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Student Work: Suzette Hussey
Posted: 19/03/25 04:13 |
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Although writing for an educational series is very different from creative writing, my course at OCA has impacted my work. It has given me the strong foundation and the confidence that I needed to achieve this milestone.
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Experience Creative Arts
Posted: 06/03/25 02:56 |
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It wasn’t until a few months into the course when I started integrating different elements into my creative work, that I realised how well-suited the programme was for me. The process of combining disciplines opened up new possibilities and perspectives, making my creative practice far more dynamic and meaningful.
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Sustaining Practice: Find funding for your work
Posted: 20/02/25 05:06 |
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Fund Your Work: 30+ Top Opportunities and Harnessing AI for Success” is designed to guide artists through available grants and awards, demystifying the process and showing funding is an option—all while exploring how AI can make applying easier.
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Student Work: Trine Wade ‘Hjemkomst – Returning Home’
Posted: 14/02/25 04:04 |
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As part of my final unit in Stage 3, I staged an exhibition of my major project. Over four weekends in January 2025 I exhibited my work in a building adjacent to my house. Entitled ‘Hjemkomst – Returning Home’, the exhibition was the curation of a project I conducted in August 2024 when I brought my grandad home to a small coastal town in Norway.
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OCA News: OCA Short Courses
Posted: 13/01/25 03:11 |
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Our next short course sign up deadline is approaching for a February start!
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Can Constraints Improve Our Creativity?
Posted: 09/01/25 11:36 |
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The romantic idea of the divine nature of artistic inspiration still commonly influences the way artists are perceived today but has very little to do with how most creativity happens. Most of us have jobs and personal commitments that make living a life of artistic freedom impossible.
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