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ArtLab23 Collective Online Discussion

8 August 2024, 18:00–19:30

Online Discussion

Join OCA Alumni and members of ArtLab23 Collective for this online forum event hosted by tutor Dr Bryan Eccleshall.

Speed Portrait Drawing to Music

3 July 2024, 19:00–20:00

Online Event

Join Kirsty Lockhart, an artist and illustrator from Dundee, for an OCA x Pencils4Tea collaboration hour of speed portrait drawing to music.

Life Drawing with 2bornot2b Collective

5 June 2024, 19:00–21:00

Online Workshop

We invite you to come along, experiment with whatever materials you have at hand, and don't forget to kick back and relax in this 2 hour session of life drawing.

Unravel - The Power & Politics of Textile Art

25 May 2024, 11:00–16:30

London

Join OCA tutor Priscilla Edwards in London.

Illustrate your Favourite Recipe

14 May 2024, 18:00–20:00

Online Workshop

Illustrate your favourite recipe in this workshop with illustrator Lucia Vinti.

Animated Portrait - A Workshop with Karolina Glusiec

8 May 2024, 18:00–20:00

Online Workshop

In this workshop we will be working on an A5 size paper to create a hand-drawn animated sequence that can turn into an installation. This workshop is themed around the idea of the portrait - what is it for you?

AI - A synthetic collaborator, the end of art, or merely another (very clever) pencil?

1 May 2024, 18:00–20:00

Online Workshop

By the end of this workshop, students will be able to describe the basic concepts of machine creativity and AI art, identify ethical considerations, and think about the different ways in which AI tools are being used by artists.

Speed Portrait Drawing to Music

24 April 2024, 19:00–20:00

Online Event

Join Kirsty Lockhart, an artist and illustrator from Dundee, for an OCA x Pencils4Tea collaboration hour of speed portrait drawing to music.

Bookmarked Launch Event

24 April 2024, 19:00–20:00

Online Event

Join the Bookmarked team for the launch of this new OCA Creative Writing Magazine.

Monochromatic Self Portraiture Workshop

17 April 2024, 16:30–18:30

Online workshop

Join OCA tutor Paula MacArthur for this workshop set across three sessions. Please register your interest by Friday 22 March.

Monochromatic Self Portraiture Workshop

10 April 2024, 16:30–18:30

Online workshop

Join OCA tutor Paula MacArthur for this workshop set across three sessions. Please register your interest by Friday 22 March.

Art as Conversation - What does your art say about you?

6 April 2024, 11:00–14:00

Online Workshop

Join us for a facilitated afternoon of collaborative making, conversation and meaning making.

Monochromatic Self Portraiture Workshop

3 April 2024, 16:30–18:30

Online workshop

Join OCA tutor Paula MacArthur for this workshop set across three sessions. Please register your interest by Friday 22 March.

Animated Postcard - a workshop with Karolina Glusiec

13 March 2024, 18:00–20:00

Online Workshop

In this workshop we will be working on postcard-sized paper to create a moving image loop consisting of our drawings. We will be exploring the idea of presenting a particular place in a relation of time, change, presence.

Life Drawing with 2bornot2b Collective

6 March 2024, 19:00–21:00

Online Workshop

We invite you to come along, experiment with whatever materials you have at hand, and don't forget to kick back and relax in this 2 hour session of life drawing.

Speed Portrait Drawing to Music

28 February 2024, 19:00–20:00

Online Event

Join Kirsty Lockhart, an artist and illustrator from Dundee, for an OCA x Pencils4Tea collaboration hour of speed portrait drawing to music.

Creating Comics for Beginners

23 February 2024, 14:00–16:00

Online Workshop

Writers, visual artists and everyone else join illustrator Julian Gray to learn something new in this fun workshop.

Women in Revolt!

3 February 2024, 11:00–14:30

London

Join OCA tutor Jayne Taylor in London.

