An art consultant helps clients craft placemaking, public art and activation strategies for spaces as well as identifying, commissioning, acquiring, fabricating and integrating artworks into buildings, public spaces and collections. At WRAP, this begins with understanding the identity of a place, the project vision, its communities and practical requirements. We then translate that context into a clear creative strategy—connecting clients with artists and managing the process from initial research and artist selection through concept development, fabrication, installation and documentation. Our role brings together curatorial thinking, project management and technical delivery, giving clients a clear and carefully managed pathway from an initial opportunity to a completed artwork or collection.

WRAP provides integrated art consulting and cultural project services, including:

• Public art strategies and masterplans

• Art and creative strategies

• Curatorial direction and collection development

• Artist research, procurement and engagement

• Public art commissioning

• In-building art collections

• Bespoke and integrated artwork commissions

• Community and stakeholder engagement

• Design development and artwork integration

• Fabrication and engineering coordination

• Budgeting, procurement and contract administration

• Installation and project management

• Cultural activations and events

• Artist-designed objects, textiles and gifting

• Artwork documentation and videography

• Collection management and maintenance planning

Services can be tailored to a complete project or a defined stage within a broader development program.

WRAP works with developers, architects, interior designers, landscape architects, government agencies, councils, hotels, universities, cultural organisations, workplaces, private collectors and artists.

We are experienced in working as part of multidisciplinary teams and collaborating with project managers, builders, engineers, fabricators, access consultants, lighting designers, landscape architects and other specialist contributors.

es. WRAP regularly works with architects, developers and design teams to integrate art into residential developments, hotels, workplaces, public infrastructure, civic environments and mixed-use precincts.

We can join a project during its earliest planning and design stages or assist with an established artwork opportunity. Early involvement generally creates greater scope to coordinate art with the architecture, landscape, services, structure, lighting, approvals and construction program.

While WRAP can work to any timeline, ideally, an art consultant should become involved during the early design or planning stage. This allows artwork opportunities, budgets, cultural narratives and technical requirements to be considered alongside the architecture and landscape.

Early engagement can also support planning requirements, fabrication and structural engineering as well as stakeholder consultation.

WRAP can also enter a project later and help clarify an existing brief, resolve delivery challenges or guide an artwork through design development, fabrication and installation.

We prioritize responsible sourcing and minimal waste.

We absolutely can. WRAP develops public art strategies, creative frameworks and commissioning plans for individual sites, major developments and wider precincts.

A strategy may include:

• Site, cultural and historical research

• Curatorial themes and narratives

• Community and stakeholder engagement

• Identification of artwork opportunities both in terms of materials and sites.

• Artist procurement recommendations

• Indicative budgets and delivery programs

• Approval and governance pathways

• Technical and maintenance considerations

• Communications and documentation planning

The outcome is a practical framework that connects creative ambition with the project’s spatial, cultural, financial and operational requirements.

Yes we can! WRAP can manage a public art commission from early strategy through to practical completion.

Depending on the project, this may include developing the brief, identifying artists, managing an expression of interest or competitive commission process, coordinating contracts, guiding concept and detailed design, monitoring budgets, facilitating stakeholder approvals, coordinating engineering and fabrication, preparing installation planning, and managing completion documentation and maintenance requirements.

We love working on larger collections. WRAP curates art collections for hotels, residential developments, build-to-rent projects, workplaces, civic buildings and other public and private environments.

Each collection begins with the unique identity and experience of the place. We consider its architecture, history, community, audiences and desired atmosphere before developing a curatorial direction and recommending artworks or commissions. We develop our collections collaboratively, and make decisions on artists, creative directions and overarching purpose and vision together.

Collections may include painting, sculpture, photography, textiles, digital art, functional objects, ceiling suspensions, integrated architectural works and artist-designed elements.

In short yes. We develop collection that combine existing artworks available for acquisition with new, site-responsive commissions.

Existing works can offer immediacy and access to established practices, while commissioned works create opportunities for artists to respond directly to the architecture, location or curatorial narrative. WRAP advises clients on the most appropriate balance for their project, budget and delivery program.

WRAP specialises in providing end-to-end artist and project management.

Our role can include creative strategy and public art master plans, artist liaison, contracting, concept development, budgeting, program management, design coordination, engineering, prototyping, material review, fabrication oversight, transport, access planning, installation, photography, practical completion and maintenance documentation.

For us, artist selection always begins with the context of the project rather than a predetermined aesthetic.

We carefully consider our clients vision for the site and develop curatorial narrative that explore place, history, site conditions, audiences, cultural context, budget, program and technical requirements.

We present artists whose practices offer a meaningful response to the opportunity.

Depending on the project, selection may occur through direct commissioning, an invited shortlist, an expression of interest or a competitive concept process. WRAP develops transparent selection criteria and guides clients through the process with care and collaboration.

WRAP approaches First Nations-led projects and cultural material with care, respect and an understanding that cultural authority rests with the relevant First Nations people and communities.

Our approach may involve engaging Traditional Custodian organisations, cultural advisors, Elders, artists and community representatives appropriate to the project and place.

We allow time for cultural review and approvals and work to establish clear expectations around attribution, permissions, consultation and the use of Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property—ICIP.

The appropriate process is developed for each project rather than applying a single approach across different Countries, communities or cultural contexts.

WRAP works on projects across Australia.

Our team collaborates with clients, artists, communities and specialist consultants in different locations, combining remote project coordination with site visits, consultation, fabrication reviews and installation management as required.

Art consulting fees depend on the project’s scale, complexity, location, duration and required services.

WRAP may structure fees as a fixed project fee, staged fee, hourly rate or an agreed combination. Artwork acquisition, artist fees, fabrication, engineering, transport, installation and documentation are generally identified separately so that clients have a clear understanding of the overall project budget.

Following an initial conversation, we prepare a tailored scope and transparent fee proposal for each project. You’re always welcome to get in touch with our team to discuss opportunities.

Budget alignment is central to our process.

We help clients understand how the available budget should be distributed across artist fees, design development, fabrication, engineering, transport, installation, consulting, documentation, contingencies and long-term maintenance.

Early budget planning allows creative opportunities to be prioritised and clear transparency around the total structure and spend for the project across everything from consultant fees, to artwork acquisition, fabrication and installation.

Yes. WRAP supports private, corporate, hospitality and institutional collections through services including:

• Artwork audits and inventories

• Cataloguing and database development

• Photography and documentation

• Condition assessment coordination

• Conservation and storage planning

• Installation and relocation

• Acquisition and deaccession planning

• Insurance and valuation coordination

• Labelling and interpretation

• Maintenance planning

Collection management can be delivered as a standalone service or as part of the development of a new collection.

Yes. Artists are welcome to introduce their practices through our artist enquiries form.

Although we may not have an immediate opportunity available, submissions help our curatorial team become familiar with new work and consider appropriate artists for future commissions, collections and collaborative projects.

Contact WRAP with a brief overview of your project, location, anticipated program and budget, if known.

We will arrange an initial conversation to understand the opportunity, clarify the required services and identify the most useful next steps. From there, we can prepare a tailored scope, delivery methodology and fee proposal.

To discuss a project, contact wrap@westonrumboldartprojects.com or visit our Contact page.