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Student Stories: Morris Gallagher

Posted: 09/03/23 02:52
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By Morris Gallagher

My final year work is a zine targeting help and advice at doctors who...

OCA News: Illustration

Posted: 02/03/23 10:16
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collaboration digital pedagogy groupwork online learning

By Bee Willey

Earlier this year we contacted attendees to our ‘group work’ sessions to obtain feedback...

Student stories: Tracy Walker

Posted: 23/02/23 11:04
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creativity sustaining practice

By Catherine Byrne

In this blogpost I’d like to introduce one of our most established interior design...

Student stories: Luke Shephard

Posted: 22/02/23 01:15
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creativity online learning

By Dan Robinson

Photography What is The Food Bank Photo Project? Times are tough and what started...

From Accidents to A-Line Dresses

Posted: 16/02/23 11:36
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creativity Enterprise sustaining practice

By Paul Butterworth

If you're moving forward and engaged things happen... so it's always worth giving something...

Goodbye to Drawing Programme Tutor Charlie Duck

Posted: 15/02/23 03:19
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digital pedagogy Education online learning sustaining practice

By Emma Drye

As Programme Leader for Drawing I have been privileged to work with Drawing Programme Tutor...

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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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,...

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Student Stories: Morris Gallagher

OCA News: Illustration

Student stories: Tracy Walker

Student stories: Luke Shephard

From Accidents to A-Line Dresses

Goodbye to Drawing Programme Tutor Charlie Duck

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