Speed Portrait Drawing to Music

13 December 2023, 19:00–20:00

Online Event

Join Kirsty Lockhart, an artist and illustrator from Dundee, for an OCA x Pencils4Tea collaboration hour of speed portrait drawing to music.

Propaganda Textiles & Antony Gormley - Double study event!

9 December 2023, 11:00–16:30

London

Join OCA Tutor Priscilla Edwards in London for a bumper day out.

Life Drawing with 2B or not 2B Collective

6 December 2023, 19:00–21:00

Online Workshop

Streaming from the other side of the globe in Argentina, the wonderful Eliana will be serving poses inspired by the French visual artist, Henri Matisse who is widely regarded as the greatest colourist of the 20th century.

Garden Design: FuturesScape expo and Trade Event:

21 November 2023 at 09:00 – 22 November 2023 at 15:00

London

The UK’s largest landscape expo & Trade event, with seminars, live debates and exhibitors with programme leader Gill German.

Tactile Drawing & Textiles

15 November 2023, 12:00–13:30

Online Workshop

Come join artist Oly Bliss  for a creative workshop that fuses tactile drawing and textiles to design your own self-portrait in thread.

Paper Portraits - Drawing with Scissors

9 November 2023, 14:00–15:30

Online Workshop

Throughout this workshop you’ll learn the basics of collage and how to capture figures by drawing with scissors. You’ll go on to create you own paper portraits using collage.

OCA's Big Draw - Live Event

18 October 2023, 18:30–20:00

Online Event

Join OCA Tutors Michele and Diana to draw together and explore the senses.

Photography Social Group: Anna Sellen: Taking a Leap of Faith

11 October 2023, 18:30–20:30

Online Event

Please join us on Wednesday, 11th October at 6:30 pm BST at our monthly Photography Social Group for a talk by Anna Sellen: Taking a Leap of Faith .

Live Illustration for Visual Thinkers - Creating Notes for your Visual Brain

4 October 2023, 10:00–11:00

Online Workshop

Join Katie Chappell in this workshop. You will learn how to use illustration to make your study notes more engaging and memorable along with lots of other tips and tricks.

Life Drawing with 2bornot2b Collective

20 September 2023, 19:00–21:00

Online workshop

For our September OCA x 2B Or Not 2B Collective collaboration we'll be hosting a life drawing session inspired by the Chinese photographer and poet Reng Hang 任航.

Photography Social Group: Nuala Mahon, Artist Talk

9 August 2023, 18:30–20:00

Online Event

Please join us on Wednesday, August 9th at 6:30 pm BST for our monthly Photography Social Group which will feature a talk given by fine art photographer and recent OCA (Hons) BA Photography graduate Nuala Mahon.

Photography Social Group: Marc Wilson, Artist Talk

19 July 2023 at 18:30 – 20 July 2023 at 20:00

Online Event

Please join us on Wednesday 19th July for our monthly Photography Social Group which will feature a talk by photographer Marc Wilson. 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm BST. Marc Wilson: The Last Stand, A Wounded Landscape, and Remnants.

Concerto for a Salad Bowl

21 June 2023 at 19:30

Musical Symposium

Concerto for a Salad Bowl is a concert with a difference. As well as premièring four pieces by OCA Music Student Christopher Barchard, there is a musical symposium which, unusually, puts back to back a talk about the climate crisis.

Photography Social Group: Helen Warburton, Artist Talk

14 June 2023, 18:30–20:00

Online Event

Radical Cameos: Sculptural Thinking, Bodiless Heads and the Early Photographic Portrait - Join OCA Tutor and Artist Helen Warburton.

Understanding Ethics

14 June 2023, 18:00–21:00

Online workshop

Ethical literacy is about having the skills to make sound ethical decisions. These skills include things like critical thinking, situational awareness, and cultural sensitivity. We help photographers to develop skills to think critically about ethics in their work.

