Edinburgh Art Festival
Join OCA tutor Emma Drye for an extended study ‘day’ at the Edinburgh Art Festival. Visit the show in an independent student group or by yourself any time between the 11 August and the 26 August.
Read MoreTo find out more details about the transfer to The Open University see A New Chapter for OCA.
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Skip NavigationJoin OCA tutor Emma Drye for an extended study ‘day’ at the Edinburgh Art Festival. Visit the show in an independent student group or by yourself any time between the 11 August and the 26 August.
Read MoreAt the end of April twelve students from seven different countries and two OCA bodies met in Copenhagen for a weekend to look at art and make connections.
Read MoreJoin OCA tutor Neil Musson on the 1 July in London.
The prestigious exhibition, which has been curated by Neil features 55 graduates showing a wide range of textiles. The exhibits will include MA work form conceptual to craft based textiles.
Join OCA tutor Derek Trillo on the 23 June to visit an exhibition depicting very different representations of ‘The North’ in Manchester’s Central Library.
Read MoreJoin drawing and painting tutor Bryan Eccleshall on Saturday 16 June in Liverpool to see the work of Austrian Egon Schiele alongside the work of American Francesca Woodman
Read MoreOCA tutor Andrew Conroy will be leading the OCA-North group’s first get together on the 2 June in Leeds at the Old Red Bus Station.
Read MoreJoin OCA tutor Priscilla Edwards on the 2 June at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London.
Read MoreOur practical session was centred on ideas generation and how to generate multiple visual experiments from a single starting point. Taking a crumpled piece of A4 paper as our subject, we first drew its form, then experimented with scale and composition.
Read MoreOCASA has generously agreed to fund a small number of bursaries to enable OCA students to attend this year’s rarescale Summer School at Harlaxton Manor.
The course is an intensive week of creative music making, composition and collaboration, under the guidance of composer Michael Oliva (professor of composition at the Royal College of Music in London) and Carla Rees, OCA’s music programme leader.
Join OCA textiles tutor Priscilla Edwards at Manchester Art Gallery on the 5 May.
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