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[Announcing Lea Ovčina and Susan Wood as the recipients of the 2024 Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op Residency Career Launcher!](/index%2Ephp/markdownify/node/964) May 10, 2024 # Announcing Lea Ovčina and Susan Wood as the recipients of the 2024 Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op Residency Career Launcher! ![](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_large/public/assets/media/Textile%20studio-News_0.jpg.webp?itok=lg7svKRY) OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce [**Lea Ovčina**](https://instagram.com/leaovc.art) and [**Susan Wood**](https://susanwood.format.com/) as the recipients for the [**Contemporary Textile Studio**](http://www.textilestudio.ca/) Co-op Residency Career Launcher! ![](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Lea-IG.jpg)[**Lea Ovčina**](https://instagram.com/leaovc.art) Lea Ovčina (she/her) is an artist with a focus on printmaking and textile design in her practice, commonly with her work in one medium informing or flowing into the other. Her multidisciplinary practice covers processes such as screen and relief printed surface design, crochet, sewing and exploring garment design. The ideas and concepts in her art are primarily informed by the natural world and the themes of memory and various manifestations of identity, both internally and what we surround our selves with. Instagram: [**@leaovc.art**](https://www.instagram.com/leaovc.art/) ![](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Susan_IG.jpg)[**Susan Wood**](https://susanwood.format.com/) Susan Wood is a multidisciplinary artist based in Aurora, Ontario. She earned her Bachelor of FineArt in the Drawing and Painting Program at OCAD University in 2024. Her practice encompasses textile art, drawing, painting, and material exploration. She also holds an MSW and Honours BA inPsychology. In her years as a professional social worker, the many children and families that shared their personal stories with her has profoundly influenced her art as she explores themes of memory, experience, transformation, healing and renewal. Learn more about our Career Launchers at:[ https://careerlaunchers.format.com](https://careerlaunchers.format.com/) ## Other Recent News [### 2026-27 Call for Funding Proposals for Student Groups that Support Creative Entrepreneurship on Campus The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) invites OCAD University student groups with a mandate to support entrepreneurship on campus to apply for funding for student-led initiatives that strengthen and expand the creative entrepreneurship ecosystem at OCAD U. This funding is intended to help student groups create opportunities for entrepreneurship skills development, community building, and revenue-generating activities for students and recent alumni, while reducing barriers to participation for equity-seeking individuals. November 6, 2026 ](/news/2026-27-call-funding-proposals-student-groups-support-creative-entrepreneurship-campus) [### 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! 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This funding is intended to help student groups create opportunities for entrepreneurship skills development, community building, and revenue-generating activities for students and recent alumni, while reducing barriers to participation for equity-seeking individuals. November 6, 2026 ](/news/2026-27-call-funding-proposals-student-groups-support-creative-entrepreneurship-campus) [### 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! 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