WHAT WE DO

Arts Projects

Our specialty is participatory,

socially-engaged contemporary art experiences for audiences of all ages.

If you are a festival or museum looking for immersive, hands-on experiences, we deliver projects that bring art to life for your audience. Our works are multi-sensory, uplifting and thought-provoking!

We can work to a specific brief or present you with fresh ideas that meet your needs.

Highlights include:

Jurassic Plastic for Sydney Festival,

Tanabata for the Powerhouse Museum & WOW Festival, and Art Ninjas for Lendlease.

All these projects are available for tour in Australia and internationally.

Our Services include:

Creative Concept Development
Artist Liaison
Exhibition Production
Public Program Curation

We work between Sydney & Tokyo as cross-cultural arts curators and consultants

Our services are tailored for:

Australian arts companies & individuals keen to work effectively with Japan. We sensitively navigate Japanese cultural practices to achieve your project.
Japanese arts companies & individuals keen to engage international audiences. We help you promote outstanding Japanese art, craft and design to an international audience.

ArtsPeople represent the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Japan and consult to Spiral Tokyo (Wacoal Art Centre) internationally.

We draw on an extensive network developed over 25 years in the government, business & cultural sectors.

Our bi-lingual consulting services include:

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

Japanese Arts Consulting

Public Art Consulting

We create cohesive, aesthetic environments for public buildings, hospitals & urban developments

We are skilled curators, designers, stakeholder consultants, and creators of participatory arts experiences. We intuitively understand the importance of site-specific storytelling in cultivating emotional connection to place and community. We work intuitively across art, craft, design, music, dance, and cultural history.

Recent projects include the New Bankstown Hospital Arts Vision for Architectus, and an Art & Design Integration Plan for Wagga Wagga's new Station Creative Workspace.

Our public art & design consulting services include:

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

OUR CLIENTS

Architectus

Art Gallery of New South Wales

AGNSW Society

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Australian Design Centre

Australian Embassy, Tokyo

Asialink

Biennale of Sydney

Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre

Clemenger BBDO Sydney

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Fairfield City Museum and Gallery

Gandel Group

Grace Cossington Smith Gallery

Japan Foundation

Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd

Lendlease

Macquarie University

Mosman Art Gallery

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

Powerhouse Museum and Sydney Observatory

Renaissance Tours

See Saw Films (I AM THAT)

SPIRAL / Wacoal Art Centre, Tokyo

Sydney Festival

Sydney Opera House

Toshiba Australia and New Zealand

University of New South Wales

University of Technology Sydney

TESTIMONIALS

Wesley Enoch

Playwright & Theatre Director

Indigenous Chair, Creative Industries QUT

Kathryn has a way of valuing relationships and building enduring networks that transcend the usual cultural difficulties that plague many cross-cultural collaborations.

She shows her colleagues great kindness and generosity, and at times a clarity and rigour that gives new insights into our own cultural perspectives. I'm always impressed by her eye for detail, cultural curiosity and dedicated service to the task.

Kathryn never rests on past success, instead building ambitious, brave new transactions between audiences and artists. Kathryn's courage, powers of persuasion and sense of adventure mark her as an incredible force in cross-cultural and community-engaged artistic endeavours.

Janice Zets

Producer ‘Made in 17 Hours’ Toshiba Campaign, Clemenger BBDO, Sydney

ArtsPeople are simply brilliant! I thanked my lucky stars every day for having them on board. They somehow managed to make the impossible possible and did it with absolute professionalism.

They were an incredible source of knowledge and information to someone who knew nothing about the art world or dealing with artists. Not only did they find a renowned artist perfect for the job, they also put us in touch with the best suppliers in Sydney. They visualised and executed an entire exhibition within a couple of months. The campaign would never have been as successful as it was without them. They were an absolute joy to work with.

Former Manager, Public Programs

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

Janson Hews

ArtsPeople have a highly creative, professional and collaborative approach, driven by a profound understanding of audience engagement.

Their combined curatorial, design and public programming backgrounds uniquely position them to provide large audiences with rich and creative participatory experiences that are also personally meaningful and visually strong.

Much of Tanabata: Star Village’s success was due to their ability to understand and inform the project brief, creatively respond to each site and it’s operational challenges, and ensure the project met both the needs of the museum and our diverse audiences.