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This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. We’ve just had a visit to the debated Judy Chicago exhibition, at Ben Uri, where there was much discussion about the Jewish and Christian imagery in her work and whether her bright colours, organic shapes and […]
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This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. Our new textiles curriculum leader, Sarah Taylor, introduces herself below. We are very pleased to have her join the team. ‘My interests lie in the exploration of light within cloth. Since the mid-1990s I […]
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This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. Charlotte Grierson is a textile artist and designer who specialises in weaving. Last November, we visited her in her studio at Cockpit Arts in Deptford. Her response to the question “Why weaving?” was unexpected. It apparently […]
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This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. On the 7 March we will be taking a group of OCA students (very relevant to all visual arts students, textiles, painting, drawing and visual communications students especially welcome) to a lively exhibition in London: at […]
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This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. OCA is running another study visit, rich with diversity, beginning with the Raqib Shaw Exhibition, followed by a tour of selected works at Manchester Art Gallery on the theme of ‘Constructing the Other’. This will run […]
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This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. Paper art – the use of paper itself as a means of expression in Fine Art, rather than simply as a support for drawing or painting, only began to emerge around the mid 20th century. Now there […]
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This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. This video has been produced on request of the OCA Student Association (OCASA) because of the number of students who agonise about how best to send their work for assessment. It’s most relevant to Visual Arts […]
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Pat Hodson led a recent study visit in Barnsley and reports for us here: ‘In retrospect, this exhibition was perfect for a study visit. The gallery is compact, but modern, light and quiet. We were the only visitors, so could discuss and debate the work freely. The exhibition was small, but in featuring only two […]
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Artist Liang Shaoji points out that in Chinese the words for poetry and for silk are homonyms (a group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings), and this serendipity has led him up a mountain to nurture the creation of art work created by silkworms. Its a […]
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This study visit, at Barnsley Civic art gallery, will run on Wednesday 12 December. It’s is an ideal opportunity for textiles students to see the work of two developing textiles artists. OCA tutor Pat Hodson will accompany your around this small exhibition and provide an opportunity to share your experiences as a textiles student. We’ll […]
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