Griffith University

Queensland College of Art

Established in 1881, the Queensland College of Art is one of Australia's longest-running art and design colleges. It offers the widest range of visual art programs in Australia, and includes the Griffith Film School, which moved into new purpose-built premises at South Bank in March 2007.

The College traces its origin to a drawing class at the Brisbane School of Arts, which was attended by 22 students. We celebrated our 125th anniversary in 2006 and today we are a community of around 1200 artists, designers, animators, photographers, film-makers.

Over the years we have brought together some of the finest practitioners and academics in the areas of visual arts, design, Indigenous art and the moving image, and produced some of Australia'™s leading visual artists and designers who have helped to shape the art and design culture of Queensland and Australia.

Griffith Film School

The Griffith Film School prepares the next generation of Film-makers, Animators and Game designers for creative and exciting careers within the international business of film, television and digital screen media creation.

Our commitment is to give you the opportunity to learn from some of the most distinguished and notable experts, both industry practitioners and academics, visiting professors, fellows and tutors within the disciplines of drama, documentary, television, animation and games.

Being in the top 5% of Universities globally, we pride ourselves on our strong partnerships with our corporate and industry partners. Our students work with clients to gain hands-on professional skills thereby establishing their own reputations and career paths.

QCA Galleries

The QCA Galleries are a facility of the Queensland College Art. Exhibitions, guest lectures and artist talks are programmed throughout the year with exhibition opportunities available to students, staff and external exhibitors. Exhibitions are free and open to the public.

QCA Galleries aims to foster experimentation and innovation while providing a forum for research, ideas and exchange. Exhibition programming varies across each of the four gallery spaces, with a primary focus on contemporary art and design, research, curatorial projects and connections between artists from South East QLD and elsewhere.