Welcome To BLACK GradEx 2021

Enjoy short podcast-style video conversations with graduating OCADU students.

Assistant Professors Michael Lee Poy & Kestin Cornwall sit down with their guests Sydney Gittens, Natia Lemay, Ehiko Odeh, Kayla Wallace,  Kaylee Meyer, Adé Abegunde.  They discuss OCAD U, art, and what inspires their work and how OCAD U and their community can assist them moving forward. You will enjoy the discussions, we promise. 

View at your convenience any time after June 1st, 2021
Available at blackocadu.ca & on Youtube

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Black OCADU Youtube Page
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Do you ever feel overwhelmed by your emotions?
Do you have a hard time managing crises when they arise?
Is it difficult for you to ask for what you want or say no to unwanted requests?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then learning some DBT Skills could be helpful for you! DBT is short for Dialectical Behavior Therapy and is a skills group- we focus on skill development in four areas: distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness. Please join us is learning some DBT Skills before the holiday closure!

To join one of the Workshops, click a link below to join the Teams Meeting.

Workshop 1
Friday, December 4 from 2pm to 3pm

Workshop 2
Friday, December 11 from 2pm to 3pm

Workshop 3
Friday, December 18 from 2pm to 3pm

Students can join at any point in the semester. The Remote Group is designed to facilitate various visual art techniques with affordable and accessible art supplies. 

Group is offered 10am to 12pm on Tuesdays throughout the Fall Semester. 

Goals of Remote Art Therapy

• Create and keep a safer space where each individual can create art for themselves.
• Relax with the art making process.
• Gain an awareness and understanding of their internal and external reactions to stress.
• Develop positive coping skills that are unique to their experiences.

Have questions or require accommodations? Contact Dean Davis (they/them) ArtTherapyOCADU@gmail.com 

Poster by Natia Lemay

Tune in on Friday, October 2nd on Instagram to learn new tips and tricks in the kitchen. This Friday the Chefs will be cooking up two courses with two different pies!

Chef Nicole will instruct how to make a perfect, and quick, Roasted Chicken.

Baker Nora is sharing a classic Pumpkin Pie recipe.

And introducing Chef Natia who will share a family recipe for a Sweet Potato Pie. 

Deadline for Fourth Year Submissions is Monday March 16th
Go to myOCADU Portal & apply through Award Spring

A Library Is an Exhibit Is a Library Is an Exhibit...
A collection of marginalia, handwritten inscriptions, indexes of previous ownership and found objects in library books, A Library is an Exhibit combines the activities of collecting, curating, borrowing, sharing and meaning-making under a graphic design practice. Designed and curated by fourth-year Graphic Design students Deborah Khodanovich and Rebecca Wilkinson, the show is free and open to the public.

Dates & Exhibit Hours:
Thursday, March 19 — 11:30 am to 8:30 pm
Friday, March 20 — 9:30 am to 6:30 pm

OCADU Think Tank: Awareness students present their "Happy City" design innovations for Toronto. Happy City is a 5-week multi-disciplinary design project that attempts to solve some of Toronto’s design challenges, as inspired by Toronto Vital Signs report. Students will present their innovation ideas to visitors and welcome conversation to help the development of their class project. Instructor Teresa Ascencao and her students will also present examples of completed past projects. Additional sustainability innovations by students in upper years will also be featured.

This is open to all OCADU students, for free. In the workshop, students will paint the interior of a plaster mask with their internal  identity, and the outside face of the mask with who they project to the world. This workshop is a part of a mental health awareness campaign, facilitated by a 2nd year Think Tank class taught by Bev Dywan. Art educator Ann Clifford will run the workshop.  The workshop is 9am-3 pm on Monday March 23, 2020, in room 441.

The completed masks will be displayed in the lobby on March 25 & 26, with an opening event in the Lambert Lounge of March 25 at 7 pm.

