Compass & Canvas
About Compass & Canvas
Compass & Canvas is a strategic consultancy working at the intersection of culture, innovation, and practical delivery.
We help organisations shape what’s next — offering project management, funding insight, and operational strategy across arts, research, food, tourism, and hospitality.
Services
What we offer
Strategy & Scenario
Planning
Clarify direction. Navigate complexity.
We help organisations think ahead — offering strategic planning, scenario workshops, feasibility assessments, and practical roadmaps for growth, innovation, and resilience.
For:
– Arts & cultural organisations planning for change
– Research teams aligning strategy with funding cycles
– Startups or venues exploring new offerings or markets
Project & Funding Support
From idea to execution — with funding in focus.
Get support where it matters: grant design, stakeholder engagement, budgeting, delivery planning, acquittals, and project troubleshooting — all grounded in experience.
For:
– Researchers with complex grant timelines
– Arts organisations needing wraparound delivery support
– Councils or businesses needing short-term project leadership
Creative Operations & Hospitality Advisory
Open well. Operate better. Stay future-ready.
We advise on venue launches, team structures, compliance, customer experience, and operational improvement — especially where culture and place intersect.
For:
– New restaurants, bars, venues, and pop-ups
– Festivals and cultural events
– Place-based precincts and tourism operators
Georgia Mathieson
Founder, Compass & Canvas
MBA (UWA), GAICD
Compass & Canvas was founded by Georgia Mathieson, a strategist, facilitator, and consultant with more than two decades’ experience spanning cultural programming, hospitality leadership, organisational strategy, and strategic work with public, private, and community sector clients.
Her approach is grounded in lived practice — including 20 years as owner‑operator of The Moon, a Northbridge venue known for its creative programming, community partnerships, and cultural footprint.
Georgia now works with clients across the arts, events, tourism, hospitality, research, and business sectors to navigate complexity, shape strategy, and deliver purposeful, future‑focused projects. She holds an MBA from the University of Western Australia, is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD), and co‑facilitates the Scenario Planning & Strategic Foresight MBA elective at AIM WA | UWA Business School.
Clients & Collaborators
Arts. Education. Community. Culture.
Past and present partnerships include
Perth Festival
UWA Business School
AIM WA
MinEx Consulting
City of Vincent
PICA
Fringe World
RTRFM
Northbridge Common
Mathasasquatch
Pathways in Care
— and many others across WA’s creative, academic,
and hospitality sectors.
Some partnerships were formed through Georgia’s
previous role as owner-operator of The Moon in
Northbridge.
Contact us
Get in Touch
Whether you're launching something new, rethinking what’s next, or just exploring ideas - we’d love to hear about it.
Here on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar
Compass & Canvas was founded and continues to create on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar. We acknowledge the Whadjuk Noongar people as the Traditional Custodians of this land and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.
We honour their enduring connection to Country, storytelling, knowledge systems, and community — and recognise that sovereignty was never ceded.
As a place-based consultancy, we are committed to respectful collaboration, truth-telling, and ongoing cultural learning.