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Events Archive

May 20 - June 19, 2020
May 28, 2020

On May 28, 2020, join us for a conversation on Managing a Creative Business, moderated by Raji Aujla of Willendorf Cultural Planning, featuring Tahsin the Good, Mia Nielsen of Art Toronto, and Rajni Perera.

May 27, 2020

In Conversation with Beatrice Leanza 

May 23, 2020

On May 23, 2020, join us for a conversation on Rethinking Productivity: Tools and Systems for Your Mission, moderated by Bianca Li Channer, featuring Amara Nwogu of Global Citizen, Stephanie Small of Canada Goose, and Saba Seyedi of SOCAN.

May 14, 2020

On May 14, 2020, join us for a conversation on Collaboration for Creative Entrepreneurs, moderated by Alicia Roberts of Somewherelse, featuring Alicia Bee of It's OK*, Towa Beer, and Alica Hall of Nia Centre for the Arts and At The Moment.

March 25 - May 14, 2020

Our new home at 100 McCaul will open this fall continuing our 44-year tradition of exhibiting OCAD U students and recent grads. Ignite plans its program schedule after its annual call for submissions, which is released every spring. For the upcoming exhibition year, we hope to receive more performance and experiential insulations.

APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY May 14th midnight 

May 7, 2020

The Office of Research & Innovation is hosting a workshop on SSHRC Insight Grants. The workshop will be held Thursday, May 7 from 1:00pm-2:00pm online via Zoom.

April 22, 2020
Join us for a film screening of David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ (1999)
November 20, 2019 - April 21, 2020
FITC Toronto is a professional celebration of the best the world has to offer in design, digital development, media and innovation in creative technologies – three days and nights of presentations, parties, installations and performances that unite and transform the industry.
January 31 - April 19, 2020
Looking for some feedback on a project? Want an opnion before a critique? Come chat with our in-house artists, curators and designers.
April 16, 2020

Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) is a research communication competition which challenges graduate students to present a compelling oration on their thesis (or major research project) and its significance in just three minutes in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. 3MT is an exercise in consolidating and clarifying research discoveries in a clear and compact manner.

March 26 - April 13, 2020

Onsite Gallery is interested in conducting virtual studio visits with artists and designers whose practice addresses themes of collaboration, environment, multi-species relations and/or globalization.  

March 9 - April 12, 2020

G44 and the Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers are excited to announce the return of the Gallery 44 Career Launcher providing Production Memberships to three (3) recent OCAD U graduates. This exclusive membership opportunity will provide access to Gallery 44 production facilities, equipment rentals and programming for sixteen months, starting June 1, 2020 to support the graduates’ upcoming exhibitions, continued creative production and professional opportunities.

March 9 - April 12, 2020

The Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce the return of the Akin Collective Career Launcher for Drawing & Painting and Material Art & Design students in their graduating term. Students are invited to apply for this opportunity and one successful applicant will be awarded $ 2,000 in credits to go towards a studio space at Akin’s inspiring shared workspaces in 2020-2021!

April 11, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
October 17, 2019 - April 4, 2020
Where Print culture meets Queer culture (with lots of space for intersecting identities). Work on Printmaking projects. Learn new techniques. Learn to print. 
November 9, 2019 - April 4, 2020
Drop-In Studio times will take place once per month:
April 4, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
April 1, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
February 29 - March 31, 2020
March 10-29, 2020

Mackenzie Investments and the Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers are excited to announce the return of a one-year exhibition opportunity for graduating students from the Drawing & Painting, Photography and INVC programs at OCAD U. The theme of this exhibition is Creating Inclusive Spaces.

March 28, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
March 26, 2020
Get set for GradEx! Graduating this year? Attend this essential info forum!
March 9-26, 2020

Reporting to the Director, Digital Customer Experience, Digital Banking, the Service Designer will be responsible for helping Scotiabank see what is hidden in plain sight by mapping our end-to-end services and processes from the perspective of the customer, and unearthing how they can be reimagined to better serve our customers digitally and beyond.

March 25, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
March 25, 2020
Join Dr. Cindy Poremba for an exhibition tour of CodeX: playable & disruptive futurist eArt.
March 23, 2020

A creative, mental health workshop as part of a mental health awareness campaign.

March 19-21, 2020
March 21, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
March 20, 2020

Guest Series invites artists, designers and creative professionals who have a specialized practice or area of interest to come to OCADU and give a talk, hold a workshop, studio visits or participate in a class critique. The idea behind Guest Series is to exchange stories regarding professional process and to inform and help bridge gaps in our own individual processes, practices and journeys ahead. 

March 19, 2020

Does a 2-month paid summer internship in a world famous visual effects studio interest you?

February 24 - March 18, 2020

The Learning Zone Gallery presents An Assortment, photographic work by Zain Bhanapatel.

 

March 18, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
March 13-16, 2020
March 16, 2020

Recent OCAD U grads are invited to attend monthly Career Transition Support Workshops designed to assist new grads in managing the stress and uncertainty related to career aspirations and goal setting. Led by expert staff from OCAD U’s Student Wellness Centre.

February 24 - March 15, 2020

The Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) is excited to announce the return of the Career Launcher Fund for students participating in GradEx 105 or convocating in 2020 (incl. students completing courses in Fall 2020).

March 5-14, 2020
January 22 - March 14, 2020
This exhibition of leading-edge digital art, or eArt, investigates the future of human society through technology, innovation and design.
March 14, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
March 6-14, 2020
March 12-13, 2020

Join us on Thursday March 12th and Friday March 13th, from 11:30am-6:30pm, to meet our wonderful vendors, be inspired and buy their hand crafted work!