Study event review: London, September 22
Posted: 29/09/22 11:48 | 3 Comments
OCA student Dhama reviews a recent study event in London to two OCA student degree shows.
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The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
Posted: 27/09/22 11:43 | 2 Comments
Last week I was lucky enough to have tickets for the Open House Festival, to pay a visit to what will be the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.
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A PDF-to-print zine as engagement for Creative Arts: Gesa Helms’ A/Folder: an instructive glossary
Posted: 12/08/22 09:16 | 0 Comments
This blog explores a distributed and self-printed form of engagement in my recently completed Creative Arts practice. A/Folder: an instructive glossary is a downloadable PDF-to-print zine. Each zine offers a prompt, a set of instructions, a method to explore. I want to unpack a little what this form allows for in terms of engagement as key modality of Sustain your Practice, and, should you be interested, invite you along.
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Tutor News: Farewell and thanks to Peter Lester
Posted: 10/08/22 09:33 | 4 Comments
After almost five years with OCA Graphic design Department, and many more in design education, notably Nottingham Trent University, as head of Masters Studies in Visual Communications, Peter Lester is to retire.
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Goodbye and thank you to tutor Ilsa Brittain
Posted: 28/07/22 02:32 | 6 Comments
As Programme Leader for the painting dept, I am pleased to be in conversation this month with artist and tutor Ilsa Brittian. Ilsa has worked for OCA since 2017. Ilsa is leaving us this month to focus her attention on her practice so I am taking the opportunity to have a conversation with her and to celebrate her significant contribution to OCA.
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OCA Degree Show Showcase 21/22
Posted: 25/07/22 10:54 | 0 Comments
Welcome to our online Degree Show Showcase 21/22 where we are celebrating a number of our graduates from across six of our degree programmes.
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Tutor news: Caroline Wright
Posted: 09/06/22 12:07 | 0 Comments
Caroline, alongside others, worked on SPIRAL, a project that explored multi-sensory dimensions of materials with disabled people. They aimed to explore if creative approaches could intersect with the work of UCL researchers to bring new and stimulating experiences to people.
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Student stories: Geraldine Leahy, Artist talk
Posted: 09/06/22 10:35 | 0 Comments
SYP student Geraldine Leahy recently held her solo Degree Show, Littoral Shift: A Coastal Terrain in Flux, in a beautiful restored and repurposed church in the seaside village of Rush, North County Dublin. She will present her artist’s talk on Wednesday 22nd of June at 6pm, to which you all OCA students are warmly invited.
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Student work: Moira Ratmoko
Posted: 27/05/22 09:57 | 4 Comments
Moira Ratmoko recently completed Sculpture 1: Starting out in 3D, on the BA (Hons) Fine Art pathway, creating a wide range of work exploring the boundaries of what sculpture can be. Moira often utilised the human body as a medium, embracing sculpture as a process to engage with the environment through performative actions and temporary installations.
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Student stories: Anna Sellen
Posted: 16/05/22 12:20 | 10 Comments
Winner of FORMAT2021 Shutter Hub portfolio award, Wales-based photographer, artist and OCA student Anna Sellen launches virtual multimedia exhibition ‘Drip by drip, we are fed with concrete’ at CULTVR Portal this month.
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