Performance and achievements

​​​Queensland Academies Creative Industries Campus (QACI) enables learners to work toward achievements based on merit in a non-competitive environment. Students are engaged in a broad range of opportunities and we congratulate students on their dedication and commitment to their personal and academic endeavours.

2021 Highlights

Community engagement

• Level 7 International Student Lounge and Level 2 QACI Central Student Hub Refurbishment.
• QACI Student representative Youth Champion for Queensland’s Youth Advisory Council.
• QACI Student representative for the annual Lord Mayor Youth Advisory Council.
• 4 Students worked in collaboration with Kids Help Line and Channel 10 providing strategies for dealing with peer pressure in a short film documentary.
• 3 students participated in the Bullying. No Way! video Bullying is Never Okay for the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence.
• 4 Students participated in the Multicultural Australian School Program to reduce discrimination with multicultural Australia.
• 168 students attend the three-day Year 10 Induction Camp at the Maroochy Waterfront Camp and Conference Centre.
• Aquafest school swimming carnival.
• Runfest / Funfest cross country community event.
• Talentfest school community talent carnival.
• Flockfest whole school community end of year celebrations.
• Student Community participation in Harmony Week.
• Student Community participation in the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence.
• Student Community participation in International Women’s Day.
• Student Community participation in Pride Month Campus Celebrations.
• Student Community participation in Book Week and International Literacy Day.
• Student Community participation and recognition of NAIDOC Week.
• Student Community participation in Queensland Mental Health Week.
• Student Community participation in Fun with Friends International Student Connectivity Event.
• QACI P&C Fundraiser / Friendraiser Trivia Night
• Student-led QACI Drag Race Initiative in support of LGBTI Legal Services.
• 40+ Year 11 students attend Year 11 Leadership Camp at Stradbroke Island.
• Year 11 Positive Education Program Unleashing Personal Potential – City Scavenger Hunt.
• Aspire Awards Community Celebrations.
• Student Investiture Assembly.
• Year 12 Graduation Community Celebration.
• Year 12 Formal.
• Year 11 Semi-Formal.
• ANZAC Day Commemorative Assembly and Student Representation at the ANZAC Commemorative School Service.
• QACI Community Vegetable Garden in partnership with Kelvin Grove Urban Village and Community Queensland.
• Year 10, 11 and 12 Debating Teams competed in the Queensland Debating Union school-level debating.
• Community engagement in the Department of Education’s Annual School Opinion Survey.
• 2 Students represented QACI in the Met Northwest Swimming Carnival, with one student qualifying for the Regionals.
• Year 11 student represented Met North in baseball

• Year 10 student represented QACI at the Northwest District hockey trials.
• 5 students participated in the World’s Greatest Shave raising over $1000 for Cancer Council.
• 2 students participated in Cancer Council’s Ponytail Project to create wigs with real hair for cancer patients.
• QACI Student participation in the Brisbane Primary School’s City Cluster Leadership and Legacy Project.
• Successful student entry into the Start QUT Program introducing and allowing students to commence early university studies.
• QACI engagement in the Virtual Agents Forum to over 100 international Asian Agents for International Student placement into Australian schools

Music

• All music students participated in the 2-day Music Composition Camp.

• Music students and student-led ensembles perform – Starry Nights Music Night.

• Year 11 Music Students compose original score for the Year 11 Theatre ensemble production of Mother Courage and her Children.

• Student-led ensembles and Music students performed in the Creative Ensembles Music Showcase
  

• Student-led ensembles and Music students performed in the Celebration Music Night.

• Year 12 students performed in the Year 12 IB Music Solo Recitals.

• Year 12 students performed in Music Composition Showcase.

• Year 10 and 11 music students performed in Music Solo Recitals.

• 20+ students participated in CGEN Department of Education’s Creative Generation State Schools Onstage.

• QACI Student Composition piece performed by the Queensland Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra Score IT Competition: Film Harmonic.

• 6 Music Students recognised in QUT’s Vermillion High Music Competition, receiving recording packages.

• QACI Student performs National Anthem at the Queensland Governor General’s Official Swearing in Ceremony.

• 4 Music Students perform in The Queensland Pops Orchestra Celtic Spectacular at QPAC with Vocal Manoeuvres Academy Chorus.

• 3 QACI Students awarded leadership positions with the Australian Girls Choir for 2022.

• Year 12 music student selected as finalist in the Band that Brisbane Built Competition
  

• Year 12 students performed in the Year 12 IB Music Solo recitals.

Film

• Year 12 Experimental Film Screening
• Year 11 iHuman (Year 10 2020 Films) and Micro Documentary Film Screening.
• Year 12 students showcased their final Year 12 Individual Project, Cinematica.
• Year 10 (2021) iHuman Film Screening.
• Year 11 and 12 Film Students attended 3-day Film Camp at Natural Bridge.
• Year 10 students participated in specialised editing workshops with film and moving-image artists.

Theatre

• 19 Year 12 Theatre Students perform Butoh, collaborating with International
• Butoh Performer and Educator, Mark Hill – Kannon
• 30 Year 11 Theatre Students perform Epic Theatre – Mother Courage and Her Children in collaboration with QACI Music Students.
• 21 Year 12 Theatre Students perform Spontaneous Human Combustion
• 28 Year 11 Theatre students perform in the Absurd Theatre Showcase
• 28 Year 11 Theatre students engage in a week-long Butoh intensive with International Butoh Performer and Educator, Mark Hill
• 29 Year 10 Theatre Students perform Australian Gothic Theatre – Hoods and Children of the Black Skirt
  
• 2 students performed in Metamorphosis for Queensland Theatre’s Youth Ensemble Program
• 3 students in Rhinoceros for Australian Acting Academy
• 1 student performed in a showcase for La Boite Theatre Company
  

Dance

• Year 11 and Year 12 Dance Students perform in the contemporary dance production – Launch 2021.

