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	<title>We are OCA &#187; Gareth</title>
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		<title>Assignment of the week!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gareth</dc:creator>
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In a variation on the Blog of the Week theme, I am grateful to tutor Alan Byrne for drawing our attention to this assignment for the level one course The Art of Photography by Roukay Mahajar. The assignment, Elements of Design, asks students to produce a series of images of a similar subject which respond [...]]]></description>
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In a variation on the Blog of the Week theme, I am grateful to tutor Alan Byrne for drawing our attention to this assignment for the level one course The Art of Photography by Roukay Mahajar. The assignment, Elements of Design, asks students to p]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Oil</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gareth</dc:creator>
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Good news from the Photographers' Gallery. They have announced both a re-opening date and the first exhibitions in their enlarged premises. I am particularly excited that we will get the opportunity to see Oil by Edward Burtynsky.



[Both im]]></description>
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Good news from the Photographers' Gallery. They have announced both a re-opening date and the first exhibitions in their enlarged premises. I am particularly excited that we will get the opportunity to see Oil by Edward Burtynsky.



[Both im]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Untitled Post</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gareth</dc:creator>
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It is becoming increasingly hard to keep track of all the things OCA students are doing, with growing numbers blogging their learning logs, setting up informal meetings, etc, but this is something special. Student Penny Rowe has got together with]]></description>
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It is becoming increasingly hard to keep track of all the things OCA students are doing, with growing numbers blogging their learning logs, setting up informal meetings, etc, but this is something special. Student Penny Rowe has got together with]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Blog of the week: Sarah Pease</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gareth</dc:creator>
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Our second 'blog of the week' this year is by Graphic Design student Sarah Pease. I particularly liked this postcard design from her first assignment, with Sarah's explanation of the design choices 'I used the green of Gordan’s gin bottles of w]]></description>
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Our second 'blog of the week' this year is by Graphic Design student Sarah Pease. I particularly liked this postcard design from her first assignment, with Sarah's explanation of the design choices 'I used the green of Gordan’s gin bottles of w]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Study Visit: Si Barber at Bank Street Arts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gareth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday saw a group of students at Bank Street Arts in Sheffield. The gallery was closed to the public and Photography Curator Andrew Conroy had joined us to talk about Si Barber's body of work 'The Big Society' and how the exhibition had been hung.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Saturday saw a group of students at Bank Street Arts in Sheffield. The gallery was closed to the public and Photography Curator Andrew Conroy had joined us to talk about Si Barber's body of work 'The Big Society' and how the exhibition had been hung.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dreams of your life</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gareth</dc:creator>
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Over the last few days there has been much discussion in the OCA office about a web experience commissioned by Channel 4 called Dreams of Your Life. The experience (or game if you like) was commissioned to support the release of a documentary fun]]></description>
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Over the last few days there has been much discussion in the OCA office about a web experience commissioned by Channel 4 called Dreams of Your Life. The experience (or game if you like) was commissioned to support the release of a documentary fun]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Open Eye Study Visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gareth</dc:creator>
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Last month we had our first study visit to the newly re-opened Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool. The gallery is approximately twice the size of the previous site in Wood Street and we will certainly be going back. This time, 15 students joined mysel]]></description>
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Last month we had our first study visit to the newly re-opened Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool. The gallery is approximately twice the size of the previous site in Wood Street and we will certainly be going back. This time, 15 students joined mysel]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Zarina Bhimji</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gareth</dc:creator>
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The first OCA Study visit to the Whitechapel Gallery for 2012 will take place on 11 February. This important show first major UK survey of British photographer, film-maker and installation artist Zarina Bhimji. The exhibition traces the developme]]></description>
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The first OCA Study visit to the Whitechapel Gallery for 2012 will take place on 11 February. This important show first major UK survey of British photographer, film-maker and installation artist Zarina Bhimji. The exhibition traces the developme]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>2011 in photography</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gareth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may only be the end of November but it is time for our review of the year in photography. I didn't get to email everyone at the OCA and I was clear that it should be work that has influenced or impressed them his year, not necessarily published or]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It may only be the end of November but it is time for our review of the year in photography. I didn't get to email everyone at the OCA and I was clear that it should be work that has influenced or impressed them his year, not necessarily published or]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Easel does it</title>
		<link>http://www.weareoca.com/fine_art/easel-does-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gareth</dc:creator>
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Last week I had the latest in my regular catch up meetings with Pat Jones of the Prisoners' Education Trust. These meetings are always a pleasure. Pat shares her understanding of where education in prisons is going and I marvel at her calm demean]]></description>
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Last week I had the latest in my regular catch up meetings with Pat Jones of the Prisoners' Education Trust. These meetings are always a pleasure. Pat shares her understanding of where education in prisons is going and I marvel at her calm demean]]></content:encoded>
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