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A Childhood Mystery Solved

Posted: 02/02/23 02:13
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creativity Inspiration

By Judy Brown

When I was a child, I used to drive my family mad because I...

Highlights from a vibrant Creative Arts assessment

Posted: 17/01/23 11:12
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creativity digital assessment online education

By Adam Thompson

As is often the case, assessment events offer great insight into the diverse BA...

Transmitting the message

Posted: 05/01/23 11:18
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collaboration creativity social sustaining practice

By Deborah Masters

Sometimes Keeping up Momentum events develop a momentum of their own. This post describes...

Season’s Greetings & A Year in Review

Posted: 21/12/22 01:19
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digital pedagogy innovation online education social

By Will Woods

Everything that has been achieved this year is down to all of the amazing...

Open Ears – new podcast from the Open College of the Arts

Posted: 20/12/22 04:10
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engaging Equality & diversity social

By Desmond Clarke

In Open Ears we investigate and celebrate the massive diversity of music making which...

In conversation with: Julian Broadhurst

Posted: 06/12/22 09:40
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artist interview creativity Enterprise sustaining practice

By Ben Gaunt

I want people to post about their musical lives, about composition, there works, about...

Study event review: Interior Design & Garden Design

Posted: 17/11/22 09:54
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creativity social

By Catherine Byrne

On a sunny Saturday in November a group of Interior Design and Garden Design...

Writer’s Block (From the Perspective of a Composer)

Posted: 16/11/22 11:09
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creativity sustaining practice

By Ben Gaunt

The creative process and the editorial process are completely different things. When you are...

Study event review: Contemporary Painting Prize

Posted: 27/10/22 04:27
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exhibition social sustaining practice

By Narbi Price

A small but dedicated group of painters spent a drizzly afternoon in Huddersfield looking...

Inspiration vs Precedent Analysis

Posted: 13/10/22 11:19
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digital pedagogy online learning Study tips sustaining practice

By Audrey Bardwell

A big part of any spatial design study will be researching the designs that...

Student stories – Jane Murdock

Posted: 06/10/22 10:42
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creativity Enterprise MA Fine Art sustaining practice

By Jane Murdock

The grant, by enabling the partaking of this exhibition, has produced some long-term affects...

Student exhibition: Beverley Williams

Posted: 30/09/22 10:14
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creativity digital assessment innovation sustaining practice

By Beverley Williams

OCA Textiles Student Beverley Williams will be culminating her studies with an upcoming exhibition...

Study event review: London, September 22

Posted: 29/09/22 11:48
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digital assessment exhibition social sustaining practice

By Dhama Thanigasapapathy

OCA student Dhama reviews a recent study event in London to two OCA student...

The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Posted: 27/09/22 11:43
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creativity exhibition sustaining practice

By Judy Brown

Last week I was lucky enough to have tickets for the Open House Festival,...

Creative Arts Department: A year in review

Posted: 08/09/22 11:12
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digital assessment digital pedagogy interdisciplinary online education reflection

By Doug Burton

The 2021/22 academic year has created many opportunities to enhance our Creative Arts Department...

Garden Design – 21/22 News roundup by Programme Leader Gill German

Posted: 31/08/22 09:36
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digital assessment digital pedagogy online education reflection

By Gill German

After the challenges of 2020 the Garden Design Department is now steadily growing. We...

Principal Will Woods – A personal reflection

Posted: 30/08/22 03:32
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digital pedagogy online education partnership

By Will Woods

OCA Principal Will Woods shares a personal reflection on the new partnership between the...

Student stories: Searching for the Light

Posted: 16/08/22 10:04
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By Emma Drye

I’m really pleased to announce that Mickos’ inaugural solo exhibition “Searching for the Light”...

A PDF-to-print zine as engagement for Creative Arts: Gesa Helms’ A/Folder: an instructive glossary

Posted: 12/08/22 09:16
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creativity cross discipline engagement sustaining practice

By Gesa Helms

This blog explores a distributed and self-printed form of engagement in my recently completed...

Tutor News: Farewell and thanks to Peter Lester

Posted: 10/08/22 09:33
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creativity Education sustaining practice

By Barry Hurd

After almost five years with OCA Graphic design Department, and many more in design...

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A Childhood Mystery Solved

Highlights from a vibrant Creative Arts assessment

Transmitting the message

Season’s Greetings & A Year in Review

Open Ears – new podcast from the Open College of the Arts

In conversation with: Julian Broadhurst

Study event review: Interior Design & Garden Design

Writer’s Block (From the Perspective of a Composer)

Study event review: Contemporary Painting Prize

Inspiration vs Precedent Analysis

Student stories – Jane Murdock

Student exhibition: Beverley Williams

Study event review: London, September 22

The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Creative Arts Department: A year in review

Garden Design – 21/22 News roundup by Programme Leader Gill German

Principal Will Woods – A personal reflection

Student stories: Searching for the Light

A PDF-to-print zine as engagement for Creative Arts: Gesa Helms’ A/Folder: an instructive glossary

Tutor News: Farewell and thanks to Peter Lester