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What's On What's going on at OCAD U See all events See all news Latest news See more OCAD U LiVE produces new series, Women Talking Democracy The video podcast series features interviews with women leaders working to strengthen democracy. July 14, 2026 Alum wins top award at TOAF Esther Doë Kim won the Best of Art Fair award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF) held July 10 to 12. July 13, 2026 OCAD U receives grants to advance research on the arts The Knowledge Synthesis Grants were awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for the priority area, The Arts Transformed. July 8, 2026 OCAD U’s annual international student exhibition highlights global voices We Were, We Are, We Will Be traces journeys of memory, identity and possibility. July 7, 2026 OCAD U talent at the 65th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Students, faculty, staff and alums are taking part in one of Canada's largest contemporary art fairs, including alums serving on the jury and participating as part of the RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers Career Launchers program. July 2, 2026 Convocation celebrates Class of 2026 Convocation 2026 celebrates more than 1,000 graduands. June 22, 2026 Events and exhibitions happening at OCAD U See more We Were, We Are, We Will Be July 16, 2026 9 a.m. - July 23, 2026 5 p.m. The Great Hall International Student Art Exhibition TAGS Exhibition Announcing the Winners of Ignite Gallery’s 2026 Installation Award May 6, 2026 12 a.m. - August 10, 2026 11:59 p.m. Ignite Gallery Join us for the Ignite Gallery Installation Award Exhibition May 6, 2026 TAGS Exhibition April Hickox: Vantage Point-Passing May 1, 2026 12 a.m. - August 31, 2026 11:59 p.m. Onsite Gallery (RHD) Over the last three decades of her life, April Hickox (b. 1955, d. 2025) documented the groyne—a slab of concrete extending perpendicular to the shoreline of Lake Ontario. TAGS Exhibition QUEERIOUS FUTURITIES: Transcultural Belongings in the Darkness June 28, 2026 12 a.m. - August 31, 2026 11:59 p.m. Online-Only Works by 14 Makers from the course “Imagining Queer Asian Futurities” TAGS Exhibition Welcome Day - Fall 2026 Orientation September 8, 2026 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Main Building & Rosalie Sharp Centre for Design (MCA) All new students are invited to join us for Welcome Day! TAGS Event Skennen'kó:wa ken? Do you carry great peace? September 5, 2026 12 a.m. - November 15, 2026 11:59 p.m. Off Campus Canada Pavilion at the Lee KangHa Art Museum as part of the Gwangju Biennale September 5 to November 15, 2026 TAGS Exhibition 스간나 고와 겅? Skennen'kó:wa ken? September 5, 2026 12 a.m. - November 15, 2026 11:59 p.m. Off Campus 2026년 제16회 광주비엔날레 캐나다 국가관 전시 TAGS Exhibition rgb(0,0,0) Galleries at OCAD U 01 Previous item Next item Onsite Gallery OCAD U’s flagship, fully curated public professional gallery for art and design. Ignite Gallery Student and recent graduate exhibitions of art and design. Ada Slaight Gallery OCAD U’s public student gallery for curriculum-based art and design. Graduate Gallery A space where graduate students host exhibitions, lectures, performances, think-tanks and conferences. Great Hall OCAD U’s central hub hosting events, lectures, receptions and exhibitions of student art and design projects. Open Space Gallery An open, flexible workshop, exhibition and event space. Continuing Studies Gallery Our virtual gallery for art and design by continuing studies students. Featured student work 01 24 Previous item Next item Sarah Young View work » Amara King View work » Douglas Free View work » Jinhan Guo View work » Sid Sharp View work » Valeria Suing View work » Ryan Boyd View work » Follow us
OCAD U LiVE produces new series, Women Talking Democracy The video podcast series features interviews with women leaders working to strengthen democracy. July 14, 2026
Alum wins top award at TOAF Esther Doë Kim won the Best of Art Fair award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF) held July 10 to 12. July 13, 2026
OCAD U receives grants to advance research on the arts The Knowledge Synthesis Grants were awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for the priority area, The Arts Transformed. July 8, 2026
OCAD U’s annual international student exhibition highlights global voices We Were, We Are, We Will Be traces journeys of memory, identity and possibility. July 7, 2026
OCAD U talent at the 65th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Students, faculty, staff and alums are taking part in one of Canada's largest contemporary art fairs, including alums serving on the jury and participating as part of the RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers Career Launchers program. July 2, 2026
Convocation celebrates Class of 2026 Convocation 2026 celebrates more than 1,000 graduands. June 22, 2026
We Were, We Are, We Will Be July 16, 2026 9 a.m. - July 23, 2026 5 p.m. The Great Hall International Student Art Exhibition TAGS Exhibition
Announcing the Winners of Ignite Gallery’s 2026 Installation Award May 6, 2026 12 a.m. - August 10, 2026 11:59 p.m. Ignite Gallery Join us for the Ignite Gallery Installation Award Exhibition May 6, 2026 TAGS Exhibition
April Hickox: Vantage Point-Passing May 1, 2026 12 a.m. - August 31, 2026 11:59 p.m. Onsite Gallery (RHD) Over the last three decades of her life, April Hickox (b. 1955, d. 2025) documented the groyne—a slab of concrete extending perpendicular to the shoreline of Lake Ontario. TAGS Exhibition
QUEERIOUS FUTURITIES: Transcultural Belongings in the Darkness June 28, 2026 12 a.m. - August 31, 2026 11:59 p.m. Online-Only Works by 14 Makers from the course “Imagining Queer Asian Futurities” TAGS Exhibition
Welcome Day - Fall 2026 Orientation September 8, 2026 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Main Building & Rosalie Sharp Centre for Design (MCA) All new students are invited to join us for Welcome Day! TAGS Event
Skennen'kó:wa ken? Do you carry great peace? September 5, 2026 12 a.m. - November 15, 2026 11:59 p.m. Off Campus Canada Pavilion at the Lee KangHa Art Museum as part of the Gwangju Biennale September 5 to November 15, 2026 TAGS Exhibition
스간나 고와 겅? Skennen'kó:wa ken? September 5, 2026 12 a.m. - November 15, 2026 11:59 p.m. Off Campus 2026년 제16회 광주비엔날레 캐나다 국가관 전시 TAGS Exhibition
Graduate Gallery A space where graduate students host exhibitions, lectures, performances, think-tanks and conferences.
Great Hall OCAD U’s central hub hosting events, lectures, receptions and exhibitions of student art and design projects.
