Events

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

Join us at Onsite Gallery for an exciting curatorial tour of Rosalie Favell | Belonging (1982 - 2024) and Facing the Camera: TSÍ TKARÒN:TO

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

OCAD University Senate Meeting

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

BEAT (BUILDING EQUALITY IN ARCHITECTURE TORONTO) FORUM

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

Join us for a special walkthrough of Rosalie Favell | Belonging (1982–2024)led by artist and curator Jesse King. Known for exploring themes of identity through their creative and curatorial practice, King will offer insights into Favell’s photographic works through the intersecting lenses of Indigiqueer expression, visual sovereignty, and cultural representation.

Drawing At First Sight is an exhibition of drawings by First Year Art and Design students from all disciplines. 

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

Join us for a conversation between artist Lucy Raven and Stuart Comer, The Lonti Ebers Chief Curator of Media and Performance at MoMA.

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

Discover the magic of instant photography in this engaging 3-hour workshop exploring the Polaroid emulsion lift technique with Cruz.

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

STUDENT HACKATHON

Co-presented by the Ambassade de France au Canada (French Embassy in Canada), Institut français and OCAD University, Painting Mirror is an interactive videomapping where photos submitted by the public as well as OCAD U students will be projected and transformed in the style of great artists (painting, street art, drawing). The video mapping is being led by artist Maxime Touroute.

Join Alumni Relations for an evening of life drawing on campus. 

Visit 20+ OCAD U Research Labs and talk with the researchers. Guided Tours Every 30 Minutes.

Join us at Onsite Gallery for an eye-opening lecture with William Benoit as he unpacks the complex history and legacy of Métis scrip—a government-issued certificate that profoundly shaped Métis land rights and dispossession in Canada.

Faculty of Art Student Town Hall

A Faculty of Art student-oriented regular critique meeting. 

Please join us for Dr. Helmut Reichenbächer's Sabbatical Presentation,  Performing Under Pressure: Music Theatre and the Machinery of Nazi Censorship

Celebrate the beauty of pollinator plants in Autumn! Join Pollinator Partnership ambassadors Echo Railton and Dorte Windemuller for a hands-on seed saving and paper making workshop. All are welcome.

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

Join Alumni Relations for a morning of life drawing on campus. 

You're invited to The Understory: Art in the Climate Commons | GCCA Symposium Sat Oct 25 at Evergreen Brick Works

ILLUSTRATION ALUMNI MEET & GREET

ILLUSTRATION ALUMNI PANEL DISCUSSION 

2025 EXAN Visiting Artist Series: Graeme Patterson

DESIGN FESTIVAL SIGNATURE EVENT SCREENING AND POST-SHOW TALK: DESIGN CANADA 

Join Alumni Relations for this lunch-hour professional development webinar discussing working as a professional artist in Toronto.