 7:00 a.m. until sundown.
Media Inquiries:
Catrinel Popescu
(403)966-5571
[email protected]