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A Pleasant Place by Mint Art House | Image supplied by artist

We are passionate about making art and working in a meaningful way with artists. We know art is both born of place and shapes a place. We’re interested in building relationships, having authentic conversations and always keeping it real.

Artists:

Placemakers* Gold Coast is committed to supporting and growing the cultural ecology on the Gold Coast for professional practising artists. We vision and deliver a range of place-led programs with the clear intention of developing a robust, vibrant and sustainable community of artists.

Take a look at our Projects and Case Studies to learn more.

Clients and Partners:

Placemakers* Gold Coast works with value-aligned clients and partners to create culture-led and place-based experiences. Our expertise is threefold (and then some):

Tailored culture-led experiences, connected to place:

We employ a collaborative approach to visioning and delivering unique cultural experiences for our partners. For us, it’s not a one-size-fits all model or framework. We assess each project and let the place and the community lead and inform the creative direction. This collaborative process has resulted in large-scale temporary installations, to more ephemeral one-off experiences.

Cultural project management:

We have the capability and capacity to project manage short or longer-term cultural place activations. We have a strong track-record in overseeing all aspects of the cultural delivery of projects including risk, pedestrian, stakeholder and site management. While our preference is to be there from the beginning of a project, we’re also flexible enough to join a project at any stage of the process and assist with delivery.

Community engagement and consultation:

Our place-led projects are often the catalyst for authentic community consultation and engagement. Through this process we learn more about a community and gain valuable insights to a place. When embedded as part of a broader planning strategy, this engagement process can be complimentary in terms of enhancing the social, economic and cultural outcomes of urban planning projects.

Take a look at our Projects and Case Studies to learn more.

Urbis values the partnership we have had with Bleach* and now Placemakers*. When considering  how cities and communities are shaped, we share similar values of collaborative consultation, authentic relationships and a healthy sense of adventure to explore what’s possible together.

– Matthew Schneider, Director, URBIS

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Our partners

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Placemakers* Gold Coast is supported by the City of Gold Coast as a foundation partner, the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy.

 

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the Yugambeh Language Region and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People of the Gold Coast. We recognise their continuing connection and contributions to country and culture. We pay respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. 

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Placemakers* Gold Coast is supported by the City of Gold Coast as a foundation partner, the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this Country on which we live and work. We recognise their continuing connection to place: to the land, the water and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

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