A review of an OCA Study Day with tutors Les Monaghan and Garry Clarkson – And first steps towards external engagement.

We are a group of students who come together to help each other through the exciting journey of our photographic studies. 

OCA's Music online lunchtime concert series begins on 24 September at 12.30, with Tony performing on guitar. Everyone is Welcome!

We are a group of 108 students, residing all over Europe and spanning different disciplines.

OCA Stage 3 (HE6) Painting student Sandra originates from Staincross, near Barnsley, the home of the OCA.

At the end of November a study visit was held at FutureScapes 2023 - a free two-day landscaping event held at EXCEL in London. For the...

The Photography Social Group had their first meetup in London on the 18th November. In the works for a number of months, members met at...

Study Event Review OCA North: In person study event at Fletcher’s Mill, Halifax 4 November 2023 When OCA North students meet at Dean...

It's been five years, a pandemic and an institutional transfer since we last asked questions about Study Events. In case you wondered,...

Thames Valley Group Study visit 14 October 2023 Another excellent study visit. Jayne Taylor led us around the mixed painting and...

Over the course of the summer the OCASA has hosted a number of online and in-person sustainability activities. This has been our first...

This land art festival was spread over two days. On both days visitors were encouraged to make their own art amongst the pieces created...

‘Shingle’: Landscapes Lost and Found an exhibition of paintings and photography inspired by the Suffolk shingle coast. Towards the end of...

We met at the Serpentine Pavilion and luckily the weather was kind to us - no umbrellas necessary for our day out after all! In fact the...

Whether generated by sunlight passing through a camera lens, triggered by the burst of a flash bulb, or forged by electricity coursing...

August & September 2023 Open to all students and alumni across disciplines. Serpentine Pavilion, London. 3 August 2023, 11am Join...

We were delighted this year to be able to run a second study trip to Lisbon, the first being just prior to the Pandemic. It was open to...

Leighton House At our last live study event we visited the Ai Weiwei exhibition at the Design Museum in London. A few of us had some...

I was looking forward to meeting a fellow Garden Design student in real life! We met at Trentham Gardens: A former grand estate of the...

At the end of May OCA Interior Design students met for a day of cultural input, exploring the Design Museum in London.