Border Crossings Magazine

Winnipeg – PARADISE LOST AND FOUND, Border Crossings’ biennial fundraising gala took place Friday, February 29, and was a great success!

We would like to express our sincerest thanks to all of the artists who donated works and patrons who purchased work.

We are grateful for the support of our generous sponsors: Treena Hastings & Don White, Winnipeg Building & Decorating Ltd., Transcontinental, Michael Nesbitt, McNally Robinson Booksellers, Great-West Life Assurance Company, and Embassy Graphics.

We would also like to thank our supporters: William M. G. Mahon, Smith Carter Architects and Engineers Incorporated, Beyond Flowers, Warehouse Artworks, Norma Lachance Costumes, and the Fort Garry.

See a pdf poster listing of our sponsors and supporters here:

Sponsors Poster (download pdf)

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See the Winnipeg Free Press story here:

www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/story/4135560p-4727551c.html

Free Press story (download pdf)

Images from PARADISE LOST AND FOUND

Photographs by Bill Eakin

A Murder of Crows: Border Crossings staff, from left to right: Joanne Bristol,
crys cole, Petra Reynolds, Meeka Walsh, Hazel George-Saito, Robert Enright.



Gala sponsor Holly McNally (second from right) and colleagues



Artists Paul Robles and Catherine Macdonald



Guests enjoying a gourmet dinner



London gallerist Michael Gibson and artist Wanda Koop



Guests participating in the art auction



WSO Maestro Alexander Mickelthwate



Border Crossings’ Board Chair Diana Thorneycroft leads auction volunteers



Border Crossings’  Contributing Editor Robert Enright and Editor Meeka Walsh



Artist Dominique Rey and architect Lancelot Coar



Guests enjoying the sumptuous Fort Garry desserts

About PARADISE LOST AND FOUND

Media Release, February 20, 2008 (scroll down to view images of artworks)

Since its inception, Border Crossings magazine has been holding lavish fundraising events, and this year will be no exception. Taking place in the Hotel Fort Garry 7th floor ballrooms, Paradise Lost and Found will delight guests with a scrumptious meal (complete with chocolate fountain), an art auction that, in true Winnipeg fashion, will offer gorgeous works from internationally renowned artists like Guy Maddin, Paul Butler, Wanda Koop, Aganetha Dyck, the Royal Art Lodge, Diana Thorneycroft, Sarah Anne Johnson, Andrew Valko, Don Reichert, Eduardo Aquino & Karen Shanski, Natalka Husar, Noam Gonick & Luis Jacob, Shaun Morin, Mélanie Rocan, Paul Robles, Erica Eyres, Richard Hines and Jason McLean & Mark DeLong at the rock bottom price of $350. The event also features sublime music by Vancouver-based DJ highstrung, so you can let loose and dance the night away.

“The community has always responded in such a positive and generous manner…” says Border Crossings’ editor Meeka Walsh. “Since this marks the beginning of our 27th year of publishing I know the response will be equally enthusiastic - the event has the reputation for being the party of the year, so the evening - as it always is - will be sold out.”

Tickets for this stellar event are $75 (with a $35 tax receipt available) and include dinner, art viewing, art auction, and dancing to cap off a night that will make you feel as if you truly are in paradise.

There are legends in the West, and Border Crossings’ biennial fundraising party is one of them. It is truly a seventh heaven – an exciting and much-anticipated event in the local community and one of the city’s best parties. Who wouldn’t want to be there?

Produced in Winnipeg and edited by Meeka Walsh, Border Crossings is an award – winning quarterly magazine of the arts.

Wanda Koop, Brilliant green ground (orange forest - figures),
from "Deep Bay" series, 30.5 x 40.6 cm, acrylic on panel board, 2007.

Paul Robles, "Untitled" (And the Ass saw the Angel),
38 x 38 cm, cut-paper coated with MSG & Sugar, 2008.

Diana Thorneycroft, Beach Paradise (almost drowned) Lost and Found,
Chromira colour photograph, 56 x 43 cm, 2008.

Paul Butler, untitled from "World Without Fashion" series,
46 x 40 cm, collage, 2007.

Natalka Husar, Dark Angel, oil on linen, 18 x 13 cm, 2008.

 

Noam Gonick & Luis Jacob, untitled from "Wildflowers of
Manitoba" photo edition, 36 x 28 cm, 2007.

 

Jason McLean & Mark DeLong, Peanut Free, inkjet and
acrylic ink on paper, 28 x 21 cm, 2008.

 

Shaun Morin, Golden Staircase, acrylic on paper, 36 x 31 cm, 2006.

 
Richard Hines, View Over North-West Arm, Halifax (I & II),
black and white contact print diptych, 25.4 x 40.6 cm, 2007.

 

Erica Eyres, Paradise Beach, ballpoint pen on paper, 47 x 29 cm, 2008.