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Events Archive

May 16, 2019
Creative practice as a catalyst for placemeaking in Scarborough.
May 15, 2019
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
May 15, 2019
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
May 15, 2019
Join the Drawing and Painting Programme at OCAD University for a Celebration of John Scott's Retirement from OCAD University
May 14, 2019
Impulseb launching Impulse Interviews 1978-1990 with Nick Haramis and Eldon Garnet interviewing each other
May 2-12, 2019
Nuit Blanche Toronto is seeking applications to the part-time Community Engagement Assistant position. Supported by the Career Launcher program, the position will include a full integration into the professional environment of the City Cultural Events Team at the City of Toronto.
May 10, 2019
Collective City is proud to present three new documentaries that chronicle the rich and vibrant history of Toronto-based visual arts collectives at the MOCA, Friday May 10, at 7 pm. This is a free event. Please RSVP on the link as seating is limited:
May 9, 2019
Fashion Studies is publishing its second issue this upcoming May 9th, 2019 and we invite you to celebrate the launch with us @ The Catalyst! Fashion Studies is an open-access, academic journal in fashion that celebrates multiple ways of knowing and sharing knowledge.  
May 8, 2019
Free public reception of Onsite Gallery's newest exhibition, T.M. Glass: The Audible Language of Flowers
May 1-7, 2019
The White People Problem is a series of experimental works that seek to engage white settlers on issues of colonialism, inequity, and white privilege. Grounded in Boyce’s personal experiences, this work is her response to conversations within her own family and social in groups in Northern Ontario. Rather than bringing bar graphs to Christmas dinner, she uses a multiple fabrication techniques to create pieces that seek to reverse and subvert the white gaze.
May 1-5, 2019
More than 800 promising young artists and designers are exhibiting at OCAD University's 104th GradEx! This year, GradEx is a five-day exhibition spread across several buildings on campus including the iconic Sharp Centre for Design. The university will throw open its doors, inviting the community to see works by the creative minds of OCAD U’s Class of 2019.
April 4 - May 4, 2019
Feeding Fish is a new body of work by Scott Everingham, which explores painting as shipwrecks – both in their ultimate ending and in their potential for discovery.
May 1-3, 2019
An international symposium to release the findings of the StudentDwellTO research partnership and discuss alternatives to the housing (un)affordability crisis.
May 3, 2019
Please join the Journal of Visual and Critical Studies in celebrating the unique approaches to art history and visual culture that are being explored by students at OCAD University. The new volume of the Journal of Visual & Critical Studies comprises critical essays, exhibition reviews, and thesis abstracts, and will be available at the launch. Snacks, refreshments, and cake will be provided.
May 3, 2019
Students in the BA (Honours) Program in Visual and Critical Studies will present their thesis projects in a public symposium. Friday, May 3rd, 2019; 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m; 100 McCaul St., Room 325.
May 1, 2019
Toronto Queer Film Festival  (TQFF) is showcasing student work again this fall! We are seeking film + video work under 20 minutes in length. Preference for work created in or after 2017.
April 23-30, 2019
An MFA Thesis Exhibition by Kirstie McCallum
April 29, 2019
Xpace Cultural Centre welcomes applications for the Career Launcher position of Programming Coordinator. 
April 22-28, 2019
Please join us for an end of year social and celebration of our First Year Drawing and Painting Student Self Portraits! 
April 25-27, 2019
The three-day conference will feature papers, performances and workshops that expand, trouble, decentralize, destabilize, or interrogate literary practices, text, and performance.
April 23-27, 2019
Thesis Exhibition for Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design Masters Candidate Shannon Lee
April 26-27, 2019
SUGAR is a site-critical project located near the Redpath sugar factory on Toronto’s Sugar Beach, and formerly on the site of the seminal Guvernment and RPM nightclubs. The SUGAR music events pay homage to the Club by using dance and discourse to animate the material and cultural conditions explored by SUGAR’s curatorial project.
April 24, 2019
Have you ever wondered what happens behind the closed doors of a grant review committee? Join the Office of Research and Innovation on Wednesday, April 24th for an eye-opening discussion on research and arts funding applications and reviews, featuring panelists who have served as reviewers in the past.
