## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/) 2. Markdownify 3. Node 4. [Announcing Jenelle Smith and Kathleen Foran-Spragge as the recipients of the 2025 Critical Distance Centre for Curators Career Launchers!](/markdownify/node/3370) May 20, 2025 # Announcing Jenelle Smith and Kathleen Foran-Spragge as the recipients of the 2025 Critical Distance Centre for Curators Career Launchers! ![Critical Distance Centre for Curators window display.](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_large/public/2025-05/CDCC_CL%20Banner.png.webp?itok=POPfL5Ph) rgb(255,255,255) OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce **Jenelle Smith** and **Kathleen Foran-Spragge** as the recipients of the [2025 Critical Distance Centre for Curators](https://criticaldistance.ca/), Public Art Billboard and Exhibition Essay Career Launcher! Jenelle's work will be on display at **180 Shaw Street** in **August/September 2025** and will be accompanied by an essay written by Kathleen which will soon be available to read on [**criticaldistance.ca**](https://criticaldistance.ca/) ![2025 Critical Distance Centre for Curators Career Launchers recipients.](/sites/default/files/2025-05/2025CDCC_CL%20Recipients.jpg) [Jenelle Smith](https://jenellesmith.format.com/) (b. 2001, Mississauga, Ontario) is a first generation Jamaican-Canadian visual artist based in Toronto, Ontario. Jenelle is an emerging artist delving into the intricate concepts of the mind through her dreamlike work. Working in digital and analog image-based media, Jenelle aims to speak upon thought provoking topics such as, mental health, technology, race, and family. Jenelle strives to challenge conventional perceptions and spark conversations through her work. [Website](https://jenellesmith.format.com/) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/tearydreamss/) [Kathleen Foran-Spragge](https://www.instagram.com/kathleeenforan/) is an independent researcher, curator, and writer interested in how patterns of listening and sounding may be transformed to support relationships between humans and with the more-than-human. Her MFA Exhibition Thesis at OCAD U explored how sound and movement can be used to form connections across linguistic divides. [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/kathleeenforan/) --- 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. 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October 26, 2026 ](/news/call-vendors-bam-holiday-art-market-2026) Related Stories ## Related Stories [### 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! Holiday Art Market 2026 OCAD University's RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) is excited to partner again with Wychwood Barns to offer a curated group of OCAD U students and recent alumni the opportunity to share a vendor table at the BAM! Holiday Art Market. 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