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What's going on at OCAD U

Latest news

Summer upgrades bring new studio spaces and refreshed common areas

Upgrades include enhanced wayfinding, improved aesthetics and an upsized classroom.

July 24, 2025

Students, faculty and alums lauded with TOAF awards

Six OCAD University community members recognized for their exceptional artistic talents.

July 21, 2025

International summer art residency returns to OCAD U

Three-week program prepares high school seniors for studying art and design in a post-secondary environment.

July 17, 2025

World’s premier advertising event welcomes OCAD U participants

OCAD U faculty and alums explore the future of advertising at Cannes Lions

July 10, 2025

OCAD U talent shines at Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

Annual event to feature work by more than 400 artists and designers, including a curated selection from GradEx 110.

July 8, 2025

Design students reimagine affordable student housing

New partnership provides emerging designers with real-world experience in planning affordable student housing.

July 4, 2025

Events and exhibitions happening at OCAD U

Portait of John Cox infront of his painting

A Talk with John Cox

August 5, 2025 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

OCAD U x FUZE presents: Join us for a special talk with John Cox, Bahamian artist, curator, and Executive Director of Arts and Culture at Baha Mar, where he oversees one of the largest collections of contemporary Bahamia

Talk

Artists performs walking around a self-made labyrinth with a mental sculpture draped around his shoulders.

Ignite Gallery Presents: 4th Annual Installation Award Exhibition

May 7, 2025 12 a.m. - August 12, 2025 11:59 p.m.

Ignite Gallery

Opening Reception: May 7, 6:00 PM
Performance: May 7, 7:00 PM
Location: Ignite Gallery, 100 McCaul Street, second floor

Exhibition

Interior of the Sharp Center, with walls drenched in pink lights

QUEERIOUS BELONGINGS

June 29, 2025 12 a.m. - August 31, 2025 11:59 p.m.

Online-Only

Works by 17 Artists from the course “Making Gender: 2SLGBTQIA+ Studio” May-June 2025, taught by Julius Poncelet Manapul (They/Them/Ze)

Exhibition

Welcome Day on McCaul St with people visiting booths and the Sharp Centre in the background.

Welcome Day - Fall 2025 Orientation

September 2, 2025 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!

Event

Artwork by Rosalie Favell: Left: Rosalie Favell, Terri, Facing the Cameria, NIGIG Residency Toronto, 2016, photograph, dimensions variable. Image courtesy of the artist. Right: Rosalie Favell, Tom, Facing the Cameria, NIGIG Residency Toronto, 2016, photograph, dimensions variable. Image courtesy of the artist.

Rosalie Favell: Facing the Camera: TSÍ TKARÒN:TO

May 1, 2025 12 a.m. - November 30, 2025 11:59 p.m.

Onsite Gallery (RHD)

Facing the Camera: TSÍ TKARÒN:TO is presented in conjunction with Onsite Gallery’s touring exhibition Rosalie Favell | Belonging (1982–2024) and is a 2025 Core Program with the CONTACT Photography Festival.

Exhibition

Artwork by Rosalie Favell: Rosalie Favell, My first day of assimulation, 1996 (remastered 2024) from the series From An Early Age. Image courtesy of the artist.

Rosalie Favell | Belonging (1982-2024)

June 18, 2025 12 a.m. - December 6, 2025 11:59 p.m.

Onsite Gallery (RHD)

Belonging is the first retrospective of renowned Red River Metis artist Rosalie Favell, showcasing a powerful curated selection of her lens-based works from 1982 to 2024.

Exhibition