Commissioned Collaborations

With a decade-long legacy, we’ve been commissioned and engaged by councils, schools, community organisations and corporations to capture their stories and deliver a range of impactful bespoke pieces of content and creative engagement workshops that educate, document, and offer opportunities for community creativity, collaboration, social bonding and skills development. See examples of and testimonials for this work below.

CuriousWorks is a registered social enterprise and certified member of both Social Traders and SECNA (Social Enterprise Council of NSW and ACT). Through our social enterprise model, we collaborate with clients and communities to deliver professional multimedia and community engagement services at competitive rates, while creating skills development and paid work opportunities for young people and early-career artists in South West Sydney.

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Fairfield City Museum & Gallery
We Are Here

Fairfield City Museum & Gallery commissioned and presented new works as part of their exhibition We Are Here, a multigenerational storytelling project bringing together First Nations Elders, artists, and local school students to celebrate the living traditions, stories, and artistic practices of First Nations culture in Western Sydney. CuriousWorks was engaged to run film-making workshops for local First Nations young people and to create four short films that explore the relationships of local elders to place and Country, and intergenerational exchange between elders and young people.

Artists and Collaborators: CuriousWorks, M. Sunflower, Aaron Kennedy, Maddison Gibbs, Michael Fardon, salllvage, Yvonne Koolmatrie & students from Prairievale Public School, Westfield Sports High School, Fairvale High School, and local youth.

Arts & Cultural Exchange
"Community of Practice" Documentary

“This film documents the year-long professional development journey of 16 participants with ACE and TAFE NSW. Congratulations to Elias Nohra, and assistant Tracy Guo [CuriousWorks crew], for distilling the abundance of visuals and luminous conversations into short films.” – Alissar Chidiac, Project Coordinator - CACD Project, Arts & Cultural Exchange (ACE)

"Community of Practice" is a short film that shares the essence of Arts & Cultural Exchange (ACE)'s Community Arts and Cultural Development Training with CACD producers. The program ‘Capabilities and Leadership Skills in CACD for Emerging Producers in Western Sydney' was delivered in 2024-2025.

"Community of Practice" Documentary:
A Film by CuriousWorks
Elias Nohra (Filmmaker)
Tracy Guo (Assistant)

Penrith City Council
Magnetic Places Artist Development Workshop Series

“CuriousWorks delivered exceptional work on the project, meeting the brief while remaining flexible and responsive throughout the process. Their collaborative approach, creative expertise, and genuine engagement with the community contributed to successful outcomes. It was a pleasure to work with a team so committed to both artistic quality and community connection.” – John Le, Penrith City Council

Penrith City Council's Magnetic Places Artist Development Series supports local creative artists interested in delivering placemaking and community-engaged arts practice. In June 2025, the CuriousWorks team led three workshops about learning community-engaged arts best practices, building capacity around creative placemaking as well as crafting compelling project proposals.

Settlement Services International
Women, Equity and DFV Project 

“Working with CuriousWorks was easy. Everything worked well: coordination, filming, production, editing. The films are authentic and well received by the communities.” – Astrid Perry, Settlement Services International (SSI)

Settlement Services International (SSI) officially launched their Championing Action for Tech Safety (CATS) and Strategies to Prevent Modern Slavery (STOP) projects on the 11th of March 2025. CuriousWorks proudly worked with SSI to produce video stories that highlighted issues facing refugee and migrant communities around tech-facilitated abuse and modern slavery.

Penrith Regional Gallery Project
Stories From Queen Street

"What a wonderful experience collaborating with CuriousWorks on the research, filming and production of this short documentary. They created a professional, friendly and culturally safe environment for the participants, who shared openly about their personal stories. The final product met our brief perfectly, with a great balance of high quality production and relaxed authenticity." – Brittany Nguyen, Penrith Regional Gallery

Stories from Queen Street is a documentary and photo series that celebrates the vibrant and diverse mixed business shopping precinct of Queen St, St Marys. Through sharing the stories of six small business owners, the project aims to amplify the voices of local people, celebrating the unique character and social fabric of Queen Street, while capturing the heart of a place in transition.

A Penrith Regional Gallery project, in collaboration with CuriousWorks and artist Karlina Mitchell, supported by the Penrith City Council Magnetic Places grants program.

Participating Businesses: The Big Big Aloha, The Crystal Cafe, Guido’s Hair Care, Lee Nova Haberdashery, Nin Yoga and Rita’s Fashion

Campbelltown Arts Centre
Conscious Music Videos

Campbelltown Arts Centre’s Conscious program supports the vibrant hip-hop community of Western Sydney. Facilitated by hip-hop artist and South-West Sydney local L-FRESH The LION and his team at Village Boy Entertainment, Conscious develops socially minded hip-hop artists, connects them with their communities and puts Western Sydney voices and stories centre stage locally and beyond.

CuriousWorks proudly worked on the music videos featuring the talented Conscious 2024 cohort: annelise., gemma ylana, Ruu. & Zion Garcia.

Documentation for Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council (GLALC)

"Curious Works is very understanding and supportive of the local community's needs, which is demonstrated in being agile in collaboration to adjust creative works for successful outcomes." – Justin Garnsworthy, Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council

The Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council (GLALC) held its Stolen Generation Gathering – Art Mural on the 30th of May 2023 as well as their annual staff conference in the Liverpool area on the 17th and 18th of October 2024. CuriousWorks proudly worked with GLALC to document and produce highlight videos for both occasions. 

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17 Kenyon St,
Fairfield, NSW, 2165,
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Liverpool, NSW, 1871,
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Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land.

Our office is located on Darug land at Fairfield City HQ. We would like to acknowledge the Cabrogal Clan of the Darug Nation, the traditional custodians of the land. Our work takes us across Darug, Dharawal and Eora lands. Sovereignty was never ceded.