Events

<p>Join us for the 2024 Seed Fund for Creative Entrepreneurs Pitch Event where t<span style="box-sizing:border-box;" data-contrast="auto">en finalists will pitch for the chance to receive up to $6,000 to launch or grow their business to an external jury of experts.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span class="TextRun SCXW212312227 BCX0 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:38px;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:pre-wrap;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US">Tension between nature and city, digital and organic shown through a variety of media. Emotions and identities playing with the outside world and our interactions with natural and synthetic environments, through the works of Hayeon Song, Bianca Nam, and Jordyn Hendricks.</span><span class="EOP SCXW212312227 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:38px;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:pre-wrap;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}">&nbsp;</span></p>

<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:border-box;caret-color:rgb(51, 51, 51);color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px 0px 10px;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);caret-color:rgb(51, 51, 51);color:rgb(51, 51, 51);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;">The OCAD U Creative Professionals-In-Residence program is back once again! This mentorship initiative is created to support the career success of current OCAD U students and recent alumni. Join us for a meet and greet with </span><strong style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;caret-color:rgb(51, 51, 51);color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;">Sonia Beckwith</strong><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);caret-color:rgb(51, 51, 51);color:rgb(51, 51, 51);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;"> to learn more about her practice and ways she can offer feedback and career development support this semester.</span></p>

<p>OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers is excited to announce a creative opportunity in partnership with Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival for the role of a Festival Creative Artist.</p>

AN MFA THESIS EXHIBITION BY Lo Bil

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<p>The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers is excited to announce the return of the Akin Career Launcher for Drawing &amp; Painting, Integrated Media, Indigenous Visual Studies, Cross Cross-Disciplinary Art: Life Studies, and Sculpture &amp; Installation students in their graduating term.&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="box-sizing:border-box;" data-ogsc="black">Join OCAD University’s Indigenous Student Centre and the RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers for “<strong style="box-sizing:border-box;">Identity and Art Making”&nbsp;</strong>a lunch and panel conversation featuring Amanda Amour Lynx, Greg Staats, and Edan Maxam.</span></p>

<p>The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers is excited to announce the return of the&nbsp;Contemporary Textile Studio Artist Residency Career Launcher for students or recent grads (2023,&nbsp;2024).</p>

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Ignite Gallery is a contemporary gallery exhibiting current and recent emerging talent from Canada’s leading Art and Design University.  Ignite is continuing our 46-year tradition of exhibiting OCAD Universities current creative voice.  

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<p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);caret-color:rgb(33, 33, 33);color:rgb(33, 33, 33);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif;font-size:14.666667px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:auto;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;">Join the Cultural Policy Hub at OCAD University for a compelling dialogue with leaders, scholars, and artists to explore the pressures and challenges that are mounting around cultural spaces and changing how artists and cultural producers live, work, create and share.</span></p>

<p>The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers is excited to announce the Gallery&nbsp;44 Residency Career Launcher for OCAD U students.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers is excited to announce the Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) Residency Career Launcher for OCAD U students.&nbsp;</p>

Gizem Candan MFA thesis exhibition, 𝐻𝑜𝓈𝓉 & 𝒞𝑜𝓂𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓉, a duo-exhibition featuring stunning artworks by Leeay Aikawa and Sara Maston. Join us for the compost party to celebrate the transformation of organic matter alongside our decomposer friends! Don't forget to bring your curiosity and your green spirit!

<p><span style="color:#242424;" lang="EN-US">Artist Talk &amp; Reception: Friday, March 1, 6:30 pm – 9 pm</span><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li><span>OCAD University Auditorium&nbsp;(Room 190)&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span>Free to Public</span></li><li><span>ASL Interpretation provided<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span>Wheelchair accessible<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span>Refreshments<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p class="xmsonormal" style="background-color:white;margin:0cm;"><em><span style="border:1.0pt none windowtext;color:#242424;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:16.0pt;padding:0cm;" lang="EN-GB"><strong>Vincent Depoivre:&nbsp;Boy Toys</strong></span><span style="color:#242424;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background-color:white;margin:0cm;"><span style="border:1.0pt none windowtext;color:#242424;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;padding:0cm;" lang="EN-GB">Curated by Lauchlin MacQuarrie</span><span style="color:#242424;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) is excited to announce the 8th annual Career Launcher Fund for graduating students. Emerging artists and designers are invited to apply for a funding opportunity relating to career supports and skills building as they transition out of school. 

<img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Feb%2028%20Reuse%20exhibition%20launch.jpg" data-entity-uuid="f143de71-4554-4996-9a78-8c9de7333970" data-entity-type="file" alt="Reignite &amp; Reinvent promotional poster featuring image by Rashmi Bidasaria of Dross Monolith Table" width="353" height="353"><p>T<span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;">he </span><em><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;"><strong>REIGNITE &amp; REINVENT&nbsp;</strong></span></em><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;">exhibition runs February 28 - March 8, 2024 at 100 McCaul St., Lobby.&nbsp;</span><br><br>C<span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;">o-curated by Caro Simon and Senthurri Thiruchenthooran, OCAD U's ReUse Depot student monitors.&nbsp;</span></p>

Join our invited panelists as they delve into the transformative power of speculative reclamation, Afrofuturism, and Indigenous Futurism through their creative practices and artistic works. Experience firsthand how these powerful narratives transcend boundaries, empower agency, and carve spaces for cultural reclamation. Stay engaged with the live Q&A session moderated by the Onsite Gallery’s Programs & Community Coordinator, Susan Jama. 

<p>Kelly Ross<strong style="box-sizing:border-box;"> </strong>leads a workshop for OCAD U Students and Alumni on how to do your taxes as an artist or designer. Topics covered include the difference between employee versus self-employed income, HST, business expense deductibles, and more.</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>OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers is excited to partner with Holt Renfrew to create an exclusive call-for-submissions from members of the OCAD U community.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="box-sizing:border-box;">&nbsp;</span></p>

<p>OCAD University’s&nbsp;RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers&nbsp;is excited to announce the return of the 401 Richmond Illustration Studio for graduating Illustration students.</p>

OCAD University Senate Meeting

<h2>Come Hang with Us</h2><p>By Mature Students Collective</p>