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New Short Course – Discover OCA Creative Education thumb

New Short Course – Discover OCA Creative Education

If you are interested in better understanding the relationships between creativity and education and identifying the opportunities for experiential learning that might already be around you, join us in June for the Creative Education short course.

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What have I learnt from 18 years at the OCA, tutoring hundreds of students? thumb

What have I learnt from 18 years at the OCA, tutoring hundreds of students?

Like many of OCA’s students, I studied late in life. I didn’t do a degree after school, working for 16 years in computing. However, I increasingly felt drawn to the arts. I got absorbed in thought through creative projects, partly as an antidote to work and everyday life.

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Sustaining Practice: Find funding for your work thumb

Sustaining Practice: Find funding for your work

Fund Your Work: 30+ Top Opportunities and Harnessing AI for Success” is designed to guide artists through available grants and awards, demystifying the process and showing funding is an option—all while exploring how AI can make applying easier.

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OCA Creative Arts: Review of Turner Prize 2024 thumb

OCA Creative Arts: Review of Turner Prize 2024

The aim of the Turner Prize is to provoke debate around contemporary British art. Each year four artists based in Britain are shortlisted by a panel. The selection is based on projects or exhibitions from the past year.

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