placemaking
we call it peoplemaking
A NEW PHILOPSOPHY OF CARE, CULTURE & CONNECTION
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At Music Police, we believe in a new kind of placemaking. One that doesn’t just build spaces—but builds people.
We call it Peoplemaking.
It’s the heartbeat of Creative Health. The ground where murals meet mental health. Where music moves trauma. Where community becomes care.
This isn’t about just infrastructure.
It’s about soul-structure.
And it starts with us.
At Music Police, we believe in a new kind of placemaking. One that doesn’t just build spaces—but builds people.
We call it Peoplemaking.
It’s the heartbeat of Creative Health. The ground where murals meet mental health. Where music moves trauma. Where community becomes care.
This isn’t about just infrastructure.
It’s about soul-structure.
And it starts with us.
FROM PLACEMAKING TO PEOPLEMAKING
Traditional placemaking focuses on transforming physical environments. We go deeper.
Peoplemaking sees every mural, park, dance floor, studio, or bandstand as a chance to rewrite what wellness looks like in public life.
It’s where culture is care. Where community isn’t just a backdrop—but a treatment plan.
Through Creative Health and Social Prescribing, we design places where people don’t just exist—they reconnect, reimagine, and recover.
Because sometimes healing isn’t found in a clinic.
Sometimes it’s a painting on a school wall.
A Friday night music circle.
A walk with neighbours.
A safe space for teens to create.
Want to create a place for your people? Find out how.
The Model of Peoplemaking
We anchor this philosophy through 3 Creative Health pillars:
Art as Intervention: Public art that calms, empowers, and invites participation.
Space as Prescription: Places co-designed with health services, artists, and community to promote belonging.
Culture as Catalyst: Events, workshops, and programs that rewire the collective nervous system and reduce isolation.
WHY IT MATTERS
Right now, Australia faces rising mental distress, social fragmentation, and burnout.
Our health systems are under pressure. Our communities feel the strain.
We believe the future of care lies not only in hospitals—but in how we reimagine neighbourhoods, festivals, streets, and schools.
We believe prevention lives in the everyday.
In colour, rhythm, movement, expression—and connection.
Peoplemaking is our contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—especially in the areas of:
Good Health and Wellbeing; Sustainable Cities and Communities; Reduced Inequalities; Partnerships for the Goals.
Are you a council, health partner, school, or grassroots changemaker?
Let’s design spaces and programs that do more than decorate—they heal.
Reach out to co-create your next Creative Health placemaking project.
Join our database of artist-facilitators and movement-makers.
Be part of Peoplemaking Australia.