The Open College of the Arts is a non-profit educational charity whose charitable purpose is to widen participation in arts education through open and flexible distance learning methods. You will receive support from a one-to-one tutor who is also an arts practitioner and you will become part of a thriving UK and international student community.
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Open College of the Arts
With the Open College of the Arts (OCA), you can study a one-off course or a BA (Hons) Open degree from home or anywhere you like and at a time to suit you. OCA is now part of the University for the Creative Arts.
All of our part time distance learning Open degrees are awarded by the University for the Creative Arts (UCA). We have an exceptional range of part-time Open courses at Higher Education level in painting, drawing, photography, music, illustration, graphic design, creative writing, textiles, sculpture, printmaking, art history and film. An award-winning online MA Fine Art is also available with the Open College of the Arts.
Reasons to study with the OCA:
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30 years’ experience in distance learning and creativity
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Speedy enrolment process
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Global community of students
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Student finance funding available
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One-to-one tutor support
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UCA Open degrees
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Study visits
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Flexible timeframes
The Open College of the Arts is the distance learning college of the University for the Creative Arts – one of the UK’s leading specialist art and design universities.
Articles from the OCA Blog
These articles were originally published on the We Are OCA blog and can be viewed through Medium.com below.
rarescale summer school — a level 1 student’s experience
On a warm July morning, 21 musicians descended on Harlaxton manor for 5 days of flute playing & composing at the Rarescale Summer School.
2017.09.14 / 3min read. Read More
What is drawing?
I have this conversation with students time after time about how a practitioner can explore what they perceive to be drawing.
2017.09.13 / 5min read. Read More
Ornamental hysteria
Both in materiality and content, Bickerton’s oeuvre resists categorisation.
2017.09.12 / 3min read. Read More
Quiet and loud narrative voices
The writer has various weapons in his armoury in the fight to hold onto the reader’s precious attention. After all, where is the story…
2017.09.11 / 3min read. Read More
A final letter from Venice
I’ve been home from the Venice Biennale for almost 3 months now & I’m thinking about the work I saw and what impressions have stayed with…
2017.09.05 / 4min read. Read More
Keeping sketchbooks
Students have often approached me asking what it means to keep a sketchbook, how to structure it in a coherent manner.
2017.08.30 / 5min read. Read More
Reflection and the edit: Part 2
Editing your body of work continually is something often done without realising, yet is so important to the development of your practice.
2017.08.29 / 5min read. Read More
21 talks and 24 days later
I have just got back from a lecture tour from Adelaide to Sydney. After 21 talks in 24 days, I was bound to become a bit disoriented.
2017.08.28 / 6min read. Read More
