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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 mourns passing of Natalie Piper The OCAD U alum and former teaching assistant was a cherished member of the Prince Edward County community. July 23, 2026 SFI students receive prestigious international awards OCAD U students earned top honours and special nominations in the Association of Professional Futurists’ 2026 Student Recognition program, with award-winning projects showcasing excellence in strategic foresight and digital futures. July 22, 2026 SSHRC funds studies of cultural censorship, and grief and nostalgia through craft One project maps patterns of cultural censorship during the Nazi era while a second is developing a theory of grief and nostalgia through embodied material practices. July 21, 2026 OCAD U welcomes new vice-president, Finance and Administration Chervahun Emilien, CPA, CA, has more than 20 years of experience in finance, corporate services, governance, strategic planning and organizational change. July 20, 2026 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 Events and exhibitions happening at OCAD U See more 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 Returning to Ourselves: Rebecca Baird and Kenny Alvin Baird—A Retrospective of Art and Design by Cree Métis Siblings September 2, 2026 12 a.m. - January 30, 2027 11:59 p.m. Onsite Gallery (RHD) Returning to Ourselves presents over forty years of transformative work by Rebecca Baird and Kenny Alvin Baird. TAGS Exhibition Michael Massie: now and then September 2, 2026 12 a.m. - January 30, 2027 11:59 p.m. Onsite Gallery (RHD) Celebrated Inuk artist Michael Massie is internationally recognized for his skill as a silversmith and sculptor, as well as for his keen design sensibility. 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 mourns passing of Natalie Piper The OCAD U alum and former teaching assistant was a cherished member of the Prince Edward County community. July 23, 2026
SFI students receive prestigious international awards OCAD U students earned top honours and special nominations in the Association of Professional Futurists’ 2026 Student Recognition program, with award-winning projects showcasing excellence in strategic foresight and digital futures. July 22, 2026
SSHRC funds studies of cultural censorship, and grief and nostalgia through craft One project maps patterns of cultural censorship during the Nazi era while a second is developing a theory of grief and nostalgia through embodied material practices. July 21, 2026
OCAD U welcomes new vice-president, Finance and Administration Chervahun Emilien, CPA, CA, has more than 20 years of experience in finance, corporate services, governance, strategic planning and organizational change. July 20, 2026
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
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
Returning to Ourselves: Rebecca Baird and Kenny Alvin Baird—A Retrospective of Art and Design by Cree Métis Siblings September 2, 2026 12 a.m. - January 30, 2027 11:59 p.m. Onsite Gallery (RHD) Returning to Ourselves presents over forty years of transformative work by Rebecca Baird and Kenny Alvin Baird. TAGS Exhibition
Michael Massie: now and then September 2, 2026 12 a.m. - January 30, 2027 11:59 p.m. Onsite Gallery (RHD) Celebrated Inuk artist Michael Massie is internationally recognized for his skill as a silversmith and sculptor, as well as for his keen design sensibility. 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.
