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Study visit to Memory Palace

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   Re-visit Jim’s blog post about his visit to this exhibition, below and then sign up for a trip to see it with two OCA tutors and an opportunity to network with likeminded OCA students. This will […]

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Common sense for the silly season

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   There are just two weeks to go before the summer parliamentary recess begins on 18 July and MPs head back to their constituencies – or take off for the sun-drenched coastlines of mainland Europe, the Americas […]

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Sex and Art

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   Depictions of erotic themes are identified from as far back as the palaeolithic period, with images of human genitalia apparent in cave paintings and stone carvings, some of which have been identified as being as much […]

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Becoming A Successful Illustrator

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   OCA is delighted that Jo Davies, Associate Professor in Illustration, and OCA tutor, has a new book, Becoming A Successful Illustrator launched at the end of this week. Co-authored with Derek Brazell, project manager of the AOI […]

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Announcing the launch of Graphic Design 2: Working with a Client thumb

Announcing the launch of Graphic Design 2: Working with a Client

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   We’re pleased to announce the launch of a new level two graphic design course for the BA (Hons) Visual Communications pathway. The relationship between client, brief and graphic designer is central to the practice of graphic […]

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New Designers study visit

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. New Designers is the Graduate show case for Colleges and Universities offering courses in Art and Design throughout the UK. We will be taking a group of OCA students to visit it on Saturday June 29th, meeting […]

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Isn’t technology wonderful…

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. Here I am sitting in a café, typing on a tiny computer and sending the words via a strange ‘cloud’ to anyone who might want to read it! As I sip my coffee (white, no sugar, thank […]

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Creating atmosphere

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   We have featured the work of student Emil Nemecek before – back in 2011 his blog caught the eye of his Graphic Design tutor. Now Emil is tackling Digital Film Production. Assignment 2 is about creating […]

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Study visit to Leeds International Contemporary Artist’s Book Fair

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   On Saturday 9 March we will be running our first study visit to Leeds International Contemporary Artist’s Book Fair at Leeds University. Now in it’s sixteenth year, the fair showcases the work of artists, bookmakers, students, […]

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OCA announces a pre-degree course in drawing

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   Do you enjoy drawing, but not sure if you are ready for HE level study of art or design? OCA is proud of its open access policy, but sometimes students join up to do a degree […]

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