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This old thing
Posted: 08/05/19 10:33 |
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This Old Thing is a project in which I’ll be wearing only charity shop-bought occasion dresses for two weeks. I’ll also be posting diary entries and a photo a day of me going about my normal life, doing mundane things. I want to use this to explore the various overlapping and contradictory ways we value our clothing, by being overdressed in garments which someone else threw away.
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Study event review: Thinking through art
Posted: 02/05/19 09:11 |
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Although some of the reading was quite heavy going, we were able to pick out the salient points and find quotations that resonated with our own experience, ideas or concerns or stimulated new thinking.
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What is your tutor up to? Caroline Wright
Posted: 29/04/19 05:17 |
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Caroline Wright , OCA tutor and Programme Leader for Fine Art, has her work featured on ITV during the week commencing 29 April 2019.
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East of England study event: Bookbinding
Posted: 12/04/19 09:08 |
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Join OCA tutor Andrea Norrington on 18 May.
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Ask the librarian
Posted: 09/04/19 09:05 |
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When using library catalogues or databases you need to pick your search terms (keywords) carefully. Search engines and library databases are not intelligent and will match up words without considering their meaning.
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Fees for 2019/20
Posted: 04/04/19 09:09 |
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We are announcing today the fees which will apply in the next academic year (from 01 August 2019 to 31 July 2020). We want to keep fees low for all students whilst maintaining the high quality that students have come to expect from OCA.
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Arts & Environment: Part 2
Posted: 03/04/19 09:59 |
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In this post, Dan and Melissa share recent projects and ideas informing Arts & Environment programme themes, around their involvement with Radmin and Trade Show, Bristol.
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University challenge
Posted: 01/04/19 09:52 |
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A new reality show will be hitting our screens this summer – Campus Uncovered. What do university staff really get up to? What’s it like on the other side of the system? Do they practice what they preach?
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Mental health
Posted: 28/03/19 09:56 |
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In ten short years, the discussion around mental health has opened right up, in no small thanks to the sterling work of charities such as Mind, and prominent figures discussing their own issues.
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Arts & Environment events and e-meets
Posted: 27/03/19 09:03 |
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Join Dan and Melissa on the 27 and 28 April 2019 in South London. Attend one or both days, we will be drawing outdoors, using microscopes and sharing work in progress amongst other things.
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