Life Drawing with 2bornot2b Collective

13 June 2023, 19:00–21:00

Online workshop

Join us for this summer's edition of the 2B x OCA life drawing session, we've got the fabulous Camilo from Colombia.

Understanding Ethics

7 June 2023, 10:00–13:00

Online workshop

Ethical literacy is about having the skills to make sound ethical decisions. These skills include things like critical thinking, situational awareness, and cultural sensitivity. We help photographers to develop skills to think critically about ethics in their work.

‘Shingle’: Landscapes Lost and Found

20 May 2023, 10:30–17:00

Aldeburgh

Join OCA students Howard Andrews and Linda Mayoux and for their pre- and post- graduation exhibitions in the Courtyard Gallery, Aldeburgh on Saturday May 20th 2023.

Illustration & Well-being

19 May 2023, 11:00–12:30

Online lecture & workshop

Join award winning Medical Artist & Researcher Merlin Evans online for an engaging, supportive and curious dive into the world of illustration and well being.

Andy's Man Club - It's Okay to Talk

18 May 2023, 15:30–16:30

Online presentation

Find out more this Mental Health Awareness Week.

OCA Student Group Show

13 May 2023, 11:00–17:00

Nottingham

Join us for a cross discipline exhibition on a study visit led by OCA tutor Diana Ali at the Surface Gallery, Nottingham.

Photography Social Group: Student Talk - The Food Bank Photo Project

10 May 2023, 18:30–19:30

Online Event

Join OCA student Luke Shephard to discuss the origins of his ongoing Food Bank Photo project as a reworked assignment.

Drawing to supercharge your writing

3 May 2023, 10:00–11:30

Online workshop

Discover how drawing can silence your writing blocks and stimulate writing.

Lunch & Learn: Study Skills: Time Perception and Organisation

29 March 2023, 13:00–14:00

Online workshop

This session will give you an understanding of what solutions are out and how they can work best for your learning working style and course dynamic.

OCA Lisbon 2023 Study Event

27 March 2023 at 18:00 – 31 March 2023 at 18:00

Cascais

Join OCA tutors Michele Whiting & Diana Ali in Lisbon.

Lunch & Learn: Study Skills: Focus, Attention and Concentration

22 March 2023, 13:00–14:00

Online workshop

Whether you’re finding it hard to concentrate, focus your attention, or clear your mind of distracting thoughts, this workshop will introduce you to simple study strategies to enhance the way you study.

OCA Student: Dhama Thanigasapapathy, Artists Talk

17 March 2023, 19:00–20:00

Online Talk

Please join Dhama in conversation with Programme Leader Emma Drye.

Life Drawing with 2bornot2b Collective

15 March 2023, 19:00–21:00

Online workshop

Join 2B or Not 2B collective at our next online life drawing workshop.

Lunch & Learn: Study Skills: Managing Stress and Anxiety

15 March 2023, 13:00–14:00

Online workshop

Develop your understanding of how mindfulness can enhance your teaching and learning practices, while helping manage stress and anxiety.

In person event: Kaffe Fassett - The Power of Pattern

11 March 2023, 11:10–16:30

London

Join OCA tutor Priscilla Edwards in London.

Lunch & Learn: Accessibility Awareness: Inclusive Digital Design and Communications

8 March 2023, 13:00–14:00

Online workshop

In this session, we explore how you can embed simple accessibility principles and practices into your work, making content engaging and inclusive for all.

Arts and Humanities in the Creative Workplace

3 March 2023, 13:00–14:00

Webinar

Join colleagues from the OU for a free, cross-sector panel hosted by The Open University as part of the Creative Coalition Festival 2023.

Lunch & Learn: Disability Awareness: Changing the Way We Understand Disability​

1 March 2023, 13:00–14:00

Online workshop

In this session, we’ll establish a practical understanding of neurodiversity and disability.

