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Creative Matters Podcast: Sue and Karen Gardiner - The Chartwell Trust

7 October 2024

Creative Matters Podcast host, Mandy Jakich, talks to Sue and Karen Gardiner as the Chartwell Collection celebrates the 50th anniversary of involvement with and support for the visual arts in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Karen and Sue discuss how the Chartwell Collection came to be, the importance of collecting and supporting contemporary art, and the impact of slow-looking. They also discuss Chartwell's outreach project, Squiggla, a tool that helps develop creative thinking through the power of mark making https://www.squiggla.org.

Sue shares some highlights of the Chartwell anniversary programme (March 2024 - March 2025) and Chartwell's hopes for the next 50 years!

About the Creative Matters Podcast

The Creative Matters Podcast celebrates the stories of artists and arts practitioners of Aotearoa: their personal journeys; their perspectives; their art practices and their unique creative processes - with a goal to inspire, educate, encourage creativity, document and archive Aotearoa New Zealand's social history.

Mandy Jakich has a background in education, art education and community arts and is a multi-media artist. She is the founder and CEO of Creative Matters, an award winning art education business founded in 2015.

Listen to the podcast here