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OCA tutor and assessor Jesse Alexander discusses the work of photography student Stuart McQuade for the course Digital Photographic Practice.
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Listen to this fascinating piece about writing good quality reflective commentaries. OCA tutor and Creative Writing assessor, Liz Cashden, explains what makes a good creative commentary, and reads out some revealing samples by John Wrigglesworth, wh
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Having got myself deeply embroiled in discussions about passion in textiles both on and off this blog (thanks for those who emailed me directly) I return to a safer topic this time, or is it? One of the main aims of Textiles 1 is the structure,
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The second meeting of the executive of the new OCA Student Association took place last week and it’s time for an update on progress. The minutes of last week’s meeting are available on the student site, here: http://oca-student.com/resources/N
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Its not often assessors do a double take... but Andrew's work was a submission that caused assessors to look again. Why? Andrew doesn't draw in a conventional way, its quirky. But he has a voice, a clear and unique voice. This is rare at the leve
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Dramatists are not the only creative writers to practise their art collaboratively. Public writing is having a renaissance, and laptops and iPads have made writing an accepted sight in public locations. So we don’t know just what is being written against the backdrop of scraping chair legs, clinking glasses and shouting children. ...
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After a storming start last week with her thoughts on submitting work and artists statements which prompted over forty comments, here is Miranda Gavin talking about outcomes from photography projects.
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Love it? Hate it? As a designer, you can’t avoid it. Indeed, you wouldn’t want to – your love affair with typography will prove to be one of the most enduring and intense. Sounds dramatic? Perhaps, but as any aspiring graphic designer will t
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I have just returned from a very exciting Textile event in Lithuania, which I would like to share with OCA textile students and tutors. The European Textile Network holds an International Conference on Textiles in a different country  every two y
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I am delighted to announce that we now have a nominee for the position of Student Representative, Visual Communications, on the OCA Student Association Committee, and it is a recent ‘star’ of WeAreOCA’s  ‘Blog of the Week’, Pam Wright.  A
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