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OCA Alumni: Jason Dimmock

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Posted: 03/09/20 09:16 | 12 Comments

Congratulations to OCA Alumnus Jason Dimmock whose portrait of Ashley Walters is one of the winners in this year’s Portrait of Britain awards by @BJPhoto.

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Regional group in focus: OCA East of England

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Posted: 12/08/20 09:16 | 4 Comments

My hope is that we can resume in person meetings as soon as practicable with a combination of tutor contributions, gallery visits and more informal meetings. We could also continue to meet remotely recognising that it is a useful addition to our programme and aids access.

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Student stories: Stefan Schaffeld

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Posted: 07/08/20 09:49 | 10 Comments

Congratulations to OCA student Stefan Schaffeld who was recently shortlisted for the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2020.

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Throwback Thursday: Assignment 4 meets my Grandmother

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Posted: 30/07/20 10:26 | 1 Comments

In January 2019 OCA Student Julia Crockatt wrote about how research for her assignment 4 in the course Context and Narrative led her on a personal journey of discovery about her family. She’s now completed and published a website on the same.

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OCA wellbeing: Pets

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Posted: 16/07/20 09:51 | 3 Comments

I have settled reasonably well into life in lockdown and I think it’s largely to do with my furry companion. I’ve kept my normal routine of getting up and walking to work, which currently means taking Enzo out and looping back home to log on.

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OCA Alumna – Mary-Joyce Davis

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Posted: 21/05/20 09:31 | 0 Comments

OCA BA (Hons) Textile graduate Mary-Joyce Davis would like to invite you to join her for the Live online preview of Drawn From Borders today – Thursday 21 May at 12.30pm on Facebook.

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Throwback Thursday: Where do you do it?

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Posted: 07/05/20 04:54 | 0 Comments

Four years ago we asked Where do you do it? Students, staff and tutors sent us images of their work spaces and we compiled them into the video below.

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Throwback Thursday: Your views

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Posted: 23/04/20 04:31 | 2 Comments

In 2014 OCA students contributed to a collaborative film project by artist Gillian Wearing called Your Views. You can watch the result below. With the world in lock down it seems fitting to share the views from our window once again.

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Throwback Thursday: The Big Draw

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Posted: 16/04/20 04:00 | 0 Comments

For this week’s Throwback Thursday we’re revisiting OCA’s first Big Draw online only event, which took place during the festival in October 2019.

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