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Student Work: Suzette Hussey

Posted: 19/03/25 04:13
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By Rab Ferguson

Although writing for an educational series is very different from creative writing, my course...

Experience Creative Arts

Posted: 06/03/25 02:56
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By Carlos Izquierdo Tobias

It wasn’t until a few months into the course when I started integrating different...

Sustaining Practice: Find funding for your work

Posted: 20/02/25 05:06
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By Andrea Norrington

Fund Your Work: 30+ Top Opportunities and Harnessing AI for Success" is designed to guide...

Student Work: Trine Wade ‘Hjemkomst – Returning Home’

Posted: 14/02/25 04:04
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By Trine Wade

As part of my final unit in Stage 3, I staged an exhibition of...

February: The Month Ahead

Posted: 01/02/25 09:13
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Student Services The Month Ahead

By Emma George

Welcome to the monthly newsletter from Student Services! This newsletter will highlight important information,...

OCA Interior Design: Gingerbread City, London, December 2024

Posted: 16/01/25 09:25
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By Catherine Byrne

You might make and decorate a gingerbread house at Christmas time, but could you...

OCA News: OCA Short Courses

Posted: 13/01/25 03:11
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By Dan Robinson

Our next short course sign up deadline is approaching for a February start!

OCA Creative Arts: Unpicking Couture

Posted: 09/01/25 02:51
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By Katrina Whitehead

In an ongoing quest searching for more examples of interdisciplinary practice for our BA...

Can Constraints Improve Our Creativity?

Posted: 09/01/25 11:36
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By Robyn Wilson-Owen

The romantic idea of the divine nature of artistic inspiration still commonly influences the...

Interior Educators conference 2024

Posted: 08/01/25 07:01
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By Catherine Byrne

The main reason to seek out opportunities such as these is that it helps...

January: The Month Ahead

Posted: 06/01/25 08:35
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Student Services The Month Ahead

By Emma George

Welcome to the monthly newsletter from Student Services! This newsletter will highlight important information,...

OCA Creative Arts: Review of Turner Prize 2024

Posted: 19/12/24 09:51
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British art exhibitions Tate Britain Turner Prize

By Rachel Smith

The aim of the Turner Prize is to provoke debate around contemporary British art....

OCA Painting Showcase

Posted: 18/12/24 04:09
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By Emma Drye

As Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Painting, I am very pleased to present a...

Rain Gardens

Posted: 17/12/24 07:02
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By Gill German

In the UK, weather extremes are less common but are becoming more so, and...

OCA Drawing Showcase

Posted: 04/12/24 10:54
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digital assessment Digital exhibition

By Emma Drye

As Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Drawing, I am very pleased to present a...

December: The Month Ahead

Posted: 01/12/24 09:42
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Student Services The Month Ahead

By Emma George

Welcome to the monthly newsletter from Student Services! This newsletter will highlight important information,...

Software in Interior Design

Posted: 21/11/24 03:53
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By Audrey Bardwell

One of the questions we get most from students just getting started with their...

Music in Renaissance Scotland

Posted: 20/11/24 09:56
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By Neil Tomas Smith

Composer Neil Tòmas Smith discusses the dialogue with the Scottish Renaissance in his new...

Publishing as Creative Arts Practice

Posted: 14/11/24 03:12
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By Rachel Smith

I was present at the Small Publishers Fair with the Intergraphia publishing project, which...

The seven stages of rest

Posted: 07/11/24 11:00
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By Craig Dewis

National Stress Awareness Yesterday was National Stress Awareness Day, which also happens to fall...

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Student Work: Suzette Hussey

Experience Creative Arts

Sustaining Practice: Find funding for your work

Student Work: Trine Wade ‘Hjemkomst – Returning Home’

February: The Month Ahead

OCA Interior Design: Gingerbread City, London, December 2024

OCA News: OCA Short Courses

OCA Creative Arts: Unpicking Couture

Can Constraints Improve Our Creativity?

Interior Educators conference 2024

January: The Month Ahead

OCA Creative Arts: Review of Turner Prize 2024

OCA Painting Showcase

Rain Gardens

OCA Drawing Showcase

December: The Month Ahead

Software in Interior Design

Music in Renaissance Scotland

Publishing as Creative Arts Practice

The seven stages of rest