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Painting and Drawing student work Autumn 2021
Posted: 17/12/21 02:32 |
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As Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Painting and the BA (Hons) Drawing degrees at OCA I am delighted to present a curated exhibition of the work presented by the students in both departments for the Autumn 2021 assessment event.
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Jim Cowan is retiring after 32 years with OCA
Posted: 05/10/21 12:37 |
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As Programme Leader for the painting dept, I am pleased to be in conversation this month with artist and tutor James Cowan. James has worked for OCA since September 1988 (the year I sat my A Levels) and his experience and, I would suggest in particular, his rich art historical knowledge has been an asset for students over the years. Jim is leaving us in the months ahead so I’m taking the opportunity to have a conversation with him now and hear about his own practice and also listen to his unique insight into the development of OCA.
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Image-making and image-faking
Posted: 21/09/21 10:14 |
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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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Student work: OCA Painting & Drawing summer assessment 2021 exhibition
Posted: 08/09/21 09:53 |
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We would like to invite you to view below a curation of work produced in the drawing and painting departments at the Open College of the Arts. The work is from our summer 2021 assessment event and includes students at HE4 – HE6.
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OCA is evolving
Posted: 04/08/21 04:41 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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edge zine 11: Catalyst
Posted: 11/06/21 01:25 |
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We are pleased to announce the new issue of edge-zine is available now.
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Perception: Where Science and Art Meet. Sort Of.
Posted: 09/06/21 09:26 |
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The important point is our brains are wired in a certain way and we invent and build the world in our heads as much as perceive it as ‘truth’. This is important for anyone attempting to represent three dimensions in two. The world is indeed out there but perhaps capturing it requires more intervention than we might initially think.
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Developing ideas through making work and ‘listening’ to the work
Posted: 24/05/21 09:25 |
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Gwen Bird’s fourth submission for Drawing 1: Exploring Drawing Media shows how developing ideas by working through material processes rather than thinking about conclusions or results can result in creative breakthroughs. While having a goal in mind is not necessarily a bad thing when making work, it can sometimes overwhelm and obscure really interesting potential ideas that emerged from the act of making.
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