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Mature students stand out

Jane — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:47:00 +0000

My colleague Alison Churchill and I went to see this year’s Creative Spark degree show at Sheffield Hallam University last week. What struck us was that overall the quality of the work was higher than the previous year, mainly because,…

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Drawing in space

Doug Burton — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:36:37 +0000

Doug Burton reports on two new works at the Serpentine in Kensington Gardens and finds an interesting conceptual linking between this years startling new pavilion and last year’s sculpted memory. An interesting visit to London last week saw me stumble…

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Questions and inspiration

Olivia Irvine — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:24:44 +0000

Eleven OCA students explored the Edinburgh College of Art Degree Shows last week, led by tutors Jane Mitchell and Olivia Irvine. All were keen to see the work of BA degree students in the flesh. There was a lot to…

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Student work uncovered: a painting by Rachel Ashby

Jane — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:03:57 +0000

OCA tutor and assessor Emma Drye takes a close look at a single painting by level one student Rachel Ashby. Don’t miss what Emma has to say. She gets under the skin of the painting and why it works, and…

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Student work uncovered: Emily Fowke and Christine Gutsell

Jane — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:00:28 +0000

Here is Jim Unsworth, assessor and tutor, talking about moving from drawing to painting by looking a a couple of OCA students’ work.

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Where is the line between art and craft?

India — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:56:35 +0000

OCA tutor India Ritchie reports: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has chosen to remove the category of ‘crafts’ as a recognised creative industry as part of a paper for classifying and measuring the creative industries due to…

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Neal Tait describes his methodology and I attempt to uncover my own

Emma — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:26:49 +0000

Pottering about on the internet, I found this lovely little video of an artist being interviewed by a group of schoolboys. Although the tone of the video is quite basic (it was made for the now completed Great Art Debate…

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Life affirming lines

Lisa OBrien — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:39:43 +0000

Putting a pencil to paper and making a line is unexpectedly, and thankfully, life affirming. My dad died last year, followed by my friend Joanna and our family dog, all within weeks of each other. This is an exhibition of…

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Student Work uncovered: Sue Elliott

Jane — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:38:37 +0000

Here is OCA tutor and assessor Jim Unsworth looking at some excellent figure drawings by OCA student Sue Elliott. Well done Susan!

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Student work uncovered: Margaret O’Brien

Jane — Wed, 29 May 2013 14:49:02 +0000

OCA tutor and assessor Richard Liley examines Margaret O’Brien’s work, and picks out her sketchbooks for special attention.

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