In partnership with Native Women in the Arts, join us for an exclusive Artist / Curator Talk with Taqralik Partridge and Linda Grussani, as they share their experience recognizing the resilience of human connections they developed during a global pandemic and the richness of Indigenous wisdom bridging physical and virtual spaces.
Join us for the upcoming Design for Health Exhibition: De/Re Construct.
OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce the return of the 401 Richmond Illustration Studio for graduating Illustration students.
Join us for the book launch of Fable for Tomorrow Wendy Coburn. This full colour, hard cover, 96-page catalogue eloquently translates Coburn’s survey exhibition into book form ensuring this significant artist is written into Canadian art history.
In this online workshop, Peter Kingstone (Visual/Media Arts Officer, Toronto Arts Council), will review available grants, discuss the application process, give tips on writing a successful grant, in addition to answering any questions you may have about TAC! Special focus will be given to the Visual Artist Program: Creation grant. *RSVP to receive event link!
OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) and Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create the Critical Distance Public Art Billboard Career Launcher.
OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) and Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create the Critical Distance Exhibition Essay Career Launcher.
OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce a recruited placement in partnership with Secret Planet for the role of Studio Assistant.
The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) is excited to announce the 8th annual Career Launcher Fund for graduating students. Emerging artists and designers are invited to apply for a funding opportunity relating to career supports and skills building as they transition out of school.
The Cultural Community Expo brings together the people and places that make up Toronto’s art and cultural sector to prepare students and recent alumni for building a career in the arts after graduation. Through a series of engagements with exemplary OCAD U alum, professional guests, art studios, cultural organizations and production centres, the Cultural Community Expo highlights potential career paths and presentation venues for emerging artists.
SWC is hosting a free Suicide Prevention workshop for students in collaboration with SafeTALK and KeepmeSAFE on Wednesday, April 10th 2024, 10am-1pm at 100 McCaul St. (Rm 460).
Hope in the Shadows, graduating IAMD exhibition by Nasim Salehi
Prepare to immerse yourself in the forefront of digital creativity as our talented creators present their groundbreaking projects. From digital art, A.I., videogames, tech-fashion, robots, to captivating interactive installations and… even cat toys! This exhibition has it all, and promises to push the boundaries of imagination and technology.
We are thrilled to invite you to the Digital Futures Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2024!
Get involved and familiar with our campus and the community! Connect! Network! Socialize!
The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce the return of the Akin Career Launcher for Drawing & Painting, Integrated Media, Indigenous Visual Studies, Cross Cross-Disciplinary Art: Life Studies, and Sculpture & Installation students in their graduating term.
The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce the return of the Contemporary Textile Studio Artist Residency Career Launcher for students or recent grads (2023, 2024).
The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce the Gallery 44 Residency Career Launcher for OCAD U students.
Nominations are now open for OCAD U's 2023-2024 Teaching Awards! All students, staff and faculty alike are invited to nominate one of our many dedicated faculty/instructors and teaching assistants (TAs) for an annual teaching award.
The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce the Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) Residency Career Launcher for OCAD U students.
OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce a creative opportunity in partnership with Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival for the role of a Festival Creative Artist.
Erin Finley was interviewed by the University of Toronto for the Memory Drawing Project.
SKENUOMORPHS, graduating exhibition by Sally Walker-Hudecki
Join animator and filmmaker Sonia Beckwith in this interactive workshop designed to help you create a distinguished and successful demo reel and help demystify the process of taking your first steps into the animation industry.
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-helen-molesworth-and-charles-reeve-tickets-848742972077
In this exclusive event, join OCAD U Professor & Acting Dean Charles Reeve in conversation with writer, curator, and podcaster Helen Molesworth on her new book, Open Questions: Thirty Years of Writing about Art (Phaidon). Over the past three decades, Molesworth’s singular voice and lively curatorial vision has established her as one of the most dynamic and influential voices in the art world. Open Questions, the first ever collection of her writings, presents 24 essays from the past 30 years, gathered from exhibition catalogs and art publications such as Artforum, Documents, frieze, and October. In this wide-ranging conversation, Molesworth and Reeve will explore art’s unique capacity for merging knowledge and feeling, reflections on Molesworth’s past writing, and new ways of viewing and thinking about contemporary art.
OCAD Univeristy's Faculty of Arts and Science presents ...
Women Making History
Join us for two inspirational Speaker Series this Women’s History Month.
We are thrilled to present lauded art critic and curator Helen Molesworth and Feminist scholar and human rights advocate Dr. Shuchi Karim. These distinguished speakers will share their insights, experiences, and contributions, inspiring our community to celebrate the remarkable impact they are making in their respective fields. Join us as we come together to honor the resilience, creativity, and leadership of women in shaping the world we live in today.
March 22, 2024: Dr. Shuchi Karim
Student Talk: 12:00-1:00pm
MCA 544
Faculty Talk: 3:00pm-4:00pm
MCA 550
March 27, 2024
7:00pm-9:30pm
Book Signing and Public Talk
Ethennonnhawahstihnen - Where They Have a Good and Beautiful Life, graduating exhibition by Yuefeng Li
Associate Professor in the FOA Ilene Sova will be presenting her international COIL project at the Global Digital Humanities Symposium at Michigan State University with her co-teacher and co-presenter Dr. Alla Myzelev from State University New York.
Inviting everyone who has their own unique ways of thinking, interacting, and experiencing the world. A peer-led space to share your lived experiences of barriers/stigma and find community.
Community & Transmedia Archives for Just, Anti-Racist and Feminist Futures
Coffee Chats is a series of casual gatherings with the CEAD team with industry guests. Hosted in small intimate groups, these gatherings will provide a space for group conversations with practitioners who are interested in supporting OCAD U students and grads to offer mentorship, and share their professional insights and journey, while collectively creating a community.