Photography and digital assessment – a wider picture
Posted: 30/04/20 09:44 | 0 Comments
Digital assessment does not mean rejection of photographic prints, or of tactile and physical work…
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What if…
Posted: 08/04/20 09:43 | 0 Comments
What if … I can’t go outside to photograph. Below are some tips and suggestions of some aspects to explore and photographers to look at. The list is by no means exhaustive, so please do add and share. Some courses/assignments are more dramatically impacted than others, so do talk to your tutor. Use the forums to share and connect with other students.
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Age of the image
Posted: 20/03/20 09:26 | 3 Comments
It’s important for all art students to explore and understand the potency of images. A good deal of that rests on understanding the way that image-making has changed and been changed, by whom, and to what purpose. It’s a complex subject with technology, psychology, politics, science, and artistic vision all playing their part.
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Starting a creative practice PhD
Posted: 04/03/20 09:40 | 8 Comments
When I started my first module with Open College of the Arts, I hadn’t even committed to a Undergraduate degree let alone considered the possibilities of going on to study at master’s or PhD level, but here I am! My time studying with OCA allowed me to start believing in myself giving me the opportunity to fully explore materials and techniques that lead eventually to a very research-based approach to my practice.
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Starting a new course. Part 2.
Posted: 15/02/20 09:18 | 0 Comments
What does your working routine look like to you? Where do you work best?
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Starting a new course – ways of getting stuck in and finding your feet.
Posted: 01/02/20 09:36 | 2 Comments
As a tutor within Further and Higher Education for the past 7 years, I am familiar with the logistics of starting a new course, seeing it all happen behind the scenes from the tutor’s perspective. This year however, alongside teaching at the OCA, I am starting a new course of my own – an MA in Textile Design.
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