An Artists’ residency, studio and cultural space

The house, Gil’s bespoke Stanish and Green designed studio and extensive garden located in Mt Eden will operate as a living House Museum and Artists’ Residency, made available for New Zealand and international practitioners of art, architecture, photography, and other creative or cultural pursuits for the purposes of fostering creative practice and enriching public knowledge and understanding of the arts.

The Artists’ Residency programme aims to support a mid-career artist for a year at a time with an opportunity for an artist to live rent free, in Mt Eden, to create work in Gil Hanly’s studio, to build relationships with local schools and community.

Hanly House will run an economically sustainable programme. A ‘No rent No Stipend’ artist residency model will reduce operational overheads for the project and support art making Auckland city.

The House Museum will open to the public on Open Days during city wide events like Heritage Week and Aotearoa Art Fair.

Gil’s Studio, painted a Frida Khalo purple, opens onto her garden. Currently home to her unique meticulous archive of photographic material depicting our changing social cultural landscape. Auckland Museum will hold many of her orginal prints and her negatives. The remainder of her archive, including all her garden images, will be rehoused within the house and operate as a research space, by appointment.

An oasis of tranquility in an
an intensifying inner city region

The Walters Road region is planned for long term intensification, with apartments built within walking distance to the local Train Station.

With each passing decade this project will increase in value to the community, domestic and international tourists and local schools.

Gil’s exceptional sub-tropical garden would provide a desirable green space as a perfect Pocket Park for contemplation, bird sanctuary and oxygen generation in an intensely built-up zone.