## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/index%2Ephp/) 2. [News and Stories](/index%2Ephp/news) 3. [Gary Taxali - Ridley College Mural](/index%2Ephp/markdownify/node/4364) April 13, 2026 # Gary Taxali - Ridley College Mural ![OCAD University's Sharp Centre for Design, with a graphic black and white facade suspended over primary colour support legs](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_large/public/2024-09/placeholder.jpg.webp?itok=6xMUv-uQ) rgb(255,255,255) ![](https://www.ocadu.ca/sites/default/files/2026-04/download_0.png) Ridley College, a boarding school in St. Catharines, Ontario, recently commissioned our very own **Gary Taxali** to do a mural for a newly renovated building. They liked it so much, they added the commission to include their school's yearbook. Congratulations Gary! ## 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 [### Steps Forward Celebrates Student Creativity and OCAD U's 150-Year Legacy A new series of student-created murals transforms the iconic Yellow Staircase in celebration of the university's 150th anniversary. September 18, 2026 ](/index%2Ephp/news/steps-forward-celebrates-student-creativity-and-ocad-us-150-year-legacy) [### Faculty of Design Used Book Sale Faculty of Design’s Used Book Sale offered students affordable access to donated art and design books. Date/Time: Wednesday, October 7, 2026, from 10am – 6pm Location: 100 McCaul St. - OCAD University, Lobby, Ground Floor September 2, 2026 ](/index%2Ephp/news/faculty-design-used-book-sale) [### FoD: Senate Election Updates Senate Election Updates April 14, 2026 ](/index%2Ephp/news/fod-senate-election-updates)