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Study visit to see the Damien Hirst show in Walsall thumb

Study visit to see the Damien Hirst show in Walsall

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   The New Art Gallery, Walsall, is one of the great success stories of Lottery funding in Britain. Its collection of paintings, drawings and sculpture originally belonged to the sculptor, Jacob Epstein, and was added to by […]

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A room full of illustrators

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. I attended an Illustration masterclass at the Guardian on 14th September. I really had little idea of what to expect but it was a packed day with insights into a range of illustrators’ working practices, plus tips […]

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Ian Dury and Elaine Sturtevant thumb

Ian Dury and Elaine Sturtevant

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   On the way to see Ian Dury’s show at the Royal College of Art, I dropped into the Serpentine Gallery where Elaine Sturtevant was having an exhibition of her work. She is an American artist now […]

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Drawing off the page

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   OCA tutor Angela Rogers has a three dimensional drawing in The Big Draw (an annual national drawing event run by the Campaign for Drawing to get everyone drawing). AccessArt is doing a Big Draw online. It’s […]

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Study visit:  Peter Doig: No Foreign Lands thumb

Study visit: Peter Doig: No Foreign Lands

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. This study visit to see Peter Doig’s work will be on Thursday 10th October 2013 at the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh.  This exhibition focusses on paintings done in the last ten years. Living in Trinidad, Doig uses serial motifs […]

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Peter Appleton wins the OCA prize for painting thumb

Peter Appleton wins the OCA prize for painting

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   Peter Appleton has just completed a degree with the OCA. His final body of work was so outstanding he has been awarded this year’s Richard Robbins prize at OCA. His award has helped him mount an […]

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Inventive, creative sketchbooks?  Look no further… thumb

Inventive, creative sketchbooks? Look no further…

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   Here is a glimpse into some of the most inventive and creative sketchbooks you may have seen: by second level OCA student Sandra Kendall. OCA tutor and assessor Emma Drye reports.

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Artist Talking

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   We have an exhibition of Peter Doig paintings in Edinburgh just now as part of the Edinburgh Arts Festival. Considering the status of Doig I was surprised and exited to see that he was giving an […]

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OCA tutor Doug Burton in praise of level one printmaker Janet Gomes thumb

OCA tutor Doug Burton in praise of level one printmaker Janet Gomes

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   Have a look at the prints by level one student Janet Gomes, who is highlighted because of her excellent assessment submission in July. OCA tutor and assessor Doug Burton takes a look….

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Photography and representations of motherhood, study visit thumb

Photography and representations of motherhood, study visit

A study visit to two linked photography exhibitions

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