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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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Step into a world of lace like you’ve never seen it before. See how the patterns, materials and cultural traditions of lace are represented through radical new approached by UK and international artists. This OCA study day will be of interest to Fine Art and textiles students. It will take place on Saturday 11 February […]
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19th November 2011. A beautiful bright day; OCA students, Heather, Nigel, Lucille, Michael, Christine, Sarah and I met up at the Baltic to socialise and view the Turner Prize Exhibition. It was great that there was an instant rapport in the group with everyone clearly eager to exchange experiences to date with the OCA. There […]
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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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A two pronged study day is planned for 21st January in Liverpool. Two exciting exhibitions, in a wonderful city. First we’ll go to Tate Liverpool to learn about Lewis Carroll’s timeless novels, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, which have fascinated children and adults alike since their publication over 150 years ago. […]
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It was a great honour to be invited to lead the first OCA Music Workshop on 12th November. The day focused on compositions for solo flute, and students were asked to submit short pieces which would be discussed during the workshop. A fantastic group of 16 music students descended upon the OCA’s Head Office in […]
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You missed a real treat of a study day if you were not with me, a couple of textile tutors and an art history tutor, at what is my exhibition of the year: the Grayson Perry ‘Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman’ at the British Museum. I have never seen an exhibition where there have been […]
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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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The final study visit of 2011 takes us to Liverpool and the newly reopened Open Eye Gallery. On Thursday 15 December we will visit the galley’s two opening exhibitions. The first is Mitch Epstein’s American Power which earlier this year won the Prix Pictet for photography on issues of sustainability. In an interview with the […]
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