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Student work: In conversation with Sarah Davis
Posted: 24/04/20 09:42 |
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Sarah Davis is studying for a Drawing Degree and is about to complete Drawing Two: Investigating Drawing. In this short interview with her tutor, she discusses how her sketchbook habit is central to her practice.
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Why enter awards?
Posted: 19/04/20 09:08 |
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Photography and most of the visual arts are exceptionally competitive, each year there are hundreds if not thousands of graduates, so what makes some successful, household names or at least employed and published?
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Slow observation – Time and slowing down to notice in Creative Arts
Posted: 28/03/20 09:35 |
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Despite technology being positioned as an enabler to modern life, it can often seem as if time and demands on our time have increased and sped up broadly in line with each technological innovation. Studies including the 2019 International research published in World Psychiatry suggests that the Internet and smart technology is changing our brains […]
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OCA news: ‘OCA Learn’
Posted: 16/03/20 03:13 |
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In its 30 years OCA has evolved from face to face and correspondence courses to a blended internet and distance based offering and has defied traditional educational boundaries imposed by age, geography, previous experience and privilege. Through technology we can create a borderless community which serves personal, creative and autonomous interaction between students, tutors, and peers.
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Student work uncovered: Martyn Rainbird, Photography
Posted: 19/02/20 09:56 |
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It was immediately obvious when assessing that Martyn shows an admirable advancement for what is a level one unit, with little or no previous video making experience.
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