OCA Degree Show Showcase 21/22
Posted: 25/07/22 10:54 | 0 Comments
Welcome to our online Degree Show Showcase 21/22 where we are celebrating a number of our graduates from across six of our degree programmes.
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OCA News: Student Fees from August 2022
Posted: 17/05/22 02:59 | 8 Comments
We are announcing today, Tuesday 17th May 2022, the fees which will apply to the next academic year (from 1st August 2022 to 31st July 2023).
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Augmented Reality – what place does this have in art?
Posted: 23/02/22 02:12 | 8 Comments
The primary focus for Artivive, going by their website, appears to be its use in galleries, but I was beginning to see the potential beyond that context. What if artists could add an audio track for people with literacy difficulties? Or a video of themselves talking about the work? Or how about a video comprising photos showing how the finished piece came about?
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LGBT+ History Month
Posted: 17/02/22 04:22 | 0 Comments
February is LGBT+ History Month in the UK, a month-long annual celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and non-binary history.
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Student Stories: Jessica Higgins
Posted: 03/11/21 12:19 | 6 Comments
In my essay for I’m keen to investigate an issue that has bothered me all my writing life. Why are black writers always described, in the media and in publishing, as ‘black writers’ while white writers are simply described as ‘writers’? I also want to just be a ‘writer’.
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Image-making and image-faking
Posted: 21/09/21 10:14 | 2 Comments
How do you balance healthy scepticism (and the urge to debunk) with openness to new information and the desire to believe? Sometimes, when it comes to image-making and image-faking, all it takes is a few hoax fairy photos to remind you to maintain your sense of wonder…and look a little closer.
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OCA is evolving
Posted: 04/08/21 04:41 | 3 Comments
The slideshow below provides an overview of changes to the areas of learning, teaching, assessment and curriculum at OCA.
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OCA’s online degree showcase – Live!
Posted: 30/07/21 06:13 | 4 Comments
I am delighted to announce that our first ever degree showcase at OCA launches this week at https://showcase.oca.ac.uk/. Students from the Creative Arts, Creative Writing, Painting, Photography and Textiles undergraduate degrees are all represented and the work is absolutely stunning.
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Student Association study event: Visual Art and Text
Posted: 28/06/21 09:47 | 1 Comments
Join Bryan Eccleshall for two workshops (each two hours long) to explore how text has been used in visual art and to develop your own way of doing it.
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To plot or not to plot
Posted: 15/06/21 09:26 | 0 Comments
Plot is possibly one of the most overlooked aspects of scriptwriting: coming up with the right idea, developing complex and captivating characters, creating a structure, building conflict are usually every writer’s priority, before sitting in front of the screen and starting to type.
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