How Creatives Make Their Money
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This session explores the many ways creative professionals build sustainable income streams. Students will hear diverse approaches to creative entrepreneurship, including income streams, facilitation, freelancing and financial decision-making.
We invite you to reflect on how you generate income today, how that has evolved, and what lessons you wish you had known earlier in your career.
115 McCaul St.
Level 3
1 - 2:45 p.m.
Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers
Free
115 McCaul St.
Level 3
1 - 2:45 p.m.
Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers
Free
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How Creatives Make Their Money
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 1:00 - 2:45 pm
Location: CEAD, 115 McCaul St., Level 3
Session Focus:
This session explores the many ways creative professionals build sustainable income streams. Students will hear diverse approaches to creative entrepreneurship, including income streams, facilitation, freelancing and financial decision-making.
We invite you to reflect on how you generate income today, how that has evolved, and what lessons you wish you had known earlier in your career.
Format:
Each speaker will deliver a 20-25 min presentation + a moderated Q&A. This is an in-person event. We kindly ask you to arrive 10 minutes before the start time. The session will begin promptly. This event takes place at 115 McCaul Street, 3rd floor. Centre for Emerging Artists and Designers.
This event will be filmed and archived in the OCAD U CEAD library. Snacks provided.
We encourage a storytelling approach rather than a resume walkthrough. Students benefit most from honest reflections, practical insights and lived experiences.
About the speakers:
Annika Hoefs
Annika Hoefs is a Toronto-based artist and educator, specializing in ceramics. She holds a Bachelor of Material Art and Design from the Ontario College of Art & Design University (OCADU), where she initially began with a focus on textiles, but ended up with a full concentration on ceramics. Alongside her studio practice, she has been teaching ceramic classes to students of all ages and skill levels since 2016. Hoefs’ functional and sculptural ceramics can be found in select gallery shops, restaurants and luxury hotels, locally and internationally.
Instagram: @annikahoefsceramics
Jieun Kim
Jieun Kim (AKA. June), a Korean-born street artist based in Toronto, draws inspiration from Korean folk arts and the natural world to create imagined landscapes in her work. With international exhibitions and a focus on community, she co-founded KJ Bit Collective, fostering collaboration through murals and local street art events.
Fiorella Granda
Fiorella is a Peruvian graphic designer, illustrator, and content creator whose work focuses on the exciting intersections of design and sport. Her portfolio spans from designing Canada's first WNBA court to creating illustrations for the NBA finals. Currently, Fiorella resides in Toronto, Canada. Her experience as a designer, athlete, and proud Latina has fueled her mission to use design as a tool to make sport more inclusive, representative, and community driven.
Website
Instagram: @fiorelladoodles
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