## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/index%2Ephp/) 2. [News and Stories](/index%2Ephp/news) 3. [Announcing Gizem Candan as the recipient of the 2024 Ignite Gallery Call for Curators Career Launcher!](/index%2Ephp/markdownify/node/2633) June 3, 2024 # Announcing Gizem Candan as the recipient of the 2024 Ignite Gallery Call for Curators Career Launcher! ![](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_large/public/assets/media/Ignite-CL%20news_0.jpg.webp?itok=--b4ur_w) OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce [**Gizem Candan** ](http://www.gizemcandan.art/) as the recipient of the 2024 Ignite Gallery Call for Curators Career Launcher! ![](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Gizem.jpg)[**Gizem Candan**](http://www.gizemcandan.art/) is a curator and visual artist who focuses on the state of anxiety experienced by humans and its effects on society in the Anthropocene—the contemporary era when human activity has significantly impacted the climate and nature. She is a research assistant at Cooper Cole Gallery. Website: [www.gizemcandan.art](https://gizemcandan.art/) Instagram: [@gizemcandanart](https://www.instagram.com/gizemcandanart/) Through this opportunity Gizem will curate an exhibition at Ignite Gallery for the 2024 program cycle from Ignite’s annual call for artists. Located inside OCAD University’s Ada Slaight Exhibition Centre,[ **Ignite Gallery**](http://www.ocadu.ca/gallery/ignite-gallery) is a contemporary gallery exhibiting current and recent emerging talent from Canada’s leading Art and Design University. Ignite Gallery is on the homelands of the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinaabeg, and the Wendat. Ignite Gallery sets our intentions to live within the laws of these host nations and to building meaningful relationships with the lands and waters. Learn more about our Career Launchers at:[ https://careerlaunchers.format.com](https://careerlaunchers.format.com/) ## Other Recent News [### 2027 Critical Distance Centre for Curators Projections Program Call for Artists OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) and Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create CDCC Projections Program Career Launcher. Four (4) to five (5) selected emerging artists will receive $690 to exhibit work in a single channel, projection-based screening program that will be displayed at the CDCC in March 2027. October 30, 2026 ](/news/2027-critical-distance-centre-curators-projections-program-call-artists) [### Call for Vendors: BAM! Holiday Art Market 2026 OCAD University's RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) is excited to partner again with Wychwood Barns to offer a curated group of OCAD U students and recent alumni the opportunity to share a vendor table at the BAM! Holiday Art Market. October 26, 2026 ](/news/call-vendors-bam-holiday-art-market-2026) [### OCAD U’s Global Centre for Climate Action and EU bring large-scale art to Toronto’s Canada Malting Silos "The Light" and "Melting Temporalities" transformed the waterfront into a canvas for climate reflection. October 6, 2026 ](/news/ocad-us-global-centre-climate-action-and-eu-bring-large-scale-art-torontos-canada-malting) Related Stories ## Related Stories [### Ignite Gallery Annual Call for Submissions 2026 Apply by June 2, 2026 — Each spring, Ignite Gallery releases its annual call for submissions. All applications are reviewed by the Gallery’s Selection Committee, which includes the Gallery’s Coordinators, as well as representatives from OCAD U’s faculty and student body. June 2, 2026 ](/index%2Ephp/news/ignite-gallery-annual-call-submissions-2026) [### Announcing Kali Mitres as the recipient of the Ignite Gallery 2025 Call for Curators Career Launchers! OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce Kali Mitres as the recipient of the Ignite Gallery 2025 Call for Curators Career Launchers! May 26, 2025 ](/index%2Ephp/news/announcing-kali-mitres-recipient-ignite-gallery-2025-call-curators-career-launchers) [### Ignite Gallery 2025 Call for Curators - Career Launchers OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) and Ignite Gallery have partnered to co-create a Career Launcher for emerging Curators. May 12, 2025 ](/index%2Ephp/news/ignite-gallery-2025-call-curators-career-launchers)