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Study Visit: Polke

Posted: 18/11/14 09:35 | 1 Comments

Polke’s anti-style of art has been described as appropriating the pictorial shorthand of advertising. His subversion of the traditional artistic conventions in which everyday objects are represented deprives them of their individuality in order to elevate them to the status of aesthetic signs.

Unraveled Visions

Posted: 17/11/14 09:38 | 4 Comments

OCA’s Nina Milton reads from her latest novel…

Lessons in Posing Subjects

Posted: 13/11/14 12:45 | 1 Comments

Join Keith Roberts on the 13 December at 11am in Liverpool to look at the work of American photographers Robert Heinecken and Catherine Opie.

Drawn by Light

Posted: 10/11/14 02:03 | 8 Comments

Join OCA’s Wendy McMurdo on the 6 December between 11am and 1pm to visit Drawn by Light at the Science Museum in London

Sylvia Philpot

Posted: 10/11/14 09:14 | 5 Comments

The methods I have adopted in these paintings are techniques I will continue to use as it has liberated my style; an aim I set out to achieve when I joined OCA . It is also exciting as it offers opportunities to expand texture and composition in a contemporary way without succumbing to too much detail, and maintains the sponteneity that most artists desire and value in their work.

The Nine

Posted: 07/11/14 11:53 | 7 Comments

Visit The Nine MA show to see the inaugural graduating show by students studying on MA Fine Art at the Open College of the Arts work at the Bank Street Gallery in Sheffield.

Keep looking, keep notebooking, keep growing!

Posted: 28/10/14 11:52 | 5 Comments

The following post is written by OCA student Deirdre Ni Argain. She participated in a local culture event which drew attention to sketchbooking and the importance of it. Relevant to all OCA student please give it a read;

Chloe Halstead

Posted: 23/10/14 09:39 | 11 Comments

Chloe enjoys making work with a theme in mind, she finds it motivating, inspiring, and there is a narrative in her work combining sound, image, and text. She has been exploring this as she progresses through the course.

Free Art Friday

Posted: 17/10/14 10:47 | 4 Comments

Free Art Friday is a global initiative which began ten years ago. Its existence and popularity continues to grow largely thanks to social media. The object is to place an artwork on the street for any member of the public to enjoy and take home.

Study Visit: The Two Roberts

Posted: 13/10/14 02:56 | 0 Comments

Join Jim Cowan on the 29 November in Edinburgh to explore the work the Scottish artists Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun.