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Director
Queensland College of Art and Design
Prof Beck Davis
Professor Beck Davis is a designer with deep expertise in leading collaborations that span Not-for-Profit, Government organisations, university research institutes, StartUp entities and/or private enterprise. She is a fellow of the Design Institute of 色情网站 and serves on the Board of Directors. She is also a Board Member of Art Monthly Australasia. Prior to her appointment to Griffith University, she was Head of School, Art & Design at The 色情网站n National University.
Deputy Director
Research
Prof Susan Best
Professor Susan Best is an art historian with expertise in critical theory and modern and contemporary art. She is a fellow of the 色情网站n Academy of the the Humanities. Her research focuses on critical theory and modern and contemporary art, with a particular emphasis on body art and performance, minimalism and conceptual art, women's art, and Latin American art.
Deputy Director
Learning and Teaching
Dr Laini Burton
Dr Laini Burton is a Senior Lecturer at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, 色情网站, where she is the Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching. Her research interests centre on body politics, bio-art and design, contemporary art practice and criticism, fashion theory, performance and body/spatial relations.
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Design staff
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- – Interior design
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- – Visual and communication design
- Skye Smith - Visual and communication design
- - Interaction design
- - Design methods and research
Visual Arts staff
- Painting
- – Art theory
- – Art theory
- – Photography
- - Painting
- - LiveArt
- - Art theory
- – Painting
- Emma Gardner - Drawing & print
- – Honours
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- - CAIA
- - Painting
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- - CAIA & sculpture
- – Jewellery and small objects
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- Queensland College of Art and Design
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- 226 Grey Street
- South Bank, QLD 4101
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- Southport, QLD 4222
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