Author: Donalda Fridfinnson
27 Jul 2023 Art From the Attic Raffle
2023 AFTA Raffle Prize Winners First prize: Spirit Bowl won by Kathy Ramsay (ticket #0155) Second prize: Stained glass panel won by Bev Suek (ticket #0066) Third prize: Lap quilt and quilt ladder won by Tammie Mclean (ticket #0505) Than you to everyone who bought tickets. Ticket sales offset...
27 Jul 2023 Art From the Attic
Getting ready! Summer 2023 at St. Vital Centre. Happy to be receiving all the wonderful donated art! Setting up for AFTA - Thank you volunteers! AFTA Sale Day and Take Down - Thank you shoppers and volunteers! ...
27 Jul Art From the Attic 2023 Sponsors and Supporters
For helping with the many administrative costs so that more of the art sale revenues go to help the African grandmothers, THANK YOU. For allowing people to drop off donated art at their Century St. location, THANK YOU! For providing fence panels to display all the wonderful...
19 Jun AFTA 2022 Raffle Tickets Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the year's Art From the Attic raffle winners: First Prize - Claudia Kuryk-Surray (#477) won an assortment of six bottles of wine plus a gift certificate in the amount equivalent to a three month subscription to the Cheese Mongers. If the...
10 Mar SLF Supported Projects
The Stephen Lewis Foundation has partnered with 325 community-based organizations on more than 1,800 initiatives in the 15 countries that have been hardest hit by the AIDS pandemic in Africa. We partner with organizations who work in six key areas. HEAL AfricaMothers of the Nation Project...
01 Mar Welcome to our Treasure Stories
We, as volunteers for Art From the Attic love interacting with our customers as they queue up early for the "best" deals or leisurely browse the aisles and bins looking for that special something that "speaks" to them. We also love to hear and see...
01 Mar Treasure Story 8 – Repeat customer always finds something special at Art From the Attic
Michael Wasyllin, a lawyer practicing out of a beautiful historic brick building that used to the Beausejour Post Office, has been at all five Art From the Attic sales. Michael is an art enthusiast and collector of Indigenous art. Recently, Michael invited me out to Beausejour to chat...
01 Mar Treasure Story 7 – Tasteful Elegance (at a bargain price)
This beautiful abstract original watercolour on the left found a home on this mantle. It was a steal at $20! ...
01 Mar Treasure Story 6 – The Little Watercolour That Spoke From an Art From The Attic 2019 Table
This year for the first time, Art From the Attic (AFTA) had a “two for one” sale at the end of the day. A buyer came through with two $10 pieces including this watercolour shown. It was in a black frame, signed “Jo Ott” and...