Step into a world of lace like you’ve never seen it before. See how the patterns, materials and cultural traditions of lace are represented through radical new approached by UK and international artists. This OCA study day will be of interest to Fine Art and textiles students. It will take place on Saturday 11...
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This is the final post for 2011 from the OCA and if you are subscriber to the Weekender eBulletin you should receive it tomorrow. We will be back in 2012 with more articles, videos of student work, learning blogs and study visits. For now, we leave
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Kerguéhennec. It's taken me three weeks to be able to say it. Now ‘la tempête’ has passed, the sky is a sullen unbroken pewter and I should be shopping for chocolate santas… What better time to check out this hidden gem of contemporary scu
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19th November 2011.  A beautiful bright day; OCA students, Heather, Nigel, Lucille, Michael, Christine, Sarah and I met up at the Baltic to socialise and view the Turner Prize Exhibition.  It was great that there was an instant rapport in the gr
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Quite recently,  one of my students (you'll know who you are!) was talking about the work of Tracey Ermin, how she admired her ability to put so much of herself into it, to be totally honest.  This, she agreed, is what really constitutes the art in
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The first OCA Study visit to the Whitechapel Gallery for 2012 will take place on 11 February. This important show first major UK survey of British photographer, film-maker and installation artist Zarina Bhimji. The exhibition traces the developme
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For this blog I wanted to share with you the first assignment I received recently from my student Milena Blaziak. On opening the folder my first impression was that Milena had been working with enthusiasm, energy and focus. Her initial exploratory dr
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