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Ear to the ground— On Photography Group work

Posted: 19/02/21 09:51 | 0 Comments

Robert Bloomfield and Dan Robinson As online group learning continues to gather pace across the college, we’d like to bring you a short update with the latest developments in Photography. For those who are new to OCA, or have not yet tried group work, these are video based discussions with students and tutors focusing on […]

Scale – Why is the scale of things important?

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Posted: 11/02/21 09:21 | 0 Comments

I’m a tutor on OCA’s Interior Design courses. I was sent images of a model made by one of my students. It represented a pavilion design and was well made and interesting to look at. Trouble is, I had no idea how big it was supposed to be. The dictionary definition of scale is “The […]

The Show Must Go On: Digital Possibilities in the Covid Era for Writers and Learners

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Posted: 10/02/21 09:46 | 0 Comments

I am sure as a distance learner, you’ll likely be used to incorporating different technologies into your learning experience – I was certainly Zooming ‘before it was cool’ thanks to OCA meetings and I can’t help but notice how many learning tools we seem to be early adopters of. We’re also lucky to have […]

Socially distanced, still smiling: a play for our times

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Posted: 06/02/21 09:17 | 0 Comments

If someone were to write a book of ‘Lessons from Lockdown’ – and I am sure they will! – then surely one of the most important is how much we should value the arts. How many of us were comforted during the worst times by reading, music or visual art or by being able to […]

What is your tutor up to? Jim Cowan

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Posted: 19/06/19 09:50 | 1 Comments

All over Britain art students of all ages are setting up end of year shows. From primary school to adult education, from higher education to post graduate, artworks are filling up boards for family and friends to view and assessors to scrutinise. Open House studio exhibitions are a particularly popular way to show your work to the general public and this year I have signed up for the Richmond ARThouse Open Studio event.

New textiles tutor: Introducing Katie Taylor

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Posted: 03/06/19 09:02 | 4 Comments

As a new textiles tutor at OCA I have been invited to introduce myself on the #weareoca blog. I am a sculptural installation artist based in Oxford and my work is heavily research based. My research explores the fabric and clothing found in mass graves and its ability to help forensic investigations after atrocity.

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