Grandmothers’ art sale such a hit, it’s going on the road
To the editor: Art from the Attic, a gigantic art sale held Saturday at the Parkinson Recreation Centre by Kelowna Grandmothers for Africa could as easily have been called Gems from the Attic.
As customers looked over hundreds of art pieces, they discovered all sizes and styles at bargain prices.
Well-known local artists’ works, including Fosbery, Needham, Bell, Tomlinson, Dawson, Harris and many more, were quickly purchased with smiling faces.
Celebrating 10 years of creating awareness and fundraising for African grandmothers responsible for their grandchildren orphaned by AIDS, the Penticton and Osoyoos Grandmothers’ groups are taking Kelowna Grandmothers’ Art from the Attic on the road.
If you missed the sale in Kelowna, you can catch up with this travelling art sale on the Shatford Centre lawn in Penticton at 760 Main St, Friday from 1 to 4 pm.
From Penticton, the art will continue south and be sold at sales later in the year further supporting the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign.
In 2006 as the World AIDS conference was being held in Toronto, the Stephen Lewis Foundation brought 100 African grandmothers to Toronto. Hearing of this, 200 Canadian grandmothers met with their African sisters and were moved by their stories of loss and grief. A bond was formed. The Canadian grandmothers stood with African grandmothers, vowing “not to rest until you can rest.”
Today 10,000 Canadian grandmothers and grandothers carry the promise made in 2006 by those first grandmothers.
Kelowna Grandmothers for Africa thank their many volunteers, donors, sponsors and customers that helped make the event a wonderful success. Cheryl Fraser, Kelowna Grandmothers for Africa