Peter Doig, in person study event

23 February 2023 at 11:00

London

Join OCA tutor Clare Wilson at The Courtauld Gallery at 11am on Thursday February 23rd 2023.

Online Active Bystander Workshop

15 February 2023, 13:00–14:30

Online workshop

This module will introduce learners to the role of an Online Active Bystander and support them to identify actions to address harmful online behaviours and support victims of online abuse.

Penny McCarthy’s Clouds Fall in Love with Mortal

11 February 2023 at 13:00

Hastings

OCA Tutor Bryan Eccleshall had the privilege of being one of Penny’s PhD students between 2010 and 2016 and will be running a Study Visit to the exhibition at Hastings Contemporary on Saturday February 11 2023.

In person event: Art & Faith

9 February 2023, 14:00–16:30

Rayleigh

Join Painting Programme Tutor Clare Wilson and Level 3 Painting student Nicola Davey for a tour of Nicola's degree show.

Artist talk and Q&A: Christopher Samuel

24 January 2023, 10:00–11:00

Online talk

Please join Christopher over on zoom on Tuesday 24 January at 10am, to hear about his art journey from a BTEC in Art & Design, to a degree in Fine Art at DeMontford University in Leicester, to recently being commissioned to work with the Wellcome Collection’s archives in London.

I swear I saw this - MA Fine Art Showcase 2022

15 December 2022 at 16:00

Private View

After two years of study, OCA's MA Fine Art students will open their graduating exhibition to the public on Thursday 15 December with a private view online at 16.00. GMT

Life Drawing with 2bornot2b Collective

7 December 2022, 19:00–21:00

Virtual life drawing

Join us for the next OCA x 2B or Not 2B Collective life drawing event.

Online Exhibition Invite - Bev Williams

28 November 2022 at 10:00

Online Presentation

Join Textiles student Bev as she discusses her degree show work.

OCA & The Open University Seasonal Webinar

22 November 2022 at 19:00

Webinar

Join Will Woods from OCA, with Richard Marsden from OU and Jo Luzmore and Andrew Penman from UCA.

Keeping Up Momentum. Something missing?

19 November 2022, 10:00–13:00

Two part workshop

The next ‘Keeping up Momentum’ session, with OCA tutor Hayley Lock, titled Something Missing? will explore the theme of absence and presence, looking at extraction, omission, transience, permanence, visibility and invisibility.

Drawing to accelerate learning

16 November 2022, 18:00–19:30

Online workshop

Drawing is deeply connected with arts subjects for discovery, interpretation, ideation, experimentation, and evolution. This interactive workshop will provide a toolkit of drawing processes to activate and improve your learning.

Drawing to accelerate learning

16 November 2022, 14:00–15:30

Online workshop

Drawing is deeply connected with arts subjects for discovery, interpretation, ideation, experimentation, and evolution. This interactive workshop will provide a toolkit of drawing processes to activate and improve your learning.

Drawing to accelerate learning

16 November 2022, 10:00–11:30

Online workshop

Drawing is deeply connected with arts subjects for discovery, interpretation, ideation, experimentation, and evolution. This interactive workshop will provide a toolkit of drawing processes to activate and improve your learning.

Garden Design & Interior Design - Joint event

12 November 2022 at 11:00

London

A fun and relaxed workshop to meet fellow students and hone your site surveying techniques around the Royal Festival Hall and Jubilee Gardens on the Southbank, London, with programme leaders Catherine Byrne and Gill German.

Artist talk: Arlene Sharp

8 November 2022, 18:00–19:00

Online event

Following her recent degree show ‘Painted Space – Remembering Gilbert’s Lake’, join SYP student Arlene Sharp who will be discussing her ideas and inspiration for the exhibition.

Keeping Up Momentum. Something missing?

29 October 2022, 10:00–13:00

Two part workshop

The next ‘Keeping up Momentum’ session, with OCA tutor Hayley Lock, titled Something Missing? will explore the theme of absence and presence, looking at extraction, omission, transience, permanence, visibility and invisibility.

