Chatty Bench Festival acknowledges the Turrbal and Yuggera people as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which this work was made. We acknowledge all the people of the lands that make this work possible. We recognise the continuing connection to lands, waters, and communities of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We pay our respect to Elders, past, present and emerging, and commit to standing with our First Nations people.

CORE TEAM

Cait Wildman | Community Development Project Coordinator | Communify: The eXchange Kelvin Grove

Kavita Gonsalves | Creative Producer | QUT Design Lab

Sam McGeown | Community Partner | Village Mosaix

Daniel Brown | Volunteer Coordinator | QUT School of Creative Practice/ School of Public Health & Social Work

Agapetos Fa'aleava | Bench Performers Coordinator | QUT School of Creative Practice

Jimmy Southwood | Community Partner | KGSC

Jodie O'Sullivan | Community Partner | KGSC

Dita Southwood | Community Partner | Cre8tive Nations

Emily Claworthy | Team Support | Communify


Contact us : chattybenchfestival@gmail.com : Facebook

EVENTS TEAM

Sarah Huth | Chatty Bench Festival Event Stylist

Sally Jelbert | Photography | Communify

Sana Tasnim | Event Support

Christine Lim | Event Support

Jade Adlem-Marton | Event Support

Enkhzul Doopalam | Event Support

Craig McDonald | Event Support

Naomi Rutherford | Event Support

Kevin Herben | Event Support

Mac Rutherford | Event Support

Sivaselvi Natarajan | Event Support

Dee Winterton | Event Support

Eleanor Klemm | Event Support

MARKETING TEAM

Aimee Hourigan | School of Communications | QUT Design Lab

Lan Ha | Digital Design | QUT

Marcia Mattushek | QUT Foundry

Mish Burkett | Community Engagement | Communify

Jade Goulding | Communications & Marketing | Communify

Laura Kennedy | Communications & Marketing | Communify

Lewe Atkinson | KGCCA/ KGUV PBC

FINANCE TEAM

Mon Aye | Senior Finance Officer | Communify

Kim Sommerfield | Chief Financial Officer | Communify

ADVISORS

Professor Marcus Foth | Urban Informatics | School of Design | QUT Design Lab

Associate Professor Glenda Caldwell | School of Architecture and Built Environment | QUT Design Lab

SPECIAL THANKS

Councillor Vicki Howard | Support for the Chatty Benches & Chatty Bench Festival

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner | Support for the Chatty Bench Festival

Councillor Peter Matic | Support for the Chatty Bench Festival

Hon Trevor Evans MP | Support for the Chatty Bench Festival

Misha Emingerová | Community Engagement Practitioner | for all the ground work and getting this festival up to speed.

Rhett Hammerton | Communications & Marketing Officer, Communify | for "the lovely people on the bench" photography and posters.

Danny van der Walle | Brisbane City Council | got the park benches converted into Chatty Benches.

Kelly Sciacca | Community Services Manager, Communify | for keeping us on track.

We also have team members who would prefer to fly under the radar and do their magic.

We acknowledge their contribution to the Chatty Bench Festival.