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Study visit: Jacqueline Donachie thumb

Study visit: Jacqueline Donachie

Join OCA tutor Emma Drye on the 1 October at GoMA in Glasgow. The exhibition includes sculptural installation, drawings in pencil and video work and the themes are disability, care and loss.

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William Kentridge

Join OCA tutor Clare Wilson on the 9 October at Whitechapel Gallery in London. South African artist William Kentridge is renowned for his animated expressionist drawings and films exploring time, the history of colonialism and the aspirations and failures of revolutionary politics.

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Getting the most from your tutor

If you are returning to education after a prolonged break or are new to Higher Education it can be daunting to send your work to a tutor you barely know for them to go through it with a fine-toothed comb.

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Come to the edge…

This is my call out to anyone with the OCA who has something to say and would like to join our venture! Click to read on. Go on. Do it!

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Colonies

Neil Musson talks about his recent installation using light, colour and pattern to question the notion of community

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Study is a marathon, not a sprint

As you may have noticed, the 2016 Rio Olympics have got underway. Among those athletes going for gold, I would recommend keeping your eyes on the long distance runners – imitating some of their strategies will maximise your chances of successfully completing your studies.

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Study visit: Jo Spence

Join OCA tutor Wendy McMurdo on the 10 September in Edinburgh.

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Making the course work for you

As a tutor for the OCA I have at times had expressed to me a frustration from students on aspects of the course projects being a bit “vague”, or to put it another way, that there isn’t a clear set of instructions, such as “do this, now do that, in order to produce X,” and I thought it might be beneficial to current students to discuss this topic in a bit more detail…

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Conceptual Art in Britain 1964–1979

Join OCA tutor Robert Enoch on the 20 August at Tate Britain. In the 1960s artists began to abandon traditional approaches and made ideas the essence of their work. This fascinating exhibition explores this pivotal period in British history.

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