Emma Drye, Author at The Open College of the Arts

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Student stories: Searching for the Light

Posted: 16/08/22 10:04 | 2 Comments

I’m really pleased to announce that Mickos’ inaugural solo exhibition “Searching for the Light” will take place at The JM Gallery in London.

Goodbye and thank you to tutor Ilsa Brittain

Posted: 28/07/22 02:32 | 6 Comments

As Programme Leader for the painting dept, I am pleased to be in conversation this month with artist and tutor Ilsa Brittian. Ilsa has worked for OCA since 2017. Ilsa is leaving us this month to focus her attention on her practice so I am taking the opportunity to have a conversation with her and to celebrate her significant contribution to OCA.

Student stories: Geraldine Leahy, Artist talk

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Posted: 09/06/22 10:35 | 0 Comments

SYP student Geraldine Leahy recently held her solo Degree Show, Littoral Shift: A Coastal Terrain in Flux, in a beautiful restored and repurposed church in the seaside village of Rush, North County Dublin. She will present her artist’s talk on Wednesday 22nd of June at 6pm, to which you all OCA students are warmly invited.

Painting and Drawing student work Spring 2022

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Posted: 04/05/22 10:54 | 10 Comments

As Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Painting and the BA (Hons) Drawing degrees at OCA I am delighted to present a curated exhibition of the work presented by the students in both departments for the Spring 2022 assessment event.

In-between: Wendy Healey’s Artists Talk – Wednesday 18 May 2022 at 6pm

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Posted: 28/04/22 03:38 | 5 Comments

Please join me to celebrate the achievement of level 3 Painting SYP student Wendy Healey who has just completed her final degree show with us and is soon to graduate.

Wendy’s OCA Artist Talk will comprise of an in-conversation talk with Psychotherapist/ Art Therapist Maureen Begadon, filmed at Wendy’s home studio prior to her degree show on 28 April -14 May at DAA gallery Sutton Coldfield. The film will be followed by a question and answer discussion.

The Patricia Farrar Award for Painting

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Posted: 18/03/22 09:06 | 25 Comments

As Programme Leader for Painting I feel personally that Patricia would have had a continued influence on OCA as an alumni and I have tried to preserve that influence by instigating an award at OCA in her memory and as an ongoing inspiration. The award is given to a student annually who embodied something of Patricia’s spirit and creative concerns.

Student stories: Arlene Sharp

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Posted: 15/03/22 03:09 | 28 Comments

The Freelands Painting Prize has been developed to support artists at an early stage in their practice and all UK art colleges are able to nominate a single student in their final course of study to be considered for it. We convened a panel of all the tutors for the eligible students and undertook a two stage process to identify one candidate. We used a simple scoring system and, whilst everyone got some points, one person was a clear winner and that was Arlene Sharp.

Introducing the Painting department programme tutors

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Posted: 01/03/22 10:55 | 0 Comments

In a new development at OCA, we have introduced the new role of Programme Tutor. For painting, the programme tutors support the Head of Department and tutor team to develop the degree programme and to support the learning community to thrive and feel at home in the painting department.

Painting and Drawing student work Autumn 2021

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Posted: 17/12/21 02:32 | 13 Comments

Jim Cowan is retiring after 32 years with OCA

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Posted: 05/10/21 12:37 | 6 Comments

As Programme Leader for the painting dept, I am pleased to be in conversation this month with artist and tutor James Cowan. James has worked for OCA since September 1988 (the year I sat my A Levels) and his experience and, I would suggest in particular, his rich art historical knowledge has been an asset for students over the years. Jim is leaving us in the months ahead so I’m taking the opportunity to have a conversation with him now and hear about his own practice and also listen to his unique insight into the development of OCA.