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RWA Open Exhibition
Posted: 14/09/16 09:19 |
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Join OCA tutor Michele Whiting on the 23 November in Bristol to visit the RWA Open Exhibition. This show is based on a highly competitive open submission in its 164th year. It is one of the longest running ‘opens’ in the country, showcasing some of the most ‘exciting (established and emerging) artists in the country’.
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An introduction to sustainability in textiles
Posted: 12/09/16 09:51 |
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In this blog post you will be taken through 3 key aspects of sustainable textiles. These are the Textiles Environment Design project (TED), the Slow Textiles Movement, and Design for disassembly. Every textile student and practitioner should have some knowledge and consider the ethics of textile production in their practice.
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Study visit: Jacqueline Donachie
Posted: 09/09/16 09:02 |
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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
Posted: 08/09/16 01:00 |
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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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OCA student exhibition study visit
Posted: 05/09/16 09:21 |
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Level 3 Photography student, Stan Dickinson, is inviting fellow students to join him for a special visit to an exhibition of his work, New Photographic Chemistry at Bank Street Arts gallery, Sheffield, on Saturday 1 October 2016.
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STEAM ahead- Provisional drawing practices
Posted: 02/09/16 09:55 |
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Join OCA tutor Cheryl Huntbach on the 1 October at the South Square Centre in Bradford for one of OCA’s Big Draw study visits. The day will involve an informal introduction to the exhibition and a practical drawing workshop; taking ideas from the ‘STEAM ahead’ exhibition as a springboard.
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Big Draw 2016
Posted: 01/09/16 09:44 |
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“Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder what makes the universe exist. Be curious.” Be part of OCA’s Big Draw 2016.
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[ (6) ] go to Oxford
Posted: 17/08/16 09:06 |
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Six OCA photography alumni are showing that completing your degree can be the beginning of a journey, not the end of one. First collaborating as [ (6) ] when they were undergraduates in 2014, they have continued to stay in touch since graduating.
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Colonies
Posted: 16/08/16 09:37 |
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Neil Musson talks about his recent installation using light, colour and pattern to question the notion of community
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Georgia O’Keeffe
Posted: 10/08/16 09:38 |
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About half-way through Georgia O’Keeffe’s exhibition at Tate Modern I began to wonder if, perhaps, the Tate ought to have promoted the show as a group exhibition since it included so much work by other artists…
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