Arts & Environment study day at YSP
Posted: 27/06/18 09:07 | 0 Comments
Join OCA tutor Dan Robinson for a summer Art and Environment study day at Yorkshire Sculpture Park as part of a student group on Sunday 26 August 2018
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Fees for 2018/19
Posted: 22/06/18 09:39 | 0 Comments
We are announcing today the fees which will apply in the next academic year (from 01 August 2018).
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OCA news: A note from Will Woods, Principal
Posted: 20/06/18 09:11 | 2 Comments
OCA are proud to increase access to the arts, as we approach the end of our 30th anniversary year I wanted to share a few of the ways we are doing that.
We have a new mission:
“To be at the forefront of student-led creative arts education through innovative open, enhanced, & supported distance learning, for an evolving society.”
Refugee week: 18-24 June
Posted: 19/06/18 09:31 | 6 Comments
The idea that pointing your camera at things that are not part of your experience can only be tourism is also problematic – if you have privilege why not use that to highlight those less fortunate?
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In conversation with: Les Monaghan
Posted: 14/06/18 09:33 | 4 Comments
As part of the #weareoca30 campaign we are having creative conversations with some of our tutors. Watch and listen to OCA Photography tutor Les Monaghan below answering questions from students.
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Critique, Criticism (and Social Media)
Posted: 11/06/18 09:45 | 10 Comments
Imagine if the next feedback from your tutor simply said ‘great’ or ‘I like it all, carry on’. I’m betting that you wouldn’t quite know what to do or how to progress. It’s your tutor’s job to give praise and encouragement but also to point out areas that need addressing. Feedback given by your tutor […]
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Study event review: Copenhagen
Posted: 05/06/18 09:25 | 1 Comments
At the end of April twelve students from seven different countries and two OCA bodies met in Copenhagen for a weekend to look at art and make connections.
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Relative Poverty
Posted: 29/05/18 10:05 | 4 Comments
Relative Poverty would be stories – based in fact, as we understand documentaries to be – and the intent was overt; to show the lives lived in as much detail as it takes to overcome the naysayers. A tall order I know.
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OCA Bursaries – help with course fees
Posted: 24/05/18 09:48 | 0 Comments
As part of the OCA’s charitable purpose, each year our Learner Support Scheme helps new and existing students with a low household income to access our courses.
This is in the form of partial bursaries towards the course fees, dependant on household income. Applicants must not be eligible for other sources of funding, such as Student Finance.
OCA-North: Join the first event
Posted: 19/05/18 09:22 | 2 Comments
OCA tutor Andrew Conroy will be leading the OCA-North group’s first get together on the 2 June in Leeds at the Old Red Bus Station.
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