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Interior Design – Competition time!
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The British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) has recently announced that entry is now...
Read moreBeyond The Bookshelf: Your OCA Library
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Having joined Open College of the Arts at the start of the year, it...
Read moreCritical reviews in Interior Design
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Just before Christmas I was lucky enough to be invited to take part in...
Read moreTutor News – Katrina Whitehead
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Some of you will know me as your personal tutor, or you may have...
Read moreIntroducing our Interior Design External Examiner, Marianna Velissaropoulou
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With assessment events held regularly three times a year, many of you will be...
Read moreOCA News: Creative Arts Update
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By Doug Burton
The Creative Arts Programme Leader, Doug Burton, will leave the OCA in November after...
Read moreStudent Stories: Julia McLean
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By Dan Robinson
OCA Photography Program Leader Dan Robinson caught up with Julia McLean about her experience...
Read moreCreative Arts Showcase 2023
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By Doug Burton
The Creative Arts Showcase is now in its third year and is an end...
Read moreArtlab23 Collective
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By Arlene Sharp
The aim of the Collective is to provide a mutually supportive environment which will...
Read moreStudent stories: Ange Mullins
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I'm Ange, a Creative Arts student, and I'm within touching distance of the finishing ...
Read moreStudent work: Creative Arts
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By Rachel Smith
As a tutor I find the exciting challenge is how students can then be...
Read moreDepartment stories: Interior Design
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The Architecture Room at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition has been curated this year...
Read moreDepartment stories: Garden Design
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By Gill German
One of the earlier projects in the first unit involved completing exercises in observational...
Read moreStudent work: Archive as Creative Presentation
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By Rachel Smith
This blog post introduces the production of a creative archive by ECA student Tim...
Read moreStudent stories: Explorations in Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media, and Technology
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I am delighted to launch this exhibition; Explorations in Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media, and Technology;...
Read moreTalking and walking through Trentham Gardens
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By Olivia Evans
Online studying can be a lonely experience. The Garden Design Students have an amazing...
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