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As we all know, the web provides a great array of wonderful stuff, but it is a challenge to sift the good from the indifferent and downright bad. But now an initiative based on a philosophy of collaboration in the arts community is beginning to bear fruit. Chris Follows, of the University of the Arts, […]
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My students always find it strange, but amusing that their EFL teacher also studies, and have to ‘take tests’. Of course, for the teenagers, it is always impossible to understand that their teacher ‘wants to study’. Living, working and studying in China of course has it’s ups and downs, and as I was brainstorming what […]
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As you will probably know if you follow us on OCA-student forums, the OCA has become a partner in Alamy’s new student initiative. The scheme allows OCA students at levels 2 & 3 to become contributors to Alamy’s picture library and receive 100% royalties on their sales. Sounds good? It certainly is, considering that regular […]
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Last month we had our first study visit to the newly re-opened Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool. The gallery is approximately twice the size of the previous site in Wood Street and we will certainly be going back. This time, 15 students joined myself and Peter Haveland to see two radically different exhibitions. The first, […]
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The first OCA Study visit to the Whitechapel Gallery for 2012 will take place on 11 February. This important show first major UK survey of British photographer, film-maker and installation artist Zarina Bhimji. The exhibition traces the development of her work over the last 25 years and premieres her new film, Yellow Patch (2011), inspired […]
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Last Thursday I made my way through dark rain-soaked London to see a most inspiring exhibition: ‘Murmuration’: an installation at the Black Rat Gallery by artist Swoon. Swoon aims to make art that speaks to people in a direct way, interacting with how we live in the real world. Much of her work involves pasting […]
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It may only be the end of November but it is time for our review of the year in photography. I didn’t get to email everyone at the OCA and I was clear that it should be work that has influenced or impressed them his year, not necessarily published or exhibited this year. Here are […]
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Si Barber’s work ‘The Big Society‘ is currently on show at Bank Street Arts in Sheffield until 13 January. Mark and I went to talk to him about how he became a professional photographer, how he makes ends meet and the four year project which was to become ‘The Big Society’. Si was both generous […]
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Opting for a study visit to the Hereford Photography Festival instead of going to see a retrospective of Martin Parr at the M-Shed in Bristol wasn’t an easy decision to make, but we couldn’t have possibly missed the longest-running photography festival in the UK. BJP’s editor Simon Bainbridge, who seems to have embarked on a […]
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We are pleased to announce the launch of an enhanced Learner Support Scheme. Trustees have set aside a budget of up to £15,000 in each financial year to underpin this important development. The new scheme will ensure the continuation of the existing bursary scheme but add four new components. These are: help with attending OCA […]
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