The Queensland College of Art and Design, QCAD^[1] is a specialist visual arts and design college located in South Bank, Brisbane, and Southport on the Gold Coast of Queensland in Australia.

Founded in 1881, the college is one of the oldest arts institutions in Australia and has been part of Griffith University since 1991. QCAD is within walking distance of QAGOMA, State Library of Queensland, the Queensland Museum and is co-located with the Queensland Conservatorium, the Griffith Film School and the Griffith Graduate Centre.

The Queensland College of Art and Design at South Bank campus is co-located with the Griffith University Art Museum (GUAM),^[2] formerly known as Griffith University Art Gallery (GUAG),^[3] as well as a collection of galleries known as the QCAD Galleries.^[4]

There is a collection of galleries known as the Queensland College of Art and Design Galleries (QCAD Galleries) located on the campus.

QCAD Galleries include (i) Webb Gallery, (ii) Grey Street Gallery, (iii) Project Gallery, (iv) PoP Gallery, and (v) White Box Gallery.

The college is located within the South Bank parklands, along with the Queensland Conservatorium, the Griffith Film School and Griffith Graduate Centre.^[5] The college delivers programs across both South Bank and Gold Coast campuses. At South Bank the focus is on Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art, Visual Arts, and Design. The Gold Coast campus focuses specifically on Design degrees.

The Griffith University Art Museum, also on the South Bank campus, houses the Griffith University Art Collection, the second largest public art collection in Queensland.^[6] The Museum organises exhibitions, educational and public programs, as well as conducting "research, teaching, publishing and dialogue among communities of Griffith University students, faculty, artists, scholars, alumni, and the wider public".^[7]

The college offers a range of degrees and qualifications, awarded by Griffith University, ranging from diplomas to doctoral studies.^[8]

Qualifications

Diploma of Design

Diploma of Visual Arts

Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art^[9]

Bachelor of Design^[10]

Bachelor of Visual Arts^[11]

Bachelor of Design (Honours)^[12]

Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours)^[13]

Graduate Certificate in Design

Graduate Certificate in Visual Arts

Master of Design

Master of Visual Arts

Master of Philosophy

Doctor of Visual Arts

Doctor of Philosophy

The college also offers double degrees:

Bachelor of Design / Bachelor of Business

Bachelor of Visual Arts / Bachelor of Business

• Justene Williams, Head of Sculpture, Performance and Installation
• Carol McGregor, Program Director (Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art)
• Natalya Hughes, Head of Visual Arts (Honours)
• Julie Fragar, Program Director (Visual Arts)
• Sue Best, Art Historian and Deputy Director (Research)
• Warraba Weatherall, Lecturer, Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art
• David Sargent, Creative Director (Liveworm)
• Simon Degroot, Creative Director (LiveArt)
• Frances Wildt Pavlu, Gold and Silversmithing Department
• Jennifer Herd, convenor, both the Bachelor of Fine Art and Bachelor Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art, 1993–2014

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Queensland College of Art.

• The QCA Official Website Archived 14 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
• "Queensland College of Art Celebrates 140 Years of Teaching". Griffith University. 6 April 2021.

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