Foundation appoints co-chairs

The Arts Foundation has appointed an artist in the role of chairperson for the first time, sharing the role with another. After a decade of governance Garth Gallaway has stepped down as chairperson and the foundation is now embarking on a co-leadership model. The new structure has been selected to better reflect the dual philanthropic and creative communities of the foundation. New co-chairperson film producer Chelsea Winstanley will focus on artists, while Kent Gardner, the other co-chairperson, and current chief executive of Evan Randell investors, will focus on philanthropy. The new model reflected its evolution as an organisation, Gallaway said. ‘‘Imagine a New Zealand where arts philanthropy is not only abundant but strategic – where we could work together, including with Government, to solve the current arts funding crisis,’’ Gardner said.