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Publishing as Creative Arts Practice
Posted: 14/11/24 03:12 |
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I was present at the Small Publishers Fair with the Intergraphia publishing project, which is co-edited by myself and artist-writer Emma Bolland. Intergraphiaa is committed to inclusive and intersectional publishing, focusing on work by artists and writers across and between genres and disciplines.
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Art, activism & ending violence against women
Posted: 22/11/18 09:05 |
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The 25 November marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the first day in the United Nations campaign UNiTE, launching sixteen days of activism against gender-based violence that culminates on 10 December – International Human Rights Day.
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How do you get money from art you can’t sell?
Posted: 14/02/17 09:04 |
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I like photography. And I like skeletons.
However, not many people want to own pictures of skeletons. Not real ones. Many people enjoy the stylised skulls of goths and Mexico. But real skulls? From real people?
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Devils in the detail
Posted: 25/01/16 09:21 |
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Many local authority collections have a budget for purchasing from local artists, or indeed benefit from donations of work by local artists welcome or not. In Glasgow, which has such an important art scene internationally, the local authority museum has a small but interesting collection of work by Glasgow School of Art graduates which they regularly show with different curatorial slants…
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Rise of the machines
Posted: 15/01/16 09:17 |
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OCA MA student Mark Daniels shares his experience of studying with the OCA and tells us a bit about his personal art practice.
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A nose on the floor has significant consequences
Posted: 20/09/11 09:39 |
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John Robertson is a level two sculpture student at OCA. John showed promise as a boy making 3D objects and a teacher recognized this and gave him the materials to start a carving project. John worked after school to chip away at the block provided and produced a carving he was proud off after two […]
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