Array is a creative placemaking studio, turning spaces into distinctive places through art, design, and activation.
Array Studio is a Caper Creative and Curators’ Department collaboration dedicated to shaping inspiring and connected places.
Projects
Pirrama Positive Repetition
Temporary public art commission
Artist: Blak Douglas
Lead Contractor: Array Studio
Large-scale banner project that layered pattern, language and colour to honour Gadigal Country, centering Aboriginal sovereignty and resilience.
Kendall Lane, The Rocks, Sydney
November 2025-January 2026
Client: Placemaking NSW
Four distinct artworks explored the tension between what we notice and what we ignore.
This public art trail for The Rocks’ Art and Culture Month revealed beauty in the overlooked— old buildings, unused spaces, night-time shadows,
and forgotten details.
Various locations, The Rocks, Sydney
September 2025
Client: Placemaking NSW
Seen/Unseen
Temporary public art trail
Artists: Jumaadi
Nancy Liang
Vanessa Berry
Linda Brescia
Lead Contractor: Array Studio
Project Refresh
Public space refresh
Artist: Claire Foxton
Lead Contractor: The Curators’ Department
Site furniture uplift and commissioned murals drawing from the museum’s collection.
Australian National Maritime Museum,
Pyrmont, Sydney
May-July 2023
Client: Australian National Maritime Museum
Project Refresh
Public space refresh
Lead Contractor: The Curators’ Department
Design: Melissa Cook + Holly Williams
Australian National Maritime Museum, Pyrmont, Sydney
2023
Client: Australian National Maritime Museum
Collins Lane, Rose Bay
Placemaking activation and mural
Artist: Alice McAuliffe
Designer: Melissa Cook
Lead Contractor: The Curators’ Department
Collins Lane, Rose Bay, Sydney
January 2023 - ongoing
Client: Woollahra Council
A NSW Government Streets as Shared Spaces Project
Collins Lane, Rose Bay
Placemaking activation and mural
Lead Contractor: The Curators’ Department
Artist: Alice McAuliffe
Designer: Melissa Cook
Beach, Barks, Banksias
Placemaking activation and mural
Artist: Sharon Billinge
Park plantings: IndigiGrow
Designer: Melissa Cook
Landscape design: Holly Williams with IndigiGrow
Activation coordination: Caper Creative
Inspired by the landmark banksia tree and the movement of people and water through the area, the commissioned mural by Sharon Billinge links New South Head Road with Percival Park. New native plantings restored the endangered Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub, enriching this lively place for both people and animals.
Percival Lane, Rose Bay, Sydney
January 2023 - ongoing
Client: Woollahra Council
A NSW Government Streets as Shared Spaces Project
Beach Bollards
Site refresh
Designers: Melissa Cook + Holly Williams
Signwriter: Love is a Sign
A vibrant transformation turning an old graffitied concrete wall into a colourful celebration of the local dog beach.
Percival Park, Rose Bay, Sydney
January 2023 - ongoing
Client: Woollahra Council
A NSW Government Streets as Shared Spaces Project
Collins Lane, Rose Bay
Placemaking activation and mural
Lead Contractor: The Curators’ Department
Artist: Alice McAuliffe
Designer: Melissa Cook
Services
Placemaking &
Community Building
We design people-first strategies, programs, and experiences that bring communities into the process of shaping their places. Our work helps councils and partners create connected, welcoming environments that feel genuinely local.
Site Uplift &
Refresh
We reimagine under-used or tired spaces with targeted, achievable improvements. Through integrated art, design, and activation, we help transform less-loved sites into places that feel cared for, useful, and alive.
Curated Spaces &
Wayfinding Design
We plan and curate spaces, stories, and movement so people know where they are and where they’re going. Our wayfinding and spatial narratives connect buildings, landscapes, and public art into a coherent, legible experience.
Public Art (Temporary &
Permanent)
We commission, curate, and deliver public art that responds to Country, context, and community. From temporary activations to permanent works, we manage the process end-to-end to create memorable, site-specific outcomes.
About us
Array Studio is a collaboration between Caper Creative and The Curators’ Department that builds on our years of working together across public art, cultural programming and community responsive placemaking. Together, we shape integrated projects—from precinct branding and cultural strategies to artist commissions and public programs—where curatorial insight and design thinking work in tandem to create thoughtful, enduring outcomes.
Our collaborations include for
Placemaking NSW
Australian National Maritime Museum
Woollahra Municipal Council
Australian Public Service Commission
NSW SES
Co-founder and Director of The Curators’ Department, Holly Williams is an experienced curator, writer and researcher with more than two decades’ experience delivering exhibitions, site-specific projects and public art commissions for partners including Lendlease, Stockland, Woollahra Municipal Council and the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House.
Director of Caper Creative, Melissa Cook brings a deep background in visual identity, festival and event creative direction, wayfinding and communications design for clients across culture, broadcast and community, spanning organisations such as the City of Newcastle, New Annual and Coastal Twist festivals, BBC Studios Australia and National Geographic Channel.
Contact
Lets work together!