Curious Collage – Welcome Week creations

<p>The OU Students Association welcomed Tanvi Kant &&num;8211&semi; an interdisciplinary artist based in the Southeast of England for <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;oustudents&period;com&sol;welcome-week&sol;">Welcome Week<&sol;a> in October&period; Tanvi hosted a two-hour interactive workshop&comma; where students came equipped with materials such as magazines&comma; string&comma; pens&comma; pencils and junk mail to create a collage based on the theme&colon; &lsquo&semi;study journey&rsquo&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Following artist demonstrations by Tanvi&comma; both new and returning students were invited to create a collage personal to their learning journey during the session&period; The event was warm and welcoming with some students describing the session as therapeutic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here are some of the creations from the event&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span class&equals;"fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib fr-draggable wp-image-31986"><span class&equals;"fr-img-wrap" style&equals;"width&colon; 389px"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thehootstudents&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;11&sol;d-collage&period;png" data-id&equals;"31986" class&equals;"fr-fil fr-dib" alt&equals;"A letter 'D' shape in a collage of newspaper cuttings&period;"><span class&equals;"fr-inner">Michelle used newspaper cuttings to form this collage in a letter &&num;039&semi;D&&num;039&semi; shape&period;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span class&equals;"fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib fr-draggable wp-image-31981"><span class&equals;"fr-img-wrap" style&equals;"width&colon; 657&period;99px"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thehootstudents&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;11&sol;CF-Curious-Collage-04-10-24&period;png" data-id&equals;"31981" class&equals;"fr-fil fr-dib" alt&equals;"A collage of line drawings and cut-out images&comma; including Paddington Bear&period;"><span class&equals;"fr-inner">Chloe made a collage by using cut-out images and line drawings&period;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span class&equals;"fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib fr-draggable wp-image-31980"><span class&equals;"fr-img-wrap" style&equals;"width&colon; 657&period;99px"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thehootstudents&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;11&sol;collage-by-eleanor&period;jpg" data-id&equals;"31980" class&equals;"fr-fil fr-dib" alt&equals;"A collage including an open mouth of an animal with a sunset inside it&period;"><span class&equals;"fr-inner">Collage by OU Student Eleanor<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;zombify&lowbar;post&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;