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Open College of the Arts extends many congratulations to OCA painting tutor Jo Whittle who was one of the final four shortlisted for the John Moores painting Prize 2025 and is currently taking part in the winners exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery.
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Kuch graduated from the Open College of the Arts in 2024 with a BA in Creative Arts. He is currently studying for a MSc in Creative Technologies at Winchester School of Arts. Trine Wade, our Creative Arts student rep, caught up with Kuch for an update on life after distance learning with the OCA.
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As an artist of Place, my process-led practice is centred around an exploration of embodied experience, the ‘being-in-place’. With an auto-ethnographic focus and a phenomenological methodology, I respond materially to thoughts, feelings, and experiences that emerge from both fleeting encounters and more long-term emplacements.
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I’ve considered myself an artist for as long as I can remember. I studied academic art during my school years, which laid the foundations for my creative journey. Currently, I work with children with special needs, an experience that has deeply shaped how I see the world and the potential art holds as a tool for communication and healing.
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The OCA Student Association (OCASA)’s recent announcement of the launch of OCA’s Cabinet of Curiosity – A collaborative Project in July this year during the Student Voice Festival 2025, has aligned nicely with the recent launch and opening of the V & A East Storehouse.
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Studying BA (Hons) Creative Arts Unit 1.1 I wrote the following paragraph about ‘Place’. I have been pleased to re-visit these ideas throughout Stage 1 units to reconsider the notion of defining a place and, in doing so, changing its fundamental nature and purpose.
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