Acclaimed theatre director joins Griffith

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Queensland Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Gow will be appointed an Adjunct Professor in Griffith University’s Applied Theatre Department tomorrow. Gow has a close working relationship with the drama team and University as part of an Australian Research Council project, ‘Accessing the Cultural Conversation’, and industry placement schemes for undergraduates. A highly sought after director […]

Ulrick award winners reflect national reach

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The national prestige of the Gold Coast’s Josephine Ulrick Literature and Poetry prizes has been confirmed with this year’s winners coming from interstate. Cameron Raynes from South Australia, has won the $10,000 literature prize with his short story Taxi, while David Musgrave from Sydney received the $10,000 poetry prize for his poem Grace. The prizes […]

Win a place in the Photojournalism Boot camp

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Tim is an internationally recognised award-winning documentary photographer, who began his career documenting the Vietnam War. He has published numerous books and his work has been published in magazines such as Time and Life. His work has also been exhibited in some of the world’s most prestigious museums including the Victoria, Albert and the Smithsonian […]

QCA Graduates win Young Artist Mentoring Grants

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The Young Artists Mentoring Program is an initiative of Youth Arts Queensland Fine Art Honours graduates Zoe Porter and Jonathan McBurnie have received Young Artists Mentoring Program grants. Jonathan, who graduated lin 2007 with First Class Honours, received the mentorship award to work with Brisbane based artist Rod Bunter. Some of Jonathan"s images: mcburnie1.jpg (73.78 […]

Wetsuit designs all part of a day’s work for Scott

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Designing wet suits using the body models of professional surfers such as Taj Burrows and Andy Irons is not your typical work placement experience. But for Queensland College of Art graduating student Scott Roberts it’s a forerunner to a dynamic career in digital design. Beginning industry placement at Billabong in September this year, his main […]

Stunning sculptural work steals the Thiess show

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Master of Visual Arts graduate Angela Rossitto has won the annual Thiess Art Prize for her labyrinthine installation Mind Maze announced last night at the Queensland College of Art. Rossitto’s work entailed cutting up thousands of pieces of material and then spending over a thousand hours putting them back together again. She used objects from […]

Computers help Afghan journalists

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A donation of 12 computers by Griffith University will go a long way in Afghanistan, even helping freedom of the press. Photojournalist and Queensland College of Art alumnus Travis Beard, who helped facilitate the donation, works for the Aina Media Centre in Kabul where he trains photojournalists. Aina is the first Afghan photojournalism agency and […]