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		<title>A haven in the crowds of Florence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Queuing for art seems to be the order of the day.  David Hockney at the Royal Academy is drawing big crowds.   But by far the biggest blockbuster of them all is the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition at the National Gallery which has brought together a good number of his extant paintings (he [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Queuing for art seems to be the order of the day.  David Hockney at the Royal Academy is drawing big crowds.   But by far the biggest blockbuster of them all is the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition at the National Gallery which has brought together a goo]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Soup and Pudding</title>
		<link>http://www.weareoca.com/fine_art/soup-and-pudding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month’s blog is an update on my studio practice.

Whatever I am making art about, to some extent I am always asking myself and the work: 'why it is necessary that it is made?' Some ideas are better written down, or danced, or written off. I ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This month’s blog is an update on my studio practice.

Whatever I am making art about, to some extent I am always asking myself and the work: 'why it is necessary that it is made?' Some ideas are better written down, or danced, or written off. I ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Take the Plunge &#8211; Weave Some Tapestry!</title>
		<link>http://www.weareoca.com/fine_art/take-the-plunge-weave-some-tapestry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.weareoca.com/fine_art/take-the-plunge-weave-some-tapestry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several times lately, I've been asked for help by students really struggling with the weaving section of Textiles 1.  Apologies to those tutors and students who are weavers, but this is an area which causes a lot of headaches for many. I think in al]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Several times lately, I've been asked for help by students really struggling with the weaving section of Textiles 1.  Apologies to those tutors and students who are weavers, but this is an area which causes a lot of headaches for many. I think in al]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sketchbooks, a learning log and a beautiful painting &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.weareoca.com/fine_art/sketchbooks-a-learning-log-and-a-beautiful-painting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.weareoca.com/fine_art/sketchbooks-a-learning-log-and-a-beautiful-painting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OCA student Lucie Bromfield recently completed a level 2 OCA painting course and submitted a suite of work that demonstrated such thoughtfulness and integrity that we just had to review it for the blog.  Lucie's mark reflected what the assessors felt]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[OCA student Lucie Bromfield recently completed a level 2 OCA painting course and submitted a suite of work that demonstrated such thoughtfulness and integrity that we just had to review it for the blog.  Lucie's mark reflected what the assessors felt]]></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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		<description><![CDATA[

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>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[

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>Art books for the new year</title>
		<link>http://www.weareoca.com/fine_art/art-books-for-the-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the competitive and fast moving world of art exhibitions and artistic reputations, it is easy to get ignored or forgotten.  A number of belated biographies were published last year that bring to the public’s attention some of these artists: 

]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the competitive and fast moving world of art exhibitions and artistic reputations, it is easy to get ignored or forgotten.  A number of belated biographies were published last year that bring to the public’s attention some of these artists: 

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		<title>The Burra enigma</title>
		<link>http://www.weareoca.com/fine_art/the-burra-enigma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OCA Tutor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There's an Edward Burra Retrospective at the Pallant House Gallery, Chichester West Sussex at the moment.  One of the first times I encountered the late work of Edward Burra was at the huge  exhibition of British Painting at the Hayward Gallery in 19]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[There's an Edward Burra Retrospective at the Pallant House Gallery, Chichester West Sussex at the moment.  One of the first times I encountered the late work of Edward Burra was at the huge  exhibition of British Painting at the Hayward Gallery in 19]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Art or Vandalism?</title>
		<link>http://www.weareoca.com/photography/art-or-vandalism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.weareoca.com/photography/art-or-vandalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Parry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bonne Année!. Here is my 2012 New Year Quiz! (I haven't pulled any crackers this year, so you'll have to indulge me...)


Q: From the images included in this article, choose which is

a)   Art

b)   Vandalism

 

Did you guess right?!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Bonne Année!. Here is my 2012 New Year Quiz! (I haven't pulled any crackers this year, so you'll have to indulge me...)


Q: From the images included in this article, choose which is

a)   Art

b)   Vandalism

 

Did you guess right?!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Blackadder, joy and purpose</title>
		<link>http://www.weareoca.com/fine_art/blackadder-joy-and-purpose/</link>
		<comments>http://www.weareoca.com/fine_art/blackadder-joy-and-purpose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Walking into the Elizabeth Blackadder exhibition at the Edinburgh National Gallery I had the feeling that I had walked into the ultimate level 1 drawing submission. For those of you who know the courses, there was a view from one space to another, vi]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Walking into the Elizabeth Blackadder exhibition at the Edinburgh National Gallery I had the feeling that I had walked into the ultimate level 1 drawing submission. For those of you who know the courses, there was a view from one space to another, vi]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Finding arty gems in the haystack</title>
		<link>http://www.weareoca.com/photography/finding-arty-gems-in-the-haystack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.weareoca.com/photography/finding-arty-gems-in-the-haystack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we all know, the web provides a great array of wonderful stuff, but it is a challenge to sift the good from the indifferent and downright bad. But now an initiative based on a philosophy of collaboration in the arts community is beginning to bear ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As we all know, the web provides a great array of wonderful stuff, but it is a challenge to sift the good from the indifferent and downright bad. But now an initiative based on a philosophy of collaboration in the arts community is beginning to bear ]]></content:encoded>
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