Borderline Cafe, Shop & Gallery, Mae Sot, Thailand

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Borderline Café, Shop & Gallery Borderline is a Café, Shop & Gallery based in Mae Sot, Thailand. Borderline began with three women's organisations seeking to establish a shared marketing space for women from Burma (living along the Thai-Burma border) to sell their hand made items. The women's groups also hoped that by having a collectively managed market they would build their capacity for running income generation projects with the communities with which they work. In May 2004, the Borderline Women's Collective opened. (Read more) Borderline Gallery Artwork

IMAGES OF THE PAST

final-b.jpgOn Thursday 3rd December, Borderline gallery will open a solo exhibition of Burmese artist Saw Cu Cil entitled IMAGES OF THE PAST. This unique exhibition showcases his diverse portfolio of work, that explores both traditional images through a mixture of mediums and styles. From striking charcoal portraits to gentle watercolour landscapes, This is also an exhibition which is express about the nature of Burmese ethnic peoples , their daily lives.We as the viewer are invited to follow him through his personal artistic journey.

Please join us to enjoy the show and meet the artist at the opening reception taking place at our Gallery from 6:00pm to 9:00pm on Thursday 3d December. The exhibition will be on until 16 December 2009.

Complimentary Burmese refreshments will be provided by Borderline Tea Shop.

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“Lovely Package” for christmas and new year!

“support local women handicraft”

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Dear friends:
Thank you for supporting Borderline shop in 2009! At the end of this year, we want to invite you to join the Lovely Package season. During Christmas and New Year time, we welcome you to the Borderline shop to find some gifts for your family, good friends, work partner, lover, or a stranger you just met on the street corner.

Borderline also wants to thank you for your support in 2009. Therefore, we provide special selected items with a discount of 30%!

Thank you for your concern and help! Because of your support, Borderline shop can continue to support local women groups.

Best greeting!

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A wonderful exhibition “Pieces Of Burma”

new0.jpgOn Thursday 5th November, Borderline gallery will open a solo exhibition of Burmese artist Soe Win entitled Pieces Of Burma. This unique exhibition showcases his diverse portfolio of work, that explores about the nature and the tradition of Burmese people expressed by the two mediums of acrylic and watercolour. He will let you see the beauty and the nature of Burmese people with his lovely simple style. He also expressed that he is an artist who love colours and shown with his colourful pictures. we as the viewer are invited to follow him through his personal artistic journey.
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Please join us to enjoy the show and meet the artist at the opening reception taking place at our Gallery from 6:00pm to 9:00pm on Thursday 5th November. The exhibition will be on until 19 November 2009.

Complimentary Burmese refreshments will be provided by Borderline Tea Shop.

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The Tunnel Of Light

the-tunnel-of-light-invitat.jpgOn Thursday 1st October, Borderline Gallery will be opening the third solo show of works by Wunna Zaw.

One of our original member artists, Wunna Zaw has each year has produced a distinctive collection of paintings, each illustrating Burma from a different perspective.

In his latest exhibition, The Tunnel Of Light, bright slices of sunlight seep into each picture, creating a kaleidoscope that portrays his homeland as a place of vibrant colour, shadow and silhouette.

Please join us to enjoy the opening reception: 6.00pm to 9.00pm on Thursday 1st October. The exhibition will continue until 15th October 2009.

Delicious Burmese refreshments will be provided by the Borderline Tea Shop.

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Borderline 5th Anniversary Promotion

school-1.gifTo celebrate our 5th Anniversary Borderline has created a special promotion to support the wider Mae Sot community!
Over one hundred thousand Burmese migrants are thought to be living and working on the Thai-Burma border; often under poor conditions for little return.
It’s not just the migrants themselves that are vulnerable, but also their children, who are exposed to insufficient healthcare, clean water, food and the education necessary to not just survive, but to flourish.
Through the determined efforts of grass root Burmese Migrant Groups and other aid agencies many community based Burmese Migrant Schools have been formed; providing underprivileged children with access to basic education.
But even with this support, more is needed to ensure that these schools have the resources required to provide all the children with a strong foundation, with which to build them a brighter future.
This year we would like to play a part in this by supporting two schools projects and need your help to make them happen!

For each customer that spends over 1,000bt on products via the shop or mail order, Borderline will donate a sum of money - the higher the amount, the higher the donated amount!

Over the course of the promotion we hope to raise 15,000 Baht – 100% of which will be donated to providing the building materials required to renovate a school classroom for Thu Kah Han Thar School and also provide 100 School bags for all the children of Shwe Than Zin School.

All customers that take part in our promotion are encouraged to leave their email address so that Borderline can update you with the results of the projects at the end of the promotion.

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