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...

Welcome to our online Degree Show Showcase 22/23 where we are celebrating a number of our graduates from across six of our degree...

If anyone had said to me when I started the painting degree programme that I would become reasonable at painting human portraits (I was...

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.

Yesterday, I had to prevent the postman trying to stuff an A3 size envelope through my regular size letter box. I quickly opened the door...

Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Monday 15 May 2023 OCA students from, illustration, textiles, creative writing, creative arts and painting...

Did you know that this week is Mental Health Awareness week! The theme for this year is “Anxiety” using the tag “#ToHelpMyAnxiety” There...

This year Mental Health Awareness Week runs from 15th – 21st May and has a theme of ‘Anxiety’, a normal emotion in us all that can...

In January we were joined by Christopher Samuel for an Artist Talk & Q&A. Christopher is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice is...

The day I received my OCA letter was the day my life changed forever! I peeked out of my dusty closet, and there I saw it! An envelope...

Over the last couple of years we've teamed up with 2B or not 2B collective to allow OCA students to join their online life drawing...

In an ever-increasing digital world, often bringing with it a greater sense of personal isolation, the OCA Photography Social Group hopes...

Some of you will already know and indeed be members of our student-led Discord server. The rest of you may be asking, ‘What on earth is...

The Open College of the Arts (OCA) Student Charter was developed as a partnership statement between OCA and our students, through...

STUDY VISIT and INTERVIEW: Penny McCarthy’s Clouds Fall in Love with Mortal Hastings Contemporary, 1pm Saturday 11th February 2023 In...

Huddersfield art gallery - Saturday 7 January 2023 Despite the national rail strike and a partial closure of the M60 motorway for...

OCA Painting student Jessica Voke. The world took a deep breath and locked its doors. Totally alone we muddled through... No weigh-ins...