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ABOUT US

ArtsPeople connects people with art.

We curate and consult across Australia and Japan.

Both an Arts Company & Arts Consultancy we work collaboratively with our clients to imagine, create, and deliver arts experiences.

From contemporary art and design, to storytelling and music, we create meaningful moments for your audiences.

We’re… curators, producers, speakers, writers, consultants, strategists, programmers, connectors….

We’re arts people.

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WHAT WE DO

Arts Projects

We create arts experiences to:

• Connect you to your audience
• Activate your brand
• Engage your community

Explore our projects for

Sydney Festival, WOW Festival,

Powerhouse Museum & Lendlease.

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Japanese Arts Consulting

Our bilingual services include:

Relationship Negotiation & Management
Market Development Strategies
Translation and Interpreting
Arts Sector Research & Advice

Read about our work with

The Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Opera House, and Spiral, Tokyo (Wacoal Centre).

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Art & Design Consulting

Our public art consulting services include:

Art & design integration into the built environment
Participatory art curation and delivery
Stakeholder coordination across diverse communities
Collaboration with cross-disciplinary creative teams

Read about our work with

Eastern Riverina Arts, Wagga Wagga NSW

Architectus for Bankstown Hospital.

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‘The quality we call beauty...must always grow from the realities of life.’
(Tanizaki Junichiro, In Praise of Shadows)

Join me and Associate Professor Toby Slade (UTS) on our quest to find beauty in the everyday, through Japanese art history.

Japanese art: finding beauty in the everyday, our @artgalleryofnsw Learning Curve Series runs 20 June - 12 July, with one lecture every week on Friday & repeated on Saturday.

Hope you can come.

Full details in bio.
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#sydney #agnsw #japanart #artspeople

EXHIBITION OPENING THIS WEEK

Explore Japanese craft from a fresh perspective with (@jpfsydney) The Japan Foundation, Sydney’s exhibition ‘Crafting Life: Stories from the Japanese Studio’. Showcasing three craft practices from different regions of Japan, this exhibition highlights the dynamism and resilience of artisans, who continually innovate to ensure the relevance of their craft practices in contemporary Japan, and beyond.⁠

From ceramic pieces from Karatsu ceramicist Yukiko Tsuchiya, to lacquerware and sashiko needlework pieces, these distinct practices and stories reflect the diverse contexts through which Japanese craft traditions are expressed today.

Curated by Kathryn Hunyor, Olivier Krischer & Bic Tieu
‘Crafting Life’ will be on display at the Japan Foundation Gallery from April 11 to September 27, 2025.
Find out more at link in bio.
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@tsuchiyayukiko

Japanese noborigama (climbing kiln) in Bizen, Okayama

𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗬: The art of living (and dying) in Japan
The cycle of life has always been a vital element in Japanese art and design.

This Saturday 8 February 2-3pm at the Art Gallery of NSW, I’ll be exploring this theme in my talk ‘The art of living (and dying) in Japan’.
We’ll look at the works of important artists – post-war avant-garde and contemporary – who’ve found their inspiration in the key stages of life.
Drawing on my personal observations of Japan, we’ll see how artists and art movements are expanding and challenging established views of Japanese history, society and culture.

Come along, bring a friend, and share the link in bio. Hope to see you there!

@agnswmembers @fujistudio
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#LeeUfan #HiroshiFuji #Hosoe Eikoh #MishimaYukio #YanagiYukonori #ReiNaito #MasatoNakamura #YoshiroSuda #TatsuoMiyajima #naoshima #artislands

Keen to enhance your appreciation of Japanese culture, art and religion? Curious about Zen and Shinto; minimalism and ‘ma’; ikebana and the avant-garde?

Why not come on an immersive, curated tour of Japan that I’ll be leading in May this year, as part of the Art Gallery of NSW’s new International Study Tours program.

‘Zen, minimalism and the Japanese avant-garde’ will see us meditating in Kamakura, where Zen Buddhism flourished in the 12th century; flower-arranging in one of Tokyo’s most important Ikebana schools; exploring the unique Japanese idea of ‘ma’ (space) in Kanazawa, a centre of culture from the 17th century to the present; and for the finale at Naoshima, one of Japan’s gorgeous ‘art islands’, checking our intuitive, aesthetic pulse at the Lee Ufan Museum.

Together we’ll discover how Zen influences Japanese aesthetics, connecting past and present through time, space and material. We’ll explore how contemporary Japanese art and architecture derive their pure forms from the traditions of meditation, tea ceremony and calligraphy; and learn how 20th century artists blended Eastern and Western philosophical and religious ideas to create groundbreaking works amid a tumultuous post-war Japan.

For a deeper awareness of how natural landscapes, spiritual landmarks and the practice of Zen combine to create the unique Japanese aesthetic, I’d love you to join me for ten wonderful days this spring in Japan.

Spaces are limited.

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𝗭𝗲𝗻, 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁-𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲
With Kathryn Hunyor, Japan-specialist curator
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📌 Booking page ► Link in bio
🕙 Running between 22 - 31 May 2025
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‘𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗮’ 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸

To celebrate our presentation of ‘Tanabata: Star Village’ at Adelaide’s @ozasiafestival, we’ve re-published our children’s picture book ‘The Story of Tanabata’. The little people in your life can also watch our ‘read aloud’ version with Japanese actor Shingo Usami telling the story. Link in bio.
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📖 To order your copy of ‘The Story of Tanabata’, please email hello@artspeople.com.au
📦 $25 - free postage within Australia.
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