Tutor news: Hayley Lock
Posted: 14/03/22 10:34 | 0 Comments
OCA tutor Hayley Lock has curated a new show in London – Frequencies (for healing) – open now until mid June.
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Study event review: Nathan Eastwood’s studio
Posted: 08/03/22 11:17 | 1 Comments
After an excellent visit to Eddie’s ‘End of Degree Show’ in the morning at Halpern Gallery, Nucleus Arts Centre, we walked along Chatham High St to Nathan Eastwood’s studio at Sun Pier House. Nathan greeted us at the entrance and showed us to his shared studio space on the second floor. The information sheet Nathan kindly provided explained his artistic journey from MA to current practice.
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Study event review: ‘Collocations – pain & trauma’, Chatham Kent.
Posted: 08/03/22 10:56 | 7 Comments
This was a study event with a big difference for me to all the others I have attended with OCA – instead of looking at other artist’s work, in this instance, I was the subject of the study visit.
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Introducing the Painting department programme tutors
Posted: 01/03/22 10:55 | 2 Comments
In a new development at OCA, we have introduced the new role of Programme Tutor. For painting, the programme tutors support the Head of Department and tutor team to develop the degree programme and to support the learning community to thrive and feel at home in the painting department.
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Augmented Reality – what place does this have in art?
Posted: 23/02/22 02:12 | 8 Comments
The primary focus for Artivive, going by their website, appears to be its use in galleries, but I was beginning to see the potential beyond that context. What if artists could add an audio track for people with literacy difficulties? Or a video of themselves talking about the work? Or how about a video comprising photos showing how the finished piece came about?
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Student stories: Dr Linda Mayoux
Posted: 21/12/21 09:44 | 2 Comments
Linda has recently submitted Advanced Practice and Visual Research for assessment. For these units Linda generated a substantial body of written work, extensive research, idea generation, mixed media experimentation, visual development, alternative layouts and final visual solutions.
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Painting and Drawing student work Autumn 2021
Posted: 17/12/21 02:32 | 13 Comments
As Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Painting and the BA (Hons) Drawing degrees at OCA I am delighted to present a curated exhibition of the work presented by the students in both departments for the Autumn 2021 assessment event.
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Music: Sustaining Your Practice
Posted: 25/11/21 10:57 | 0 Comments
Have you ever wondered how to make the first step from being a music student to launching a career as a professional musician, or how to gain the skills that will help your creative practice to flourish after graduation? The final course in OCA’s music degree, launched in September, does exactly that.
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Creative Arts 2021 Showcase ‘Crossing The Boundary’
Posted: 24/11/21 09:28 | 2 Comments
For the 2020/21 academic year, I wanted to develop a showcase of student work from across the Creative Arts (CA) programme at any stage of their study. I aspired to offer a view of what CA students are achieving through their interdisciplinary practices and hope to share this more widely with the OCA community and beyond.
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OCA Fine Art: Call and Response
Posted: 15/11/21 09:31 | 0 Comments
In March this year I was asked to host the first Call and Response session as part of BA (Hons) Fine Art group work, to look at different venues and collections around the world that were perhaps lesser known in relation to the different degree programmes offered at the OCA.
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