QUT visual arts showcase a platform to inspire high school students
South East Queensland high school students are coming for an inside look at what studying a creative arts degree at QUT is like, thanks to an invitation to attend a graduate showcase on Thursday and Friday.
QUT academic lead, engagement, Professor Mark Ryan, said Lattice, QUT's 2024 Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, was one of several creative arts events opened up to high school groups this year.
“Inviting school groups to participate in and experience our graduate showcases aligns with the QUT vision of opening the showcases to the public,” Professor Ryan said.
“Final year QUT visual arts students will meet arriving school groups at the Frank Moran Gallery where they will introduce the exhibition and provide an artist’s talk explaining their work.
“They will also give an overview of their experience studying at QUT before leading the students on a tour of the visual arts facilities including workshops, digital fabrication areas and the QUT School of Creative Arts spaces around Z9.
“It’s a way to inspire our future students and form meaningful, ongoing relationships with schools. It also allows high school visual arts teachers to engage with QUT to see curriculum and approaches to learning and teaching.
“There are benefits for our final year students too. Not only is their excellent work in the spotlight, being able give high school groups artist talks about their creative process, techniques and experience studying at QUT helps develop their own skills as artists by presenting to audiences beyond friends, family and fellow students.”
Professor Ryan said several high school groups had registered for the visual arts engagement while other high school groups were able to attend Standing By, a graduating student showcase for technical production on Tuesday, and Potentia: Festival of Student Theatre in early October.
Lattice, QUT's 2024 Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, opened last night in the Visual Arts Z11 Gallery and Z12 Studios of the QUT Kelvin Grove Campus.
QUT visual arts lecturer Associate Professor Charles Robb said the exhibition would run until Saturday November 9 and celebrated the distinctive voices of 36 emerging artists shaped by QUT’s innovative Open Studio program.
“Through an emphasis on cross-media experimentation and conceptual development, our 2024 graduates have created works that challenge artistic boundaries while building essential professional skills,” said Professor Robb.
“From moving image to installation, digital art to textiles, painting and sculpture, the exhibition showcases works that emerge from rigorous theoretical study and intensive studio practice.
“Each piece reflects these artists' creative journeys and material investigations, offering unique perspectives on contemporary social, political, and personal experiences. Lattice represents both the culmination of their academic development at QUT and their emergence into Australia's contemporary art landscape.”
Standing By runs from November 5-7 in Z9-110, Kelvin Grove. It celebrates the achievements of QUT theatre and performance production design, management and technical students. Visitors can explore and play with exhibits showcasing all aspects of performance production, uncover what goes on ‘behind the scenes’, and meet the next generation of production artists.
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Main image: artwork by graduating QUT visual arts students Milan MacMahon (left), Taylor Willmington (top right), and Arlo Tarry (bottom right).
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