• Year 11 and Year 12 Dance students participated in the Dance Lab Intensive 2-day workshops.

• Year 10 and Year 11 Dance students perform in contemporary dance production – Momentum.

• Year 12 Dance students performed in the contemporary dance production – Propel

• 1 student selected for Merge Dance Theatre Company 2021
  

• Year 11 Dance students participated in guest workshop with Andrea Lam from Dance Masala

• Year 11 Dance students participated in guest workshop with QACI Alumni Sebastien Golenko, cast member in the Australian production of Westside Story.

Visual Arts

• Year 12 Visual Art student collaborated with Brisbane City Council on the Brisbane Artforce Project.

• 86 Year 11 and Year 12 Visual Arts students exhibited in the Visual Art Big Day In Exhibition, Gallery 61.
  

• 86 Year 11 and Year 12 Visual Arts students participated in the Visual Arts Big Day in with 5 practising Visual Artists.
  

• 47 Year 10 and 43 Year 11 Visual Arts Students attend excursion to GOMA for the Gordon Bennett exhibition.

• Staff Visual Art Exhibition of Creative Endeavour, Gallery 61 – Avocation.

• 43 Year 12 students exhibited in the Final Year 12 Art Exhibition, exIBit.

• 47 Year 10 students exhibited in the Year 10 Visual Arts Mark Making exhibition, Gallery 61.

• 43 Year 11 students exhibited in the Year 11 Abstract Art exhibition, Gallery 61.

• 47 Year 10 students exhibited in the Year 10 Printmaking our Identity exhibition, Gallery 61.

• 43 Year 11 students exhibited in the Year 11 Ritual exhibition, Gallery 61.
  2021 Department of Education CGen Excellence in Visual Arts winner Arlo Tarry for their artwork ‘Dysphoric Perceptions’

• Year 12 Visual Arts student selected for external exhibition – Disturbia at the Bib n Brace Gallery                       
  

• Year 11 Visual Arts student achieved “Highly Commended” in the Junior Brisbane Portrait Prize, 2022

• Year 12 Visual Arts student received a scholarship to study Fine Art at QUT.
  

Design Technology 

• All Design Technology students participated in the QACI Design Day workshops with 9 industry experienced experts in their chosen field of Design.
• 4 Science and Design Students participated in the Albany Hills State School Science Day.
• Year 12 Design Student attends week-long work experience at Conrad Gargett Architects following success at QACI Design Day.
• QACI Design and ESS Students attended talks with Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management Hon. Trevor Evans
  
  

Science

• QACI student Ambassadors representing QACI at the Department of Education 2021 STEM Girl Power Initiative

• QACI QUT STEM Enrichment Program with Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation

• Year 10 Science Excursion to Dreamworld.

• 4 Students successfully attended the University of Queensland’s Biology Winter School Program.

• Student Community participation in Scinema as part of National Science Week at QACI.

• 8 students selected to work with QUT Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI QUT) Research Program as part of QACI’s education out of the classroom (EOTC) program.

• 4 Science and Design Students participated in the Albany Hills State School Science Day
  

ICT

• Students participated in weekly workshops in the IB Learner Program for 2 semesters to enhance ICT skills including use of digital resources for assignments and Extended Essay, development of digital books, ethical use of technology and use of Photoshop.

• 20 students participated in a semester program of coding workshops as part of the Year 10 Enrichment program
  

Languages

• 1 Student participated in the James Cook University Academy of Modern Languages.
• 4 Students participated in the University of Queensland Institute of Modern Languages.
• 1 Student awarded Silver in the MLTAQ Speech Competition
• 1 Student participated in the AML Course

Alumni

• 2011 QACI Alumni Sam Lara co-directed ABC Documentary Laura’s Choice.
  Sponsorship of the Inspired Learner Award Aspire Awards Ceremony.

• 2008 QACI Alumni Lachlan Snow awarded QACI Alumnus of the Year Award for his work and involvement with the Arts and Culture in under resourced communities.

• Alumni Tutor program

• Alumni-led Adobe workshops for new Year 10 Students in the creative suite of products (photoshop, premiere pro, Illustrator).

• 2008 QACI Alumni Milan Gandhi awarded the 2022 Lee Liberman John Monash Scholarship.

• 2020 QACI alumni exhibit at GoMA in the Queensland Department of Education Creative Generation Awards for Excellence in Visual Arts

• 2020 QACI Alumni Ruby Sinclair, Monique Van Ingen, Yi Han exhibited at GOMA in exhibition as award winners in the 2021 Creative Generation Excellence in Visual Arts.

• 2020 QACI Alumni Indiah Morris launches her own Theatre company The Drawer Productions with debut work Shelter performing in the Anywhere Theatre Festival
  

• 2020 QACI Alumni Sascha selected as finalist in the 97.3 Band that Brisbane Built Competition

• Alumni panel presentation at Queensland Academies Staff Interaction Network (QASINet) with a focus on networking for positive and productive professional futures.
  

University Destinations for 2021