Events
Book Launch
On November 4, 2017, Powered by Love: A Grandmothers’ Movement to End AIDS in Africa was launched at McNally Robinson Booksellers. In attendance were African Grandmothers Gladys Mayaba and Daisy Mapheele of Grandmothers Against Poverty and AIDS (GAPA) Cape Town, South Africa, SLF staff members Jonea Agwa (Grandmother Campaign Officer for the Manitoba Region) and Ida Nambeya Mukuka of Zambia (Senior Advisor to the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign) and Joanna Henry, the book’s author.
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...
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 -...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...