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Together, the arts and education sectors form a powerful catalyst for the new ways of seeing, knowing, doing and being that underpin life in the 21 st century.
We want to nurture the next generation of creative entrepreneurs and cultural citizens to push the boundaries of excellence in the arts and build social cohesion in our global and multicultural society.

 

 

Arts-rich learning environments deliver higher results in arts education and across the curriculum. They motivate students to learn and increase their participation in their school community. Arts-rich learning environments deliver opportunities for artists to be seen and heard and to reap economic benefit from being creative and working with young people.

 To obtain the benefits of powerful learning that can be achieved through the arts, the Queensland Academy for Creative Industries is developing a broad range of significant arts community and business relationships.

Our success relies on understanding how ideas and new knowledge and skills are developed. Collaboration with innovative industry partners and the creative community will guarantee that teaching and learning practices at Queensland Academy for Creative Industries remains world class.  Critical to this outcome is the productive industry and enterprise involvement that will benefit our students and staff   in the following ways:
QACI is strategically aligned with business, research, education, creative and cultural leaders.  Interactions with foremost industries and enterprises expose Academy staff and students to leading thinkers and practitioners, cutting edge technologies and world leading practices
Students are engaged in forward-looking, outcomes focussed projects across a range of contexts, which will contribute to their future learning and employment aspirations.
Dialogue with industry and enterprise partners provides the critical feedback necessary to ensure the vibrancy, relevance and excellence of our learning programs.

The Edge

We are currently working with the State Library of Queensland , who is developing a centre for experimentation and creativity to provide new and digital tools to enable young people to explore critical ideas, green initiatives, new design practices, and media making.  A team of over twenty QACI students are working as advisors of this exciting program. Through this process they work with a range of professionals from the arts, museum and design industries in influencing the direction of this exciting new initiative.

Wacom Authorized Training Center

The Academy provides students with world-class resources and facilities which includes the opportunity to work with Wacom tablets in a range of situations.In 2009 QACI was certified as a Wacom Authorised Training Centre. 

Read our Case Study on the Wacom website http://www.wacom-asia.com/casestudy/case/queensland-academy-creative-industries-training-future-digital-artists

NIDA

We collaborate with NIDA in providing the opportunities for Queensland student to access holiday workshops provided by the world renowned organisation. Many of our own students have taken up the opportunity as it provides a unique complement to the Theatre studies delivered by the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.

Zen Zen Zo

Local physical theatre Company Zen Zen Zo operate a range of weekly classes from our well equipped drama studio. Our students are active participants in these classes as they realise this training is of great support to their study. They benefit from the interaction to other industry professionals.

The overall impact of these relationships creates new and dynamic opportunities for students and teachers.
The fabric of the community becomes seamlessly interwoven with that of the Academy.
This rich learning environment delivers opportunities for all creative workers within and beyond our community to reap cultural and economic benefit from working with our young people.