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Open College o the Arts
2009 No. 4
Who’s who at OCA Richard Robbinsobituary  2OCA music studentsOCA Musiccompetition4 & 5 Tutor: Patric Standord- Music course author6 & 7
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Student profile: Joan Barker - page 3
 
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Debbie Hodson
Debbie joined the OCA on a temporary contract in 1993, packing the Guide toCourses. 16 years later she is an invaluablemember o the Academic services/ Tutorservices.Debbie’s interests include cross-stitching,reading and walking. She is at themoment doing an AAT Foundation courseat Barnsley College.
 Adele Fitzpatrick 
 Adele joinedOCA in October2003 asthe nanceassistant. Herinterests in allthings technicalled her toundertakethe CCNA (Cisco Certied Network Associate) course and as a result she isnow responsible or the IT Network.She is also an OCA student on
Photography 1: Art of Photography.
 Adele is married with 2 children andenjoys cycling, walking, playing the violinand Photography.
Who’s who at OCA Richard Robbins
Professor Richard Robbins: Painter, Poet, Sculptor, Sportsman
OCA Trustee Richard Robbins was born in 1927. He was the son o Lord Robbins,chairman o the infuential 1963 committee report on Higher Education.He attended Dauntsey’s School in Wiltshire, where his prowess on the sports eldoutshone his academic ability. Ater a brie spell in the army he resumed his educationreading literature at Oxord.Richard went on to study art at Goldsmith’s and the Slade, specialising in drawing,painting and sculpture, beore embarking on a career as an art teacher. He taught or33 years at Hornsey School o Art, later part o Middlesex University, becoming ProessorEmeritus in 1993. Unlike many o his contemporaries in art schools, he rmly believed inthe importance o drawing; a principle that the Open College o the Arts still hold rmly to. He was a trustee o the OCA rom its oundation in 1987. He was elected an Honorary Member o the Royal Society o British Artists in 2004.Richard passed away on July 28th2009.
 
I have been involved with art all my lie and have painted andexhibited my work over a period o years. I elt I needed a reshchallenge and when I discovered that the Open College o the Arts were oering an Arts degree I decided that working or thisdegree would ull my requirements. Ater my application onto the course I was given Prior LearningPoints towards the Degree in acknowlgement o my previousqualications and experience. In order to obtain the degree Ineeded to work through Level Three o the Painting course. Thiswas to be my personal starting point.I was sent the course module or Your Own Exhibition and wasimmediately impressed by the writing o Ian Simpson, whoormulated and wrote the module. I ound it to be inormativeand comprehensive as well as leaving opportunities or individualcreativity.I decided to work with a personal tutor as I value the opportunity or one to one contact and discussion. I enjoyed working throughthe module. Some o the work was used to represent the Collegeat the Birmingham Exhibition centre. It was assessed according tothe college procedures.I next embarked on the nal module - Painting Three advanced.I was required to write my own module ollowing the Collegemodule programme. I ound this to be very thought provokingand I discussed it at length with my tutor Rhonda Fenwick. I elt that I needed to compose a personal structure that would:Sum up my previous work to date.
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Stretch my thought processes and abilities.
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Give me a personal direction or uture artistic study.
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 All this would give me a new logical working system o work.Having completed the course I now realise that my “art” is allabout my response to what is really there in the environment. Iam not just a landscape painter. It goes much deeper than that,I use the environment as a jumping o point to explore dierent dimensions o reality. Hence my work can result in a naturalisticinterpretation or equally may be totally abstract. I need to explorethis at greater depth and I now have my artistic challenge. This is now my “way orward” in uture development, and it is theresult o working or my degree with the Open College o the Arts. The whole experience has been very worthwhile, challenging,educational, and satisying.
 Joan Barker 
Student: Joan Barker 
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