## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/index%2Ephp/) 2. [News and Stories](/index%2Ephp/news) 3. [Announcing the recipient of the 2026 Vector Festival Gamemaking Residency & Showcase Career Launchers!](/index%2Ephp/markdownify/node/4448) May 14, 2026 # Announcing the recipient of the 2026 Vector Festival Gamemaking Residency & Showcase Career Launchers! ![A work desk with a monitor sitting in front of a street facing window.](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_large/public/2026-02/IA-July-18-2024-GameJam-073%20Firefly%20Upscaler%204x%20scale.jpg.webp?itok=2SmAwdlf) Image courtesy of InterAccess. rgb(255,255,255) OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce **Olivia Reynolds** as the recipient of the [**2026 Vector Festival Gamemaking Residency & Showcase Career Launchers!**](https://careerlaunchers.format.com/2026-vf-gamemaking) ![Olivia Reynold's headshot](/sites/default/files/2026-05/Profile%20pic_Olivia%20Reynolds3.png) Working closely with the residency Curator, Gamemaker residents will be introduced to guiding themes and concepts to develop new games with guidance and support from peers, InterAccess Programming Manager, and technicians. Completed games will be showcased in a public exhibition during Vector Festival 2026. **Olivia Reynolds bio:** Olivia Reynolds is an artist-filmmaker and recent BFA graduate of OCAD University. She loves to work with elements of video, design and storytelling, distilling rich fantasies and alternate worlds into manageable bites. She also likes to write, read and think in her nonexistent free time. [Website](https://oreynoldsportfolio.format.com/) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/oreyyyn/) --- [**Learn more about our Career Launcher opportunities.**](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) [### 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) [### Call for Project Participants: From Our Points of View Encounters with Artists A student-led year-long visiting artist project, under the mentorship of Governor General's Award winning artist Max Dean September 30, 2026 ](/news/call-project-participants-our-points-view-encounters-artists) Related Stories ## Related Stories [### 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) [### 2027 Critical Distance Centre for Curators Projections Program Call for Curators OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) and Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create the CDCC Projections Program Career Launcher. One (1) emerging Curator will receive $1,700 to curate a single channel, projection-based screening program of work from the OCAD U community. The Projections Program will be displayed at the CDCC for six-weeks in March 2027. September 27, 2026 ](/news/2027-critical-distance-centre-curators-projections-program-call-curators) [### 2027 DesignTO Exhibition Stantec Window Gallery Call for Artists DesignTO, Stantec Window Gallery and the RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers are excited to announce a public window gallery exhibition Career Launcher. One (1) exhibition proposal will receive a total of $1,230 to show their work as part of the 2027 DesignTO Festival. September 20, 2026 ](/news/2027-designto-exhibition-stantec-window-gallery-call-artists)