December 11, 2024

Global Studio Series: Building Student Networks & Skills Across Borders

Yellow paint on a brown canvas

The Global Studio Series is an initiative led by the International Programs & Collaborations Office at OCAD U, designed to foster international collaboration and provide professional development opportunities for emerging artists and designers. 

Through workshops, webinars, and collaborative projects, the series connects OCAD U students with global partners and peers, highlighting diverse artistic practices and innovative approaches to sustainability, materiality, and storytelling. By working with creative professionals from around the world, participants gain valuable insights, build global networks, and enhance their skills to thrive in an interconnected creative landscape. 

The Global Studio Series exemplifies OCAD U’s commitment to empowering students as leaders in the international arts and design community while promoting cultural exchange and sustainable practices. This initiative is generously supported by the Global Skills Opportunity Innovation Fund from Universities Canada. 

 

Coming up for Winter 2025 
 

Artist Calls 101: A practical guide to artist calls and submissions 

Join Sanaa Humayun, artistic director of Hamilton Artist Inc., for an online webinar that equips emerging artists and designers with essential tools to craft compelling applications for artist calls, covering bios, statements, imagery, and responding to themes with confidence. Open to OCAD U students and current students from our partner institutions worldwide.  

Date: Tuesday, January 14th, 2025 - 9:30am - 11:00am EST - Register to attend HERE 

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Call for Artists and Designers – Stories We Tell – International Collaborative Zine 

Explore mythology through art and design in this international student-led zine, a collaborative project inviting OCAD U students and global peers to reimagine ancient stories and create new myths while building connections and showcasing their creativity. Open to all current OCAD U students. Non-OCAD Participants must be current students enrolled in an academic institution that holds a partnership with OCAD U. Find the full call description and application details HERE. Apply by January 20th, 2025 at 9:00am EST  

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Stones Across Cultures: A Sustainable Art Exchange and Ceramic Workshop Series 

Take part in a unique intercultural workshop in collaboration with Professor Emeritus Kouan Hashimoto of Joshibi University of Art & Design, where students mail stones to Japan to be processed into natural pigments and use them in a hands-on ceramic's session led by artist and project lead Jasmine Cardenas to create sustainable, natural pigment-infused small-scale ceramics. Open to all current OCAD U students across all faculties, including those in Graduate Studies. Find the full call description and application details HERE Apply by January 15, 2025, by 9:00 AM EST

Learn more about Stones Across Cultures
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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

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OCAD University announces 2026 Ateneo Art Award Resident Jel Suarez

Filipino artist Jel Suarez has been selected as OCAD University’s 2026 Ateneo Art Award Resident, part of OCAD U’s partnership with the Ateneo Art Gallery at Ateneo de Manila University. The residency supports emerging artists whose practices reflect creativity, critical engagement and innovation. Building on the 2024 residency of Doktor Karayom, who presented No One’s At Home (Walang Tao Sa Bahay) in Toronto, proceeds from a limited-edition shirt designed by Karayom will help support Suarez’s upcoming residency and strengthen cultural exchange between OCAD University and the Ateneo Art Gallery.

October 15, 2025