## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/) 2. Markdownify 3. Node 4. [OCAD U winter closure](/markdownify/node/903) December 8, 2023 # OCAD U winter closure ![](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_large/public/assets/media/Snowy-tree-stock.jpeg.webp?itok=bvhlVbuL) OCAD University will close at the end of the business day on Thursday, December 21, 2023 and reopen on Wednesday, January 3, 2024 with full closure from Friday, December 22, 2023 to Tuesday, January 2, 2024 inclusive, for the winter break. This closure includes the Dorothy H. Hoover Library. Winter closures for OCAD U galleries are listed below. **Ada Slaight Gallery** The Ada Slaight Gallery will close from Friday, December 22, 2023 to Tuesday, January 2, 2024 inclusive. **Ignite Gallery** The Ignite Gallery will close from Friday, December 22, 2023 to Tuesday, January 2, 2024 inclusive. **Graduate Gallery** The Graduate Gallery will close from Friday, December 22, 2023 to Tuesday, January 2, 2024 inclusive. **Onsite Gallery** Onsite Gallery will close on Saturday, December 9, 2023 and reopen on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 from 5 to 7 p.m. for the opening reception for its new exhibition, [*Taqralik Partridge: ᐳᓛᖃᑎᒌᑦ (PULAAQATIGIIT)*.](https://www.ocadu.ca/event/taqralik-partridge-pulaaqatigiit-pulaaqatigiit) [Be sure to keep track of important dates and deadlines throughout the year.](https://www.ocadu.ca/students/dates-and-deadlines) Wishing OCAD U staff, faculty and students a restful winter break and a wonderful 2024! ## 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! 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) 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. October 26, 2026 ](/news/call-vendors-bam-holiday-art-market-2026)