A Fragile World art auction organisers Belinda Pilcher (left), Melanie Forrest, Lynne Vinsen, Sarah Bartley and Katie Brown with Emma Camden's glass work Cross.
A Fragile World art auction organisers Belinda Pilcher (left), Melanie Forrest, Lynne Vinsen, Sarah Bartley and Katie Brown with Emma Camden's glass work Cross.
A collection of artists is teaming up with the Whanganui Cancer Society for a charity art auction.
A Fragile World Art Auction is on Saturday, March 14, during the opening weekend of the 25th annual Whanganui Artists Open Studios event.
Attendees will enjoy an evening of live music, food anddrink, and the opportunity to buy a selection of works from 16 artists connected to Whanganui.
All proceeds will be donated to the Whanganui Cancer Society.
“We are just going to have a fabulous art auction,” event organiser and glass artist Katie Brown said.
“We have Gary Nash, who’s one of the granddaddies of glassblowing in New Zealand.”
Emma Camden's glass work "Cross" will be for sale at A Fragile World charity art auction on March 14 in support of the Whanganui Cancer Society. Photo / Gemma Bartley
One of New Zealand’s leading glass artists, Emma Camden, has contributed work, along with New Zealand Glassworks manager Madeline Prowd, former Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics owner and operator Rick Rudd, and ceramicist Angela Tier.
Other artists with pieces on offer are Nicholas Toyne, Jodi Clark, Paul Maseyk, Leonie Sharp, Dominic Burrell, Pam Bell, Kirsty Winton, Adrian Rumney and Greg Swinburne.
She said the overlap with Whanganui Artists Open Studios, as it celebrated its 25th year, would bring “a real hum with the arts” and she hoped this would help the fundraising efforts.
“We have all these out-of-towners coming ... collectors and art enthusiasts from all over New Zealand.
“[It is a] perfect time to have an evening to celebrate what we’ve got in our community.”
Brown regularly collaborates with charitable organisations to connect them with the Whanganui art community.
“I’m just really passionate about giving back to community,” she said.
“And I just think this is a great way to do it with art and community and getting people together.”
