The Hospice Whanganui Christmas Markets are at the Whanganui Racecourse on Sunday, December 18, from 2 to 8pm.
Among the stallholders is glass artist David Traub, who has also donated a valuable piece of glass art to be included in the Christmas Market Bauble Raffle.
David has been making glass for almost 50 years. "I've moved away from full-time blowing to fusing and slumping," he says. His contribution is a colourful example of that type of work.
"It's always exciting to have local artists come on board and provide a different opportunity for them to showcase some of their work before Christmas and in the lead-up to Artists Open Studios," says Kelly Scarrow, in charge of fundraising, communications and marketing for Hospice Whanganui.
"In conjunction with David's contribution, a number of other stallholders have contributed towards this raffle. It's showcasing the work of some of the stallholders with the feature artist being David Traub."
"You have to do something for the community you live in," says David. "There are probably 30 or 40 good opportunities to contribute to things around town and it's really hard to make a decision. My decision was based on the fact that we have a very close friend who passed away ... and Hospice made the last eight to 10 months of her life more bearable. That's something I felt strongly about."