​Every year the OCAD U Zine Fair brings together an amazing collection of talent and innovation in alternative publications. Join us on Thursday March 12th and Friday March 13th, from 11:30am-6:30pm, to meet our wonderful vendors, be inspired and buy their hand crafted work!

Each day will feature a different group of vendors representing a broad range of making: zines, comics, poetry, independent magazines, prints, stickers and so much more. The Zine Library will be hosting button making throughout the event. All proceeds from button making will go to the OCAD Zine Library collection and its initiatives. Visit http://ocad.libguides.com/zinelibrary to learn more about the OCAD U Zine Library and stop by https://library.artstor.org/#/collection/87731595;browseType=undefined to browse the catalogue for our collection! 

Thursday vendors:

Sid Sharp   www.sidsharp.com

Vincy Lim   www.vincylim.ca

Emily Fay Fin   www.fayforest.com

Inky Laundry www.instagram.com/melanieyl www.instagram.com/h_yunsun

Lina Wu www.instagram.com/linaw_u

Cleopatria   www.cleopatria.ca

Laur Flom   www.instagram.com/softqweer 

agnes-wong   www.instagram.com/agnesdoubleu

Christine Kos   https://christinekosart.wixsite.com/portfolio

Samya Moineaud   www.instagram.com/samyamoineaud

The Coven Collective   www.instagram.com/caroscoven

Supafly: The Guardian   www.instagram.com/iamsupafly

Eric Glennie   www.instagram.com/softspotmagazine

Norah Galea   https://norahgalea.myportfolio.com

Olivia Mae Sinclair   www.instagram.com/OliviaMaeSinclair

Grace Brooks   www.instagram.com/malibu_barbara

natalie 麥月明  www.instagram.com/panfryegg

Chris/MakerMeyao   www.instagram.com/makermeyao

Friday vendors:

madcrush.co   www.madcrush.co

Miapear   www.instagram.com/miapear

Andre Freitas   https://www.facebook.com/ozman.hq

Casey Helm – VESTAIS   www.instagram.com/vestais

shiverspooky  https://shiverspooky.wixsite.com/shiverspooky-arts

Rain / rainnstorms   https://rainstorms.squarespace.com

Clara Lynas   www.instagram.com/claralynas

Haley Kenyon   www.instagram.com/BrokenTelevision

Alyssa Bernardo   www.bernardo-alyssa.format.com

Mish Smallwood   www.instagram.com/mishsmam

Inbal Newman   www.inbalnewman.com

Rey Tabandeh   www.instagram.com/reyd.art

Bàn Bạn Bán   www.instagram.com/connieele  www.instagram.com/mo.rita  www.instagram.com/kev_pham

Weird Garbage   www.weirdgarbage.ca

Lunchroom Toronto   www.instagram.com/lunchroomtoronto

Cold Strawberries Collective (CSC)   www.coldstrawberriescollective.com

Ryookyung Kim   www.instagram.com/sideofkimchi

Small Sword Press   www.instagram.com/smallswordpress

Poster by miapear (https://www.instagram.com/miapear/)

Join Sculpture & Installation student Nabeela Malik for a hands-on workshop exploring the potential of geometry in art and design!

This workshop is designed for students to learn 2D geometry based from Islamic geometric art. Nabeela will begin the workshop with a brief presentation on the artistic and mathematical aspects of geometry and how geometry can be implemented in art and design. Nabeela will demonstrate methods and techniques, starting with a circle as the starting point for creating other shapes with multiple sides accurately, and then help students to copy the designs to learn by example. Participants will then move into overlaying more shapes to expand and create increasingly complex compositions. The goal of this workshop is for each student to have learned and practiced new geometric skills and create a design that they could use in their practice.

Visit www.nmcustomart.com to check out Nabeela's portfolio!

Student-Led workshops are funded by the Ontario Post-Secondary Access and Inclusion Program (OPAIP) administered by the Writing & Learning Centre. These workshops are free, including materials, and are open to all current students.