Events

collaborative risograph print project for the FUZE Caribbean Art Fair 2025 in the Bahamas. Rooted in the theme All a We, the project celebrates diasporic kinship and collective making. Selected artists will attend a risograph workshop on August 6, 2025, led by Shea Chang and Bahamian artist John Cox, to transform new or existing work into affordable, limited-edition prints. Submissions are due July 18, 2025

Webinar presented by the International Student Support Office 

As Canada enters a new political chapter, the government will shape the next generation of artificial intelligence policy. It’s clear that AI is a priority: the new federal Cabinet includes Evan Solomon, Canada’s first federal Minister of AI and Digital Innovation.

Get ready for an exciting experience as exhibiting artist, Rosalie Favell offers an in-depth artist talk!

Giant Video Games & Toronto Games Week Kickoff

Malting Silos/Bathurst Quay Parks, June 12, 8pm-11pm. 

Free!

Digital Futures invites you to Giant Video Games!!

Convening Toronto’s most creative and influential minds in the art and design sector, OCAD University is excited to launch Toronto’s newest signature event! 

Join artist Cleopatria Peterson for a talk and workshop celebrating zines, dedicated to Black students and alumni from OCAD, University of Toronto, TMU, and George Brown.

OCAD University and the Global Centre for Climate Action (GCCA) are delighted to announce the inaugural Creative Climate Action Residency at Gibraltar Point—a program dedicated to advancing climate action through the power of art, design, and media.  

Each May, Doors Open Toronto invites the public to explore the city’s most-loved buildings and sites, free of charge. The event provides rare access to buildings that are not usually open to the public and free access to sites that would usually charge an admission fee.

OCAD University Senate Meeting

Through the art of performative storytelling, Fortitude/Fragile exhibiting artists Francisco-Fernando Granados and Vessna Perunovich delve into the complexities of lived and diasporic experiences. Granados and Perunovich use their artistic practices to shed light on narratives often marginalized or constrained by dominant systems of power, creating space for critical reflection and dialogue. By intertwining personal and collective histories, they evoke a nuanced understanding of resilience and vulnerability, offering audiences an intimate exploration of identity, displacement, and belonging.

Explore the Fortitude/Fragile exhibition through a dyke lens with a democratize-the-docent polyvocal tour for the 2SLGBTQ+ community at Onsite Gallery. Continue afterwards from 8 pm till late at Sweaty Betty's for an afterparty featuring DJs, readers, and special guests.

TEDxOCADU is an event for bold ideas, real conversations, and creative transformation. 

Join us for a public lecture by Christine Howard Sandoval, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Praxis at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

Nominations are now being accepted for student positions on the OCAD University Board of Governors and Senate 

Join us for an evening to celebrate this year’s OCAD U Creative Writing graduating cohort at Onsite Gallery

OCAD University’s 110th Annual Graduate Exhibition, Toronto’s largest free art and design exhibition, takes place May 7 to 11, 2025, featuring the work of more than 800 emerging artists and designers.

A conversation with Ryan Gander

OCAD University Senate Meeting

Transmission: A Transatlantic Project Exploring Innovative Modes of Exhibition

Virtual Curator/Artist Talk: Avalon Mott In Conversation with Nabil Azab & Shannon Garden-Smith

A Student Group Exhibition | Integrated Media: Life Studies Specialization

A Hybrid Event: Sabbatical Presentations by Two Faculty Members.

The Office of Research and Innovation invites you to attend an extraordinary Octonary Book Launch featuring works of eight OCAD U faculty who have written or edited books over the past year. Please join us to celebrate the excellent work of our faculty members, learn more about the ongoing research at OCAD University and mingle with the research community!

Join us for a peer-led session facilitated by members of the Fineline Co-Op, featuring insights from OCAD U alumni.

Stories We Tell: Mythologies is a collaborative zine exhibition featuring student artists from OCAD University, Belas Artes in São Paulo, and RMIT University in Melbourne. The project explores how myth shapes identity, media, and culture across time and geography. On view at Stackt Market's North Hall Gallery from April 15–20, 2025.

A show combines fashion, art, and technology!  

An end-of-term performance by Experimental Animation Second-year students.

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.

Meet us at Onsite Gallery for a public tour of Fortitude/Fragile with Onsite Gallery’s Senior Curator, Lisa Deanne Smith

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

Connect with fellow artists, learn about the co-op, and enjoy some snacks!