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Study Visit Review: London group study day
Posted: 27/09/18 09:27 |
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This study day has helped me to forge a different relationship with the landscape viewing it as place enables me to discuss or form my own relationship with that place rather than an exact physical depiction. I enjoyed using my own memories; nightclubs, brightness, misty dark mountains, land…
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Artes Mundi: 8
Posted: 26/09/18 01:48 |
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Join OCA’s Helen Warburton in Cardiff on the 27 October.
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Staying Connected- A Summer project by MA Fine Art Cohort 2016
Posted: 25/09/18 09:32 |
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As a group we decided it would be a good idea to do something over the summer to stay in touch with each other. We wanted to participate in a project together that befitted how we communicate as a distance learning group of individuals, all living in different parts of the world, digitally connected.
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'Virtual' study event
Posted: 18/09/18 02:25 |
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This virtual study visit has been designed by way of a resource pack to give students adequate resources to either attend the exhibition physically or complete research online to then partake in an online discussion. This is a pilot initiative so please do sign up and give it a go!
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I’m Still Here: 2018 Koestler Awards exhibition
Posted: 16/09/18 09:22 |
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Join OCA tutor Jayne Taylor on Sunday 21 October for a thought-provoking visit to the annual Koestler Trust exhibition at London’s Royal Festival Hall.
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OCA MA Fine Art: Introducing tutor Les Bicknell
Posted: 05/09/18 09:30 |
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As an educator I’m interested in asking questions but also listening, I see myself as someone who makes connections and points stuff out, a conduit of sorts. This thinking is established in my ongoing blog which acts as a reflective tool, supporting my thinking and making process.
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What is your tutor up to? Chapter 24: Kimberley Foster
Posted: 01/09/18 09:43 |
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OCA’s Kimberley Foster has a new commission launching online with her work as part of sorhed (karl and Kimberley Foster) on tenderfoot website. All work is viewed online.
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In conversation with: Rebecca Fairley
Posted: 27/08/18 09:26 |
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As part of the #weareoca30 campaign we are having creative conversations with some of our tutors. Watch and listen to OCA Programme Leader for Textiles, Rebecca Fairley, answering questions from students.
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Experimenting to move forward
Posted: 16/08/18 09:57 |
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Experimentation is a very important part of the creative process. It is through trying different ways, mixing techniques, combining processes, challenging your thinking that we come up with unexpected and new outcomes, it is the way to move forward. I would like to share a few textile artists with you, that take experimentation very seriously, hoping that they inspire you.
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Brighton Photo Biennial: Update
Posted: 09/08/18 09:48 |
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From 26 to 28 October OCA will be running a weekend study visit to the Brighton Photo Biennial. The weekend will run from 2pm on Friday to 2pm on Sunday and students can attend for the whole weekend or specific days.
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