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Music: Sustaining Your Practice

Have you ever wondered how to make the first step from being a music student to launching a career as a professional musician, or how to gain the skills that will help your creative practice to flourish after graduation? The final course in OCA’s music degree, launched in September, does exactly that. 

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What is your tutor up to? Caroline Wright

OCA Programme Leader Caroline Wright is a contributor to an online conference on 19 November titled Eco-creativity 2021: Art, Music, Ritual and Global Climate Politics. It explores climate change and cultural change confluences, with particular interest in innovations in art, music and ritual.

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What is your tutor up to? Hayley Lock

It gives me great pleasure to announce the launch of Confer – Karnac Art Space, located at Confer – Karnac (Karnac books) in Strype Street, London E1.

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Patricia Farrar coloured my world

I am heartbroken to have to share the news that OCA student and artist Patricia Farrar passed away at the weekend.

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion group: Meeting two

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion group meeting two   The meeting began with an overview of last month’s meeting, we spoke to the following:   Unconscious bias training: which should not be a ‘tick box’ exercise, rather it will have an OCA specific focus and be for all i.e. staff, tutors and students. WW has approached […]

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion group meeting one: Outcomes

This post highlights the discussion that took place during the first diversity listening session, which took place on 20 January 2021, and outlines the date, time, location and context for the next session, which will take place next month. Firstly, thank you to those who attended the listening session and for your valuable contributions. The […]

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Join us on our Virtual Open Days

We will be starting the New Year with some Virtual Open Days… Speak to Programme leaders, see examples of student work and ask questions. This is your chance to learn more about all of our OCA degree courses. 26th Jan 12pm – 1pm – Textiles with Rebecca Fairley  1:30pm – 2:30pm – Graphic Design,  Illustration […]

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OCA Student Association Role Vacancies

OCASA role vacancies – Be part of making a difference to the student experience ……….  Could you be a student rep?  All OCA students new and old are invited to stand for any of the Student Association Rep  roles currently available, these are listed below.  You don’t have to be an expert – just interested, […]

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