We are running a study visit to the Hepworth Wakefield Art Museum on Friday 12th July from 10.30am. The study visit takes in the idea of drawing and form looking at the Barbara Hepworth graphic works and sculptures in the collection;…
Study Visits
Dickens’ London study visit
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A walk by the River Thames in the morning down the alleyways and round the corners that inspired the novels of the Victorian writer Charles Dickens. An afternoon getting to know the house in Bloomsbury that was the first marital…
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Genesis Study Visit
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Sebastião Salgado’s work has many admirers but is not without its detractors. His eight year project Genesis is currently on display at the Natural History Museum and to enable students to make their own mind up we have organised a…
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Energy, experiment and irreverence at the Barbican
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OCA tutor Michele Whiting reports on a successful visit to the Barbican. ‘After an early start for most of us, catching trains, buses and coaches with even an overnight coach for one of our students; we met for coffee and…
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The Motorway Service Station…
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Photography tutor, Andrew Conroy, has created the piece above entitled ‘The Drive’ in which poet Simon Armitage reads his own poem ‘Gymnasium’ with music by Ian Baxter. The poem is from a collection called ‘The Motorway Service Station as Destination…
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‘Do it 20 13′: a study visit with a twist: performance art and an evening meal
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‘Do it 20 13’ is on at Manchester Art Gallery as part of Manchester International Festival and we plan a visit accompanied by OCA tutor and art expert Gerald Deslandes starting at 4pm on Thursday 18 July, breaking for a…
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Inspiration for all!
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Reflections on the Birmingham Conservatoire Study Visit OCA students and staff joined colleagues from Birmingham Conservatoire for a day of rehearsals, debate and reflection, culminating in a concert to mark tutor Andy Glover’s recent birthday. Such study visits are an…
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‘Small Talk’: the 62 Group & Goldsmiths Archive Study Visit, London
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This is a wonderful opportunity for textile students to join Curriculum Leader for textiles, Sarah Taylor, and see new work from this acclaimed group of textile artists at the Constance Howard Gallery, Goldsmiths University of London, Deptford Town Hall. You…
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Look/13
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Look/13 is the second edition of the Liverpool Photography Festival. Tutor Keith Roberts will be leading a study visit on Saturday 8 June and there is plenty to see and discuss.
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Be challenged: join OCA’s MA students on a study visit in Oxford
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Meet OCA MA Fine Art tutors Angela Rogers and Caroline Wright for a study visit to the Stephen Willats exhibition at Modern Art Oxford followed by the Archigram exhibition in Oxford at 12 noon on 2nd June 2013. There are…
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A visual feast with a large helping of inspiration
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OCA Curriculum leader for Textiles, Sarah Taylor, reports on a fascinating day. The title above was Stephanie Thompson’s response for Good Housekeeping magazine on the Kaffe Fassett – A Life in Colour exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum (FTM), London (Good Housekeeping…
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Study visit in London to see Caulfield and Hume
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This study visit on Monday 17th June, starting at 11am at Tate Britain, will provide an opportunity to see the work of two complementary British figurative painters from different generations in a single exhibition. Patrick Caulfield was a contemporary of David…