ART AID is a public art specialist with more than a decade of experience in public art commissioning. We are curators, art directors, and producers, and we work across the full life of a project, from strategy through to delivery. Councils and government bodies engage us for public art strategy and planning. Developers, precincts, and brands engage us as an ideas agency, commissioning artworks, activating spaces, creating unique experiences, and delivering everything from educational programs to digital artwork campaigns. Giving back is the heart of our practice. We have built schools in Indonesia, funded creative programs for the Fiji School for the Blind, and support local organisations including the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and the Women's and Girls' Emergency Centre.

It starts with a conversation. Reach out through our contact page and tell us about your project, whether it is a defined brief or an early idea you want to test. From there we will meet, talk through the site, the ambition, and the obligations, and shape a proposal that matches the scope. Engagements range from a single commission to a full public art strategy and multi-year program.

As early as possible. The best outcomes happen when public art is considered alongside the architecture and planning, not after them. Early engagement means the public art plan can shape approvals rather than chase them, artwork can be integrated into the building fabric rather than added to it, and budgets can be set with real numbers instead of estimates. That said, we regularly join projects mid-stream and can add value at any stage.

Yes, and it is one of the deepest parts of our track record. ART AID has curated and produced over 100 mural artworks across Australia and New Zealand, spanning everything from single office murals to landmark building facades. Each was managed end to end, from artist selection and concept development through to fabrication, installation, and completion. That delivery experience is among the most extensive in the region, and it is the foundation of a broader strategic practice that now covers everything from cultural planning to program governance.

Selection is a curatorial process, shaped by the ambitions of your project. We shortlist artists whose practice genuinely suits the site, the vision, and the community around it, drawing on a deep network built over years of commissioning. Shortlisted artists then respond to an artist brief we develop with you, concepts are reviewed together, and you approve the direction before anything proceeds. We select artists rather than represent them, which means our advice is always independent.

Yes. Approvals and compliance are built into how we plan and deliver every project. We prepare public art plans and submissions for council, manage planning conditions and heritage considerations, and coordinate the permits, engineering sign-offs, and safety documentation a commission requires. Having delivered projects across many jurisdictions, we know what approving parties need to see, from council planners to the facilities managers who sign off on works, and how to keep a program moving through approval without losing time or ambition.

Every commission involves intellectual property, and getting the licensing right protects everyone. We negotiate and document the rights around each artwork, covering how it can be reproduced, promoted, maintained, and adapted over its life, so the artist's authorship is respected and your organisation has the certainty it needs. We structure these terms at the start of a project, when they are simple to resolve, rather than at the end, when they are not.

Yes. We prepare and manage the commercial documents a public art program relies on, including artist agreements, commissioning contracts, licensing terms, and maintenance obligations. These are drafted from direct experience of what protects a project over the long term, and we work alongside your legal team where one is involved.

Yes. Brands are one of the three client groups we serve, alongside developers and precincts. That work spans commissioned artworks, cultural activations, and arts programming, and it is approached with the same curatorial care as everything else we deliver. Where brand identity is integrated into an artwork, our starting point is always authenticity. The work has to be true to the artist, the context, and the audience around it, because that is what gives it lasting value. When it is done well, the result strengthens both the artist's profile and the brand story rather than competing with either.

Yes. A commission's impact should extend well beyond its unveiling. We arrange professional photography and film of completed works, and can support launch events, media, and content that tells the story of the project and the artists behind it. For our clients, this documentation becomes a lasting asset for marketing, awards, and stakeholder reporting long after the project is delivered.

Yes. ART AID is an international practice. Our delivered work spans Australia and New Zealand, with an arts program created in the United States and social impact work across Indonesia and Fiji. We work with global investment managers and developers whose portfolios reach across continents, and with brands based in Europe and North America. The artists we commission are drawn from an international network built over more than a decade in the arts.