founding team
Bringing together an experienced team from the worlds of art, theatre, play, design, gin distilling and creativity to create something utterly new.
FRANK
NEWMAN
An award-winning artistic director and producer with a career spanning theatre, installation, community cultural development and participatory art. As Artistic Director of Terrapin Puppet Theatre, he led acclaimed productions to festivals in Australia, the US and China. For a decade, Frank directed the Sydney Opera House’s family Creative Play program, creating nearly 30 interactive works for more than 240,000 visitors.
KATHRYN
Hunyor
A Japanese-speaking curator and consultant who has held senior cultural roles across Australia and Japan for over 25 years. Creator of several successful participatory arts projects including Jurassic Plastic for the Sydney Festival (2016). Kathryn is currently Head of International Tours at the Art Gallery of NSW and completing a PhD at UTS.
MATT
JONES
A creative strategist, author, entrepreneur, podcaster and speaker. Matt co-founded Four Pillars Gin in 2013, building an internationally recognised luxury brand which was named the world’s best gin producer three times. Today he advises founders and leaders on strategy, story, brand and growth.
KLAAS
RAAIJMAKERS
Working with founders and leadership teams to turn product ambition into strategy, execution and growth. Drawing on deep experience across startups, scale-ups and digital platforms, his consultancy Greenlights Product & Growth Advisory specialises in product strategy, AI opportunities, customer experience and digital transformation.
REBECCA
BOURNE JONES
A brand, marketing and communications strategist with deep experience across the arts, non-profit and cultural sectors. Rebecca was a member of the founding team that grew Four Pillars Gin into a globally acknowledged brand, leading work across brand, experiences, packaging, content and digital.
Partners
Our planning and creative development phase is supported by a range of professional partners who share our vision and who are helping bring the museum to life:
Sibling Architecture to visualise the museum space
Weave Design Studio to develop our creative brand & content
All Things All Creatures to create dynamic visual content
CBRE Property to help us find the right location
What’s next?
We're building a museum differently.
Mish Mash Museum is bringing the same imagination and creative ambition to building a museum as the artists will bring to the works inside it.
We're thinking like entrepreneurs and exploring new ways to bring together philanthropy, innovative finance, creative partnerships and commercial opportunities to establish a permanent home for playable art in Sydney.
We're searching for a remarkable building we can transform into a living artwork, and for bold thinkers who believe in finding new ways to make extraordinary things happen.
Our ambition is to open in 2028.
