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Student Stories: Virginia Barrantes Fernandez
Posted: 03/07/26 09:03 |
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My practice explores how women and AFAB artists reclaim bodily agency through material, narrative and form. In my practice, I expose the violence embedded in idealised femininity, using humour, materiality, identity, feminist resistance, and objects to mediate trauma.
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Student Stories: Anthony Carey
Posted: 30/06/26 04:03 |
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Creative Arts Programme tutor Rachel Smith is in conversation with Stage 3 student Anthony Carey.
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OCA Creative Arts : Student Story – Gemma Lorente-Shore
Posted: 07/05/26 10:20 |
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Read about OCA Creative Arts student Gemma Lorente-Shore’s learning journey.
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OCA News: Lifelong Learning Entitlement
Posted: 16/03/26 11:13 |
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Funding for studies is changing. Radically. And yet just over 1 in 10 people are aware of what is happening. In January 2027 the new Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) system will come into effect. This is an initiative designed by successive governments to allow learners to study flexibly through a modular approach to learning. This will replace the student loans system in England.
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Alix Brown – Flexibility, Feedback and Finding My Voice
Posted: 25/01/26 08:31 |
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I’m Alix Brown, and I’m currently studying Creative Arts at OCA. At the time of writing, I am partway through Unit 3.2, and working on external projects related to Photography and Illustration. Originally, my plans were to write for children as well as illustrate, but during Unit 3.1, I fell in love with the visual […]
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OCA Creative Arts: Tutor News – Rachel Smith
Posted: 12/01/26 11:46 |
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Congratulations to our Creative Arts tutor Rachel Smith for being one of five nominated artists in the UK, to be considered for the Women to Watch exhibition series, which will be held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC in 2027.
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