April 23, 2019
On Tuesday, April 23rd come support C Magazine at our annual fundraising auction of Canadian and international contemporary art at the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto, with work by Ginette Legaré and Beth Stuart.
April 23, 2019
Harm Reduction Workshop from the Peer Wellness Education Program at Health & Wellness 
April 17-21, 2019
Natalie Majaba Waldburger participating in Grow Op 2019, a group show at the Gladstone Hotel.  The 2019 edition considers ENERGY.
April 9-21, 2019
Thesis Exhibition for Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design Masters Candidate Dori Vanderheyden
April 13-20, 2019
Thesis Exhibition for Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design Masters Candidate Carlina Chen
April 9-19, 2019
Delivery Notice: a group exhibition of 3rd year Sculpture/Installation students. Opening Reception April 11, 6-9 pm
April 18, 2019
Hidden Order is a one-night exhibition showcasing new and experimental works produced by OCADU graduate students. It reflects research and exploration of open-ended approaches to subjects including (but not limited to) new media, computation, natural systems, complex adaptive systems, artificial life art, evolutionary biology & algorithms, contemporary art, and immersive environments in virtual or mixed reality.  
April 17, 2019
The ​annual Level Up Showcase returns to the Design Exchange for its ninth edition, putting the spotlight on Ontario’s most talented post-secondary students in game development who use the latest technology and platforms to make video games - including Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), motion sensing, and more.
April 17, 2019
Renowned Canadian designer, Burton Kramer, will speak at OCAD University
April 17, 2019
A National Canadian Film Day Screening,  Culture Shifts presents Six Miles Deep followed by a Q&A with director Sara Roque. Six Miles Deep is an inspiring and compelling portrait of a group of women whose actions have led a cultural reawakening in their traditionally matriarchal community.
April 16, 2019
A short documentary film by Taymah Armatrading and Kasra Goodarznezhad chronicling the Global Experience Project (GEP) 2018 in Toronto and Naples, Italy.  
April 16, 2019
Calling all animators! Join us for a presentation by Mariam Zaidi, Managing Director of Toronto Animated Image Society to learn more about their residency programs, membership and Anijam call for submissions.  
April 15, 2019
Get your foot in the door at galleries, heritage centres, the cultural sector! On April 15th, the Ontario Association of Art Galleries (OAAG) will be visiting OCAD U to introduce their organization and the Young Canada Works (YCW) program.
April 12-14, 2019
The Digital Futures (DF) graduate program at OCAD University invites you to "What the Futures?" - our annual graduate thesis exhibition.
April 4-13, 2019
Courtney Thompson presents: Division Complex, part of the SCIN 2019 Thesis Exhibitions 'For External Use Only', a special presentation highlighting graduating students from OCAD University’s Sculpture/Installation Program.
April 8-13, 2019
Lida Shanehchiyan Thesis Exihibition
April 13, 2019
Guided tour of Onsite Gallery's exhibition followed by a walk to meet local air, animals, land, plants and water
April 11, 2019
This Masters experience showcases only the ‘best of the best’ of both individual thesis work, along with 2 top brands, this year Red Cross Canada and Hershey Canada. This is a culmination of research, strategy, creativity, craft from both semesters presented in to a large, open audience.
April 11, 2019
Dumpling Discourse is a professional development circle for BIPOC artists and designers. The focus for these workshops is to provide OCAD students with informal mentorship and guidance.
April 10, 2019
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association *please note this is the last life drawing session of the Winter Semester
April 4-10, 2019
Thesis Exhibition for Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design Masters Candidate Katrina Tompkins
April 9, 2019
Celebrated executive editor of Refinery29 Canada Carley Fortune talks media, feminism and the digital age.  
April 9, 2019
Don't miss out, come while supplies last!
April 3-7, 2019
IAMD First Year end of year show
April 7, 2019
Tour in Spanish of Onsite Gallery's exhibition led by Karina Roman Justo, an emerging writer currently at her third year in Visual and Critical Studies at OCAD University
April 6, 2019
Slow Art Day is a global event with a simple mission: help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art.