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[Announcing Cassidy Alejandria as the recipient of the 2026 Gallery 44 Vitrines Curatorial Incubator Career Launcher!](/markdownify/node/4401) April 28, 2026 # Announcing Cassidy Alejandria as the recipient of the 2026 Gallery 44 Vitrines Curatorial Incubator Career Launcher! ![Gallery 44 vitrines displaying artwork by Philip Leonard Ocampo](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_large/public/2026-01/G44-Philip%20Leonard%20Ocampo.jpeg.webp?itok=mFcRXa2y) "Philip Leonard Ocampo, Animorphs*, photo documentation by Darren Rigo at Gallery 44 (Toronto), 2025 rgb(255,255,255) OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce **Cassidy Alejandria** as the recipient of the [**2026 Gallery 44 Vitrines Curatorial Incubator Career Launcher!**](https://careerlaunchers.format.com/2026-g44) As part of this Career Launcher opportunity, she will curate a project in the Gallery 44 Vitrines, opening in September 2026. ![Recipient of the 2026 Gallery44 Career Launchers](/sites/default/files/2026-04/CL%20Recipient_G44%28square%29.png) **Cassidy Alejandria bio:** Cassidy Alejandria is a Filipina-Canadian art historian and emerging curator based in Toronto, ON. She is a second-year MFA candidate in the Criticism and Curatorial Practice program at OCAD University. Her research interests include feminist curation, Filipina feminisms, embodiment, activist and socially engaged arts, and epistemology. For her thesis exhibition, she explores questions of how incorporating embodied experience in curation can disrupt hierarchies of knowledge and serve as a bridge between historical and contemporary feminisms. [Website](https://portfolio-cassidyalejandria.format.com/) --- Learn more about our Career Launchers at: [https://careerlaunchers.format.com](https://careerlaunchers.format.com/) ## Other Recent News [### Partial x OCAD University Artist Showcase Fall 2026 Call for Artists Partial and the RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers are excited to announce the return of our partnership which provides an exceptional career opportunity for OCAD U student artists and recent alumni. Selected artists will be given complimentary 2 year Pro Accounts ($240 value) on Partial and permanent inclusion as featured artists within the OCAD University Artist Showcase on Partial to display their works, and administrate artwork sales and rentals. December 13, 2026 ](/news/partial-x-ocad-university-artist-showcase-fall-2026-call-artists) [### 2027 Sankofa Square Black History Month Digital Exhibition Call for Artists Sankofa Square and the RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers are excited to announce the return of the annual Black History Month Digital Exhibition Career Launcher providing an exhibition opportunity for artists from the OCAD U community to exhibit their work on the square’s digital screens. Selected artists will receive a fee of $500 for their artworks to be displayed across five (5) digital screens for the duration of Black History Month in February 2027. December 6, 2026 ](/news/2027-sankofa-square-black-history-month-digital-exhibition-call-artists) [### 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) Related Stories ## Related Stories [### Partial x OCAD University Artist Showcase Fall 2026 Call for Artists Partial and the RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers are excited to announce the return of our partnership which provides an exceptional career opportunity for OCAD U student artists and recent alumni. Selected artists will be given complimentary 2 year Pro Accounts ($240 value) on Partial and permanent inclusion as featured artists within the OCAD University Artist Showcase on Partial to display their works, and administrate artwork sales and rentals. December 13, 2026 ](/news/partial-x-ocad-university-artist-showcase-fall-2026-call-artists) [### 2027 Sankofa Square Black History Month Digital Exhibition Call for Artists Sankofa Square and the RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers are excited to announce the return of the annual Black History Month Digital Exhibition Career Launcher providing an exhibition opportunity for artists from the OCAD U community to exhibit their work on the square’s digital screens. Selected artists will receive a fee of $500 for their artworks to be displayed across five (5) digital screens for the duration of Black History Month in February 2027. 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