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Book review: How to Write About Contemporary Art by Gilda Williams
Posted: 11/09/18 09:45 |
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This is an important book for anyone who writes about art and its related disciplines. From Textile Foundations to Sustaining Your Practice as a textile student you are asked to comment on the work of others and your own creative output. This is a skill that does not necessarily come naturally, and many students struggle with it. It is therefore important to get some help. This book is different from the many “how to” writing books because it makes a strong case for knowing your subject and writing creatively about it.
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Confessions of an art student: Sustaining practice
Posted: 02/08/18 09:18 |
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And when someone in the future asks you to talk about sustaining your practice, you are OBVIOUSLY going to say YES, not just because you have anxiety issues about letting people down… but because you have made so much damn work you have no space in your house anymore: that is ‘sustained as hell!’
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Getting your poetry out there: Part 2 – Blogging and online presence
Posted: 23/07/18 09:09 |
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So your tutors are giving you good feedback, and you’re happy with what you’re writing, but what’s the next stage in sharing that with other people? People you don’t know, people whose opinions matter, people who are part of a wider community of poets? This post is about online presence; how you can use this as a tool to promote your work, how to make the most of the free tools that are out there and how to connect with your audience digitally.
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Getting your poetry out there. Part one – The open mic night
Posted: 16/07/18 09:05 |
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So your tutors are giving you good feedback, and you’re happy with what you’re writing, but what’s the next stage in sharing that with other people? People you don’t know, people whose opinions matter, people who are part of a wider community of poets?
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Study tips 3: Mental health
Posted: 28/06/18 09:39 |
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Over the course of doing a degree, there is a lot of opportunity for life to get in the way, and finding and keeping that motivation can be difficult, particularly over the 12 years that you might be with OCA.
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Why you should visit a degree show (textiles)
Posted: 13/06/18 09:28 |
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So why might it benefit you to visit a degree show? All textiles students whether studying at a distance, like you, or in a ‘bricks and mortar’ university ought to take note of their contemporaries creative outcomes.
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Ten tips to improve your sentences
Posted: 12/06/18 09:29 |
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OCA tutor Guy Mankowski’s ten tips to (hopefully) improve your sentences.
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Critique, Criticism (and Social Media)
Posted: 11/06/18 09:45 |
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Imagine if the next feedback from your tutor simply said ‘great’ or ‘I like it all, carry on’. I’m betting that you wouldn’t quite know what to do or how to progress. It’s your tutor’s job to give praise and encouragement but also to point out areas that need addressing. Feedback given by your tutor […]
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Drawing in the gallery
Posted: 07/06/18 09:31 |
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This blogpost is an attempt to pass on some of what I’ve learned about drawing in a gallery. It’s not the only way to go about it, and it isn’t for everyone, but I hope that after reading it you feel that it might be something you want to try.
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Study tips 2: Organisation
Posted: 23/05/18 09:40 |
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Leading on from our last article on study tips, we tackle the next item in our mini-series: organisation and preparation.
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