WHAT WE DO
Our specialty is participatory,
socially-engaged contemporary art experiences for audiences of all ages.
Arts Projects
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:
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Creative Concept Development
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Artist Liaison
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Exhibition Production
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Public Program Curation

Arts Consulting
Our expertise is in managing relationships and facilitating projects with Japan, while sensitively navigating Japanese cultural practices.
We have an extensive network developed over more than 25 years, across the government, business, and cultural sectors.
ArtsPeople represent the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Japan.
Our bi-lingual consulting services include:
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Relationship Negotiation & Management
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Market Development Strategies
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Translation and Interpreting
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Arts Sector Research & Advice
We work between Sydney & Tokyo as cross-cultural consultants for some of Australia’s major arts companies.
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Ideas
Visit our Journal for articles and our YouTube channel for videos.
Director Kathryn Hunyor leads specialist art tours to Japan and is regularly invited to give public talks and write articles on Japanese art and design.
Kathryn is available for:
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Talks & Forums
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Interviews & Articles
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Specialist Art Tours to Japan
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We share thought-provoking new ideas about participatory art, design, and Japanese culture.

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
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
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Karilyn Brown
Course Leader, Cultural Leadership, NIDA
Former CEO, Performing Lines
There are far too few experienced creative producers working in the area of Australia’s engagement with Asia, who are able to pursue the highly sophisticated and culturally sensitive negotiations that are needed to develop and implement creative project partnerships.
ArtsPeople’s Kathryn Hunyor has enormous capacity and expertise in these areas which, when combined with her exceptional creative vision, professional integrity and courage to take on complex and challenging endeavours, will ensure that she will continue to play a very important leadership role in the arts and cultural sector.
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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.
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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.