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Being

Creative visual thinking is fundamental to us all as human beings as we strive to understand our sense of self and the world. Chartwell seeks to deepen understanding about the importance of art and creative thinking for our future and our wellbeing.

Seeing

Chartwell is an explorer of the visual world. We want to know more about how and what we see. When both the eye and the mind are active, the creative process opens to the artist and viewer. The Chartwell Collection provides the viewer many examples of creative visual thought in action.

Making

Chartwell supports artists as they make and think. Making is an active and connected process, involving the interaction of intention, intuition and intellect with the mediums of the world. Chartwell is making too - making a difference through philanthropy and enabling access to creative activities and research.

Thinking

Chartwell encourages everyone to think about art and the creative process with a commitment to drive an understanding about the significance of the visual arts to general creative thinking. We share a curiosity to know and learn more: an imaginative, ongoing investigation.

News

Chartwell Archives Talk with Sue Gardiner and Megan Shaw, Saturday 3 May, 9 - 10am

09/04/2025

Sue Gardiner and Megan Shaw on Various Artists, University of Auckland student radio

28/03/2025

MEDIA RELEASE: Visionary arts philanthropists launch 50th anniversary book with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

26/03/2025

In Memory of Gordon Brown (1931 - 2025)

17/03/2025

Squiggla Making Space at ITAC 7 | International Teaching Artists Conference

16/09/2024

MEDIA RELEASE: The Chartwell Chair: A Chartwell 50th Anniversary Project

27/03/2024

MEDIA RELEASE: The Chartwell Trust celebrates 50 years of dedicated support for creative thinking and the visual arts in Aotearoa.

01/03/2024

Squiggla at the ANZAAE 2023 Conference

07/07/2023

In Memory of Jim Allen (1922-2023)

09/06/2023

In Memory of Ray Thorburn (19.9.1937 - 16.3.2023)

07/05/2023