OCA student Emil Nemecek shares his visual diary, interest in Czech graphic design and some of the challenges of studying graphic design in a second language.
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OCA student Emil Nemecek shares his visual diary, interest in Czech graphic design and some of the challenges of studying graphic design in a second language.
It has been a few weeks since we have had a blog of the week, so I was grateful when photography tutor Derek Trillo drew my attention to Jonny Sutton‘s log for Art of Photography. Careful and considered, Jonny’s blog shows how he is combining course exercises with research and other practical work. Both...
Following Stan’s announcement earlier this week, we are now ready to hold elections for members of the OCASA Executive Committee. Nominations There are six vacancies to represent the following course areas: Fine Art, History of Art & Masters Programme; Textiles; Music; Photography; Creative Writing; Visual Communications; Students who wish to stand for election should...
An OCA student, Delia Hiscock Walker, reports on her day out at Tate Britain with a bunch of other students and the guidance of an OCA art tutor. ‘I have a lingering phrase in my head from this successful and very well organised study day on 2nd July. It’s this : ‘Just paint….’ commented...
Not everyone will be aware that the formation of the OCA Student Association has to take place within a specific legal framework. Even though the association will be a part of OCA rather than a separate body, it falls within the definition of a “students union” under the Education Act 1994 . Amongst the...
We are delighted that one of our art tutors and assessor, Linda Khatir, has been achieving so much success. Check out her work and the various activities she is currently involved in here. In March this year, she was awarded a research fellowship by the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds and spent two weeks...
In a blog post published today by the Royal Society of the Arts (RSA), OCA Chief Executive Gareth Dent argues that if Higher Education Minister David Willetts had remembered his basic economics from his own days at university, he would have been able to predict that the majority of universities would set their fees...
Eileen Adams is a fervent believer in the value of sketchbooks. We were delighted when this sketchbook guru (known for her contribution to Campaign for Drawing) agreed to be filmed talking about sketchbooks and the role of learning logs. I approached her after hearing her keynote speech at a conference all about sketchbooks earlier...
Different jobs create different cycles of activities. For staff, like myself who work at a full time art college the last couple of weeks always feels like working on a till at Christmas and struggling to get the harvest in on time all rolled into one; lots of people needing your attention and too...
We Are OCA has a new Creative Writing contributor. We can expect some exciting and thought provoking posts from her since her background spans creative writing, PR, the theatre and teaching. Elizabeth studied English Language and Literature at University College London. Her varied employment has included teaching, PR and then a period as learning...
I am grateful to tutor Alan Byrne for drawing Sarah Cowan’s work to my attention. Sarah’s blog systematically records her working through the projects in Art of Photography and Sarah’s progress is clearly evident in the final project from which this shot of Venice is taken. It is actually quite difficult in locations which...
At the start of our new academic year on 1 July the OCA will be increasing its fees to reflect the increase in costs we have experienced over the last 12 months. As an educational charity the OCA trustees have kept the level 1 fee increase to the absolute minimum to be consistent with...
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