WHO
The Children’s Sensorium projects, exhibitions and research is led by curator Grace McQuilten with artistic direction from Boonwurrung elder N’Arwee’t Carolyn Briggs. It has been developed with leading contemporary artists including Larissa Hjorth (play and games), Hiromi Tango (colour and textile installation), Fiona Hillary (light), Philip Samartzis (sound), Heather Hesterman (planting and cultivation of plants), Anna Schwann (scent installation) with designer Anthony Clarke (Bloxas) and embodiment specialists Tamara Borovica, Angela Clarke and Camilla Maling (Live Particle). Strategies for emotional resilience and wellbeing have been developed with the guidance of critical mental health researchers Renata Kokanović and Tamara Borovica and industry collaborator, Live Particle.
N'arwee't Carolyn Briggs
N'arwee't Carolyn Briggs AM is a Professor in the Wominjeka Djeembana Indigenous research lab at Monash University’s Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. She is a Boon Wurrung senior elder and a descendant of the First People of Melbourne, the Yaluk-ut Weelam Clan of the Boon Wurrung. She is also the Founder and Chair of the Boon Wurrung Foundation, established to conduct cultural research, including for the restoration of the Boon Wurrung language. She has been significantly involved in developing and supporting opportunities for Indigenous youth and Boon Wurrung culture for over 40 years. In 2019, she was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia for her significant service to the Aboriginal community. She holds a PhD from RMIT University.
Grace McQuilten
Grace McQuilten is Associate Dean of Research and Innovation in the School of Art at RMIT University.
Grace's research champions inclusive models of curatorship and art history. Her work explores new approaches to the visual arts economy, including arts-based social enterprise, and explores questions of social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in contemporary art, craft and design.