Who we are
The Curators' Department is an independent creative agency founded in 2015 by Holly Williams, Glenn Barkley and Ivan Muniz-Reed and now led by Director and Curator Holly Williams. We specialise in projects that bridge contemporary art, social history, community engagement, and installation-based practice. Our projects are visually compelling, socially relevant, and built to endure.
We enjoy working collaboratively with artists, architects, developers, and designers. One such collaboration has been formalised and in 2025 an offshoot from The Curators' Department and Caper Creative was formed, named Array Studio — building on the successful projects delivered by Holly Williams and Caper’s lead designer, Melissa Cook
Connecting diverse audiences with artists through public art and placemaking, we help translate complex, creative ideas into accessible, meaningful experiences. Our projects are designed alongside historical and contemporary research on the site, built in collaboration with a trusted network of consultants to bring specialised expertise to every project, ensuring social relevance and durability.
Services
We deliver across the full curatorial spectrum, including public art strategies and commissions including public placemaking through murals, activations and site and wayfinding upgrades, temporary and touring exhibitions, permanent museum gallery curation, public programs, collection inspections, audits, and development for institutions and archives.
Clients
We partner with local councils, museums and galleries, architects and property developers, regional arts organisations, universities, and private collectors.
We acknowledge the Gadigal and Birrabirragal people, the traditional custodians of the land on which we primarily work and Custodians of Country wherever our projects take place. We also acknowledge First Nations Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, waters, culture and community and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded