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The Art of Sketchbooks
Posted: 11/02/11 08:30 |
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I like sketchbooks best. I mean, often they are more exciting that the finished article. They have layers of work and re-work, layers of meaning, of frustration, anxiety, joy and pain. The best sketchbooks are also brimming with ideas, and show the artist’s journey in a ‘warts and all’ way. This made me excited about […]
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Focus on Imaging 2011
Posted: 04/02/11 11:18 |
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Here at OCA the events team is gearing up for the Focus on Imaging show. Europe’s biggest annual imaging show is on at the NEC from 6th -9th March Focus on Imaging is a great opportunity to get ‘hands-on’ the latest gear and learn new techniques. Leading photo retailers are there so don’t forget to […]
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Don't hang around…
Posted: 02/02/11 03:14 |
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Time’s short. Generally, and more specifically to get a place on our next art study visit. OCA tutor Jane Lazenby will be leading a practical study visit at York Art Gallery on the 26th March, on Dutch vanitas still life paintings. The workshop will start with a guided tour of the exhibition and will introduce […]
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Faulks on Fiction
Posted: 01/02/11 08:48 |
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A new BBC series, Faulks on Fiction (based on Faulks’ book, available from the BBC website), starts this Saturday (5th February) at 9pm on BBC2. Sebastian Faulks will be looking at the heroes of the British novel in early works such as Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe and the snobs of British literature in Fleming’s James Bond. […]
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Photography study visits
Posted: 26/01/11 11:23 |
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Two new opportunities for OCA students to join photography Course Leaders on study visits. On 9 February Alan Whetton will be leading an afternoon visit in in Bradford. The afternoon will include visits to two exhibitions at the National Media Museum, Land Revisited by Fay Godwin and Back Home by Swedish photographers Anders Petersen and […]
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The curious images of John Stezaker
Posted: 25/01/11 11:38 |
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Like many collage artists before him, John Stezaker is fascinated by what happens with you bring together found images to create unexpected meanings.
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World book night
Posted: 22/12/10 10:44 |
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In case you’ve missed all the press coverage on this event, here’s the premise in brief: 1,000,000 books are to be given away by 20,000 book lovers on Saturday 5th March. 35 books have been chosen, from which you can choose the book you would like to give away to friends, colleagues, reluctant readers etc. […]
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‘Another World: Dali, Magritte, Miró and the Surrealists’ – 13th November 2010
Posted: 17/11/10 10:03 |
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This was the first of hopefully many study visits arranged for OCA students in Edinburgh. ‘Another World’ is the major summer exhibition at the Dean Gallery, running until 9th January 2011, and the show offers a fascinating overview of Surrealism, one of the most important art movements of the twentieth century. The Gallery owns a […]
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On an exhibition 'crawl' at Brighton Photo Biennial
Posted: 09/11/10 03:06 |
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Yes, the analogy is not inappropriate. By the end of a long weekend of exhibition visits at Brighton Photo Biennial, OCA’s Director Gareth, photography tutor Clive, a selected group of students and myself felt very much intoxicated with photography. Such was the variety and sheer number of exhibitions in Brighton this year. The Brighton Photo […]
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London get-together: 4th December
Posted: 27/10/10 09:23 |
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Hardly a day goes by without more news on opportunities for OCA students to get together. Student Eileen Rafferty has details of this London get-together with a visit to the V&A Shadow Catchers exhibition here on flickr. Image by missconnaught66 also on flickr. Here at the OCA we like Creative Commons, but we are also […]
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