## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/) 2. Markdownify 3. Node 4. [OCAD U and Blank Canvases present Make It! Art Camp](/markdownify/node/3568) July 3, 2025 # OCAD U and Blank Canvases present Make It! Art Camp ![Young female teen is painting at an easel and an instructor is standing in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_large/public/2025-07/AdobeStock_553351563.jpeg.webp?itok=9pLUIMCA) Photo credit: tigercat_lpg/stock.adobe.com rgb(255,255,255) New this year at OCAD U, [Make It! Art Camp](https://apply.ocadu.ca/register/makeit2025) is a five-day, in-studio youth program (ages 12 to 14) presented in collaboration with [Blank Canvases](https://www.blankcanvases.org/). Registration is now open! The program, July 28 to August 1, 2025, will include drawing, painting, collage and sculpture, focusing on hands-on making, creative processes and 2D/3D visual art experimentation. “We are so excited to work with this age group in the beautiful and inspiring studios and campus amenities at OCAD University,” said Associate Professor Ilene Sova, who is managing the program through her children’s arts organization Blank Canvases in partnership with OCAD U. “We are designing the dream art camp we all would have loved as young artists.” The camp will be taught by qualified art teachers who are experienced in fostering creativity in youth. Highlights include: - Access to OCAD U’s studios and facilities - Outdoor activities in Grange Park for flora and fauna studies - A tour of the Art Gallery of Ontario - Portfolio preparation for high-school art programs - Friendship-building projects All materials are included, and the week culminates with an art exhibit for family, friends and the community. Registration ends Friday, July 25. ## 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 ](/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! 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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. October 26, 2026 ](/news/call-vendors-bam-holiday-art-market-2026)