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How many spoons do you have today?
Posted: 12/03/19 09:24 |
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The OCA has a diverse student body, many with a variety of challenges. As a tutor I frequently support students with difficulties with their course as a result of their condition – demotivation is probably the biggest symptom of this I see. Spoon theory is an incredibly powerful tool that can help manage this
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Ask the librarian
Posted: 06/03/19 11:14 |
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Most universities modify the system slightly to suit the needs of their students, so if you consult other universities’ Harvard referencing guides you will find differences between them. For this reason, it is important you use UCA’s own Harvard Referencing guide when completing your assignments.
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Colour, form & composition
Posted: 04/03/19 09:59 |
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In this article you will find four exciting textiles artists where colour, form and composition take an important place within their work.
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Transitioning
Posted: 25/02/19 09:36 |
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My old school. Well they’ve still got the 11+ but never mind, I’ll go along all the same, do a talk and maybe a workshop. They still sing the Harrow School Song as their school song: the tramp of the 22 men in a single sex girls’ school. Well maybe they are transitioning. After all this is LGBT history month.
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OCA East of England study event
Posted: 22/02/19 09:09 |
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Come along to our next group meeting on Saturday 23 March 2019 with OCA tutor Andrea Norrington.
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Urania
Posted: 21/02/19 09:06 |
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“The journal Urania is somehow poly-vocal. Urania ran from 1915 until 1940 and it was the first British magazine to produce a cultural and political discourse on gender issues and the demands of lesbian and gay individuals and communities. The name refers to a specific idea of Utopia, as a place where the categories of ‘male’ and ‘female’ do not exist.”
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OCA North event: Thinking through art – a workshop
Posted: 20/02/19 10:59 |
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Join OCA tutor and Programme Leader Emma Drye in Halifax on the 30 March.
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LGBT artists
Posted: 19/02/19 09:58 |
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February is LGBT History Month – a national initiative focused on recognising lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, their lives and experiences, and promoting equality. Marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and the birth of the modern Pride movement, this year a number of galleries and museums, from London to Liverpool and Birmingham to Brighton, are running talks, exhibitions, film screenings and workshops to highlight previously hidden or unknown LGBT histories in their collections.
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What I learned writing an LGBT film
Posted: 14/02/19 09:55 |
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LGBT History Month is all about promoting equality, diversity and education. If you are writing or making a film with an LGBT theme, there is a responsibility on the artist to be truthful when dealing with topics that – for many – are delicate, if not life changing.
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The nature of temporary site specific art
Posted: 13/02/19 09:48 |
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I make artwork which is connected to place. According to the Tate the term ‘site-specific’ refers to a work of art designed specifically for a particular location and that has an interrelationship with the location. I agree but would add that the work is about interrelationships with people first and foremost and that the art […]
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