Events

For Indigenous OCAD U Students, Faculty, Staff & Alumni. Indigenous community members will also be welcome.

<p><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr">Graduating IAMD exhibition by Sal Lovink McKinnell</span></p>

Get involved and familiar with our campus and the community! Connect! Network! Socialize!  All new and current students welcome! 

<p>OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers (CEAD) and Ignite Gallery have partnered to co-create a Career Launcher for emerging Curators. The opportunity will select one (1) emerging curator to curate an exhibition at Ignite Gallery for the 2024 program cycle from Ignite’s annual call for artists.</p>

<p><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" style="font-size:inherit;" dir="ltr">Hope in the Shadows, graduating IAMD exhibition by Nasim Salehi</span></p>

<p>Join animator and filmmaker Sonia Beckwith in this interactive workshop designed to help you create a distinguished and successful demo reel and help demystify the process of taking your first steps into the animation industry.</p>

<p><span lang="EN-US">RSVP: </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-helen-molesworth-and-charl… lang="EN-US">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-helen-molesworth-and-charl… lang="EN-US">In this exclusive event, join OCAD U Professor &amp; Acting Dean Charles Reeve in conversation with writer, curator, and&nbsp;podcaster&nbsp;Helen&nbsp;Molesworth on her new book,&nbsp;</span><em><span lang="EN-US">Open Questions: Thirty Years of Writing about Art&nbsp;</span></em><span lang="EN-US">(Phaidon). Over the past three decades, Molesworth’s singular voice and lively curatorial vision has established her as one of the most dynamic and influential voices in the art world.&nbsp;</span><em><span lang="EN-US">Open Questions</span></em><span lang="EN-US">, the first ever collection of her writings, presents 24 essays from the past 30 years, gathered from exhibition catalogs and art publications such as&nbsp;</span><em><span lang="EN-US">Artforum, Documents, frieze,&nbsp;</span></em><span lang="EN-US">and</span><em><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp;October</span></em><span lang="EN-US">. In this wide-ranging conversation, Molesworth and Reeve will explore art’s unique capacity for merging knowledge and feeling, reflections on Molesworth’s past writing, and new ways of viewing and thinking about contemporary art.</span></p><p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p>OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers is excited to announce a call for artists in partnership with Slate Asset Management. Slate Asset Management is seeking proposals for a rotating public art exhibit that will animate the lobby of <strong style="box-sizing:border-box;">2 St. Clair West in the Yonge St. + St. Clair Avenue West </strong>community.</p>

<p><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr">SKENUOMORPHS, graduating exhibition by Sally Walker-Hudecki</span></p>

<p>OCAD University Senate Meeting</p>

Join us for the Advertising Changemakers Series on Friday, March 22nd, 2024 at 3 p.m., at 100 McCaul St., Auditorium, MCA 190.

<p>OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers (CEAD) and Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create the Critical Distance Exhibition Essay Career Launcher.&nbsp;</p>

<p>OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers (CEAD) and&nbsp;Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create the&nbsp;Critical Distance Public Art Billboard Career Launcher.&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;">OCAD Univeristy's Faculty of Arts and Science presents ...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;"><strong>Women Making History</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;">Join us for two inspirational Speaker Series this Women’s History Month.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;">We are thrilled to present lauded art critic and curator Helen Molesworth and Feminist scholar and human rights advocate Dr. Shuchi Karim. These distinguished speakers will share their insights, experiences, and contributions, inspiring our community to celebrate the remarkable impact they are making in their respective fields. Join us as we come together to honor the resilience, creativity, and leadership of women in shaping the world we live in today.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;"><strong>March 22, 2024: Dr. Shuchi Karim<o:p></o:p></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;"><strong>Student Talk: </strong>12:00-1:00pm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;">MCA 544<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;"><strong>Faculty Talk: </strong>3:00pm-4:00pm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;">MCA 550<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;"><strong>March 27, 2024<u1:p></u1:p>: Helen Molesworth<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;">7:00pm-9:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;">Book Signing and Public Talk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Inviting everyone who has their own unique ways of thinking, interacting, and experiencing the world. A peer-led space to share your lived experiences of barriers</strong><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(17, 17, 17);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><strong>/</strong></span><strong>stigma and find community.</strong></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Malaga, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.5;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">&nbsp;</p>

鼻觀 Nose Contemplation IAMD MA Thesis Exhibition by Changhao Li

<p class="p1">Community &amp; Transmedia Archives for Just, Anti-Racist and Feminist Futures</p>

<p>Coffee Chats is a series of casual gatherings with the CEAD team with industry guests. Hosted in small intimate groups, these gatherings will provide a space for group conversations with practitioners who are interested in supporting OCAD U students and grads to offer mentorship, and share their professional insights and journey, while collectively creating a community.</p>

<p><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" style="font-size:inherit;" dir="ltr">Ethennonnhawahstihnen - Where They Have a Good and Beautiful Life, graduating exhibition by Yuefeng Li</span></p>

Inspirations Studio 30th Anniversary & Art Auction

<p>Join us for a casual conversation with Zahra Ebrahim on essential strategies for creating inclusive businesses, co-designing with community, and building successful ventures with a lasting social impact.&nbsp;</p>

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);border-width:0px;color:black;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-stretch:inherit;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">An exhibition with artists Tia Babbar, Jes Bonnie, Sari Cheah, Jodi Tu</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);border-width:0px;color:black;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-stretch:inherit;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">&nbsp;</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);border-width:0px;color:black;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-feature-settings:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-optical-sizing:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-stretch:inherit;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-position:inherit;font-variation-settings:inherit;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">IMAGE: Tia Babbar, </span><em><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Toothache</span></em><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">, 2022, knitted wool on canvas 36”x 36.”</span></div><p><br>&nbsp;</p>

UX Student Association: Table Talk beginner-friendly networking event!

<p class="p1">Photography 2^nd&nbsp;year students present</p><h2><strong>Depth of Field</strong></h2>

Ilene Sova, Associate Professor in the FOA is curating an exhibition of DRPT Alumni and current OCAD U MFA Candidate Stephanie Camillie. This exhibition held at the Tarragon Theatre will happen in Conversation with the Studio 180 Theatre production of Four Minutes and Twelve Seconds at Tarragon Theatre. 

<p>OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers is excited to announce a recruited placement in partnership with Secret Planet for the role of Studio Assistant.&nbsp;</p>

<p class="p1">Associate Professor in the FOA Ilene Sova will be presenting her international COIL project at the&nbsp;<a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmsugl… class="s1">Global Digital Humanities Symposium</span></a><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmsugl… class="s1">&nbsp;</span></a>at Michigan State University with her co-teacher and co-presenter Dr. Alla Myzelev from State University New York.&nbsp;</p>