Contemporary British Painting Prize, Huddersfield

22 October 2022 at 13:00

Huddersfield

A relaxed discussion and viewing of the latest Contemporary British Painting Prize exhibition at Huddersfield Art Gallery with Dr. Narbi Price.

Sense of belonging and community with Dr Nadine Cavigioli

7 October 2022, 14:00–15:30

Online discussion

This session is focused on facilitating authentic conversations relating to your lived experiences of being a mature part-time student, studying at a distance.

Sense of belonging and community with Dr Nadine Cavigioli

3 October 2022, 18:00–19:30

Online discussion

This session is focused on facilitating authentic conversations relating to your lived experiences of being a mature part-time student, studying at a distance.

Sense of belonging and community with Dr Nadine Cavigioli

30 September 2022, 10:00–11:30

Online discussion

This session is focused on facilitating authentic conversations relating to your lived experiences of being a mature part-time student, studying at a distance.

Life Drawing with 2bornot2b Collective

7 September 2022, 19:00–21:00

Online life drawing

Sign up for our next virtual life drawing session.

An exhibition of work by Painting student Arlene Sharp & a visit to the Wellcome Collection

3 September 2022 at 11:00

Hatch End

Arlene is currently completing the final module of her Painting degree. Tutor Fiona MacDonald will take a study group to her exhibition on Saturday 3rd September.

Artist talk and Q&A: Yan Preston

19 July 2022 at 11:00

Online event

Dr Yan Wang Preston is a photographic artist interested in the intercultural connections between landscape imagery, ecology, identity and migration. Join her via zoom.

Artist talk and creative workshop with Tanya Raabe Webber

13 July 2022, 14:00–15:30

Online event

Renowned Disabled Artist Tanya Raabe Webber presents an artists talk and creative workshop. Join us via zoom.

WÃ¥nder Wide Web - Online Exhibition Opening

30 June 2022 at 19:00

Online event

The OCA EU student group of the OCA/UCA is very pleased to invite you to our upcoming online exhibition.

Europe Region Group - Student Talk, Everyone Welcome

25 June 2022, 10:30–12:30 CEST

Online talk

Join us on Saturday, 25 June 2022, 10.30-12noon CEST for a talk by and conversation with Steve Cussons, who is currently completing her Level 3, Creative Arts programme.

Deaf Awareness & Introduction to British Sign Language (BSL)

24 June 2022, 09:30–13:00 BST

Online workshop

Join SignBright across two sessions, the first a deaf awareness workshop and the second an introduction to British Sign Language.

Deaf Awareness & Introduction to British Sign Language (BSL)

20 June 2022, 18:30–20:00 BST

Online workshop

Join SignBright across two sessions, the first a deaf awareness workshop and the second an introduction to British Sign Language.

British Art Show 9: Manchester

18 June 2022, 10:00–17:00

Manchester Art Gallery

Join OCA tutor Cheryl Huntbach in Manchester.

Keeping up Momentum - Lines, Squiggles and Webs

28 May 2022, 10:00–12:30

Online workshop

A two-part workshop with Carla Rees and Helen Rosemier

Curious Arts LGBTQIA+ Awareness Training

19 May 2022, 10:00–12:30

Online event

Curious Arts LGBTQIA+ Awareness Training has been devised and developed to ensure progression and excellence in equality, diversity and inclusion.

Wendy Healey: OCA L3 Student Artist talk

18 May 2022 at 18:00

Online talk

Please join Programme Leader Emma Drye to celebrate the achievement of level 3 Painting SYP student Wendy Healey who has just completed her final degree show with us and is soon to graduate.

Keeping up Momentum - Lines, Squiggles and Webs

30 April 2022, 10:00–12:30

Online workshop

A two-part workshop with Carla Rees and Helen Rosemier

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