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United nations of the art world
Posted: 15/06/17 09:20 |
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I was about to start a three-year academic commitment. In applying to be part of the Open College of the Arts 2014 cohort for Europe’s first distance part time Masters in Fine Art, I had signed up to deadlines and being a student again: a proper one (not the kind who says they are a ‘student of life’ and winks in an alarming way). I’d have an NUS card, discounts in Top Shop and more two-for-one pizzas than I could ever consume . What else would I learn? What had I to gain?
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Study visit review: Joan Eardley's 'A sense of place'
Posted: 18/05/17 12:03 |
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Saturday morning at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art was the time and place for the Open College of the Arts study visit to the Joan Eardley ‘A Sense of Place’ exhibition. With fourteen students this was a well-attended event, the participants being attracted to an exhibition that focused on drawing and painting enhanced by photographic and archival documentation of the period.
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Exhibition & artist talk
Posted: 25/04/17 01:12 |
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Join OCA tutor Wendy McMurdo in Newcastle on the 13 May. We will view the work of Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen and later hear her speak.
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If you build it, they will come
Posted: 25/10/16 09:12 |
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A few months ago we blogged about the [(6)] – six alumni photography students who have come together again to create a new body of work. This work shot in Oxford, England and exhibited in Oxford, Canada. To add further interest to an already exciting event the Oxford Riverside Gallery was set up by one of OCA’s MA students Mathew Aldred.
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Georgia O’Keeffe
Posted: 10/08/16 09:38 |
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About half-way through Georgia O’Keeffe’s exhibition at Tate Modern I began to wonder if, perhaps, the Tate ought to have promoted the show as a group exhibition since it included so much work by other artists…
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Waiting for the Macaws
Posted: 27/07/16 09:33 |
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At the opening of the new extension to Tate Modern there was a small notice next to one of the exhibits. ‘Due to expected visitor numbers’, it read, ‘the macaws have temporarily been returned to their owners.’ Given the quality of the other works on show, it is unlikely that this caused much disappointment to visitors…
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