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February 14, 2020

Join the CEAD for an open conversation discussing Janan Rasheed's extensive art practice in which she's exhibited from LA to the Venice Biennale and hosted workshops at the Brooklyn Museum. Curator Liz Ikiriko will engage in a casual Q&A exploring the recent exhibition ___a lineage of transgression___, in which Janan Rasheed and Ikiriko have developed a working relationship. Topics possibly covered: relationality, the poetics of mathematics, speculative fiction and Black feminist collaborations. 

February 12, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
January 27 - February 9, 2020

Five emerging artists, working in a variety of mediums, will be commissioned to provide works of art to commemorate the listing of corporate clients or the launch of new funds on the NEO stock exchange.

February 8, 2020
OCAD University in Toronto invites you to join us for the one-day symposium "Honouring Indigenous Knowledges: Creating Pathways Through Art and Design Education."   The symposium is a presentation of research, relationships and knowledge gained from a two-year project funded by the Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer (ONCAT), the goals of which are to enhance the access and mobility of Indigenous learners into art and design post-secondary education. 
February 8, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
January 27 - February 7, 2020

Gallery 44 in partnership with the OCAD U Career Launcher program, are currently seeking a Curatorial Assistant. Reporting jointly to the Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs and the Curator of Education and Community Outreach, the Curatorial Assistant will contribute to the development and realization of gallery exhibitions, workshops, and adjacent programming.

February 6, 2020
The OCAD U Creative Professionals-In-Residence program (CPIR) is a mentorship initiative created to support the career success of current OCAD U students and recent alumni. Join us for an introductory talk with CPIR Michael Madjus.
February 5, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
February 5, 2020

Interested in an Experiential Learning Placement for summer 2020? We’re hosting an overview info session this month to answer all your questions and guide you through the process!

February 4, 2020
February 1, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
December 12, 2019 - January 30, 2020
Please see the poster for full contest details. 
January 29, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
January 29, 2020
Join our top graduate students for a TED Talk Social
January 29, 2020
The OCAD U Creative Professionals-In-Residence program (CPIR) is a mentorship initiative created to support the career success of current OCAD U students and recent alumni. Join us for an introductory talk with CPIR Liz Irkiriko.  
January 29, 2020
Join Tom Barker for a curatorial tour of CodeX: playable & disruptive futurist eArt.
January 29, 2020
Learn the basics of softcover bookbinding to give your zines and publications a handmade touch! 
January 29, 2020
The future presents new challenges and opportunities for design. Those who manage design must equip themselves to confront rapid change on all fronts – economic, environmental, and social. Research and practice must increasingly collaborate to keep pace with the needs of today and the future. 
January 28, 2020
The Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is inviting all students who identify as creative women* entrepreneurs in design to join us for a dinner as part of our Good w/ Food dinner series, which brings together OCAD students, alumni, and broader professional communities over food.
January 17-26, 2020
Visit these OCAD U-related DesignTO events!
January 25, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
January 24, 2020
Join the creator of the Ozman comics series for a hands-on workshop on colouring comic pages in Photoshop, including techniques like flatting and developing your personal style!
January 22-23, 2020
Craft Futures will connect a group of artists from the Textile Museum of Canada’s WILD exhibition with OCAD University students and recent graduates to participate in one-on-one conversations and on-campus studio visits, offering an platform for direct engagement, relationship building, mentorship and focused conversation.
January 23, 2020
Join expert character designer Vincy Lim for a drawing workshop featuring tips, tricks and feedback on designing your own unique characters!  
January 23, 2020
Please join the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of Interdisciplinary Studies for two sabbatical talks: “Social Entrepreneurship, Specialty Coffee Production, and Transnational Trade in the Northern Philippines” by Dr. Lynne Milgram and “Artists, autobiography, auto fiction” by Dr. Charles Reeve.
January 22, 2020
Free public reception of Onsite Gallery's newest exhibition, Opening Reception: CodeX: playable & disruptive futurist eArt
January 22, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
January 22, 2020
Looking for some feedback on a project? Want an opnion before a critique? Come chat with our in-house artists, curators and designers.
January 21, 2020
OCAD University’s Faculty of Art partners with The Power Plant to present: Performative Lecture: Dawit L. Petros and Irene Campolmi
January 21, 2020
Join us in the OCAD U Library's Learning Zone for a basic introduction to self publishing!
December 18, 2019 - January 18, 2020
Long Winter, Toronto’s all-ages, pay-what-you-can seasonal series of underground and DIY music, visual art, installation, reading, food, and dance (and more) have partnered with the Integrated Media and Digital Painting & Expanded Animation program, and the Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers to announce the Long Winter Career Launcher.
January 18, 2020
This annual exhibition of furniture created by the students of OCAD University is now in its ninth year. The show presents original work that explores the role of furniture as a medium for personal expression, as a reflection of social and cultural norms, and as an influence upon human behaviour.
January 18, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
January 17, 2020
Join us for this full-day event dedicated to reflecting upon our teaching and learning practices through workshops, presentations, facilitated discussions and demonstrations of class activities. This year's theme, "Challenging Our Assumptions: Towards More Inclusive Ways of Teaching and Learning," invites you to consider how we, as educators, practitioners and scholars, need to challenge our assumptions—about our students, classrooms, disciplines, creative practices, institutional policies and ourselves.
January 17, 2020
Come and learn more about this tool so that you can spend less time on accounting and more time doing the work you love.
January 16, 2020
Guest Series invites artists, designers and creative professionals who have a specialized practice or area of interest to come to OCADU and give a talk, hold a workshop, studio visits or participate in a class critique.
January 15, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
January 15, 2020
The City of Toronto is holding a Community Meeting to review the re-zoning application that was submitted by the university. 
January 15, 2020
Come and complete your confidential Workforce Survey.
January 14, 2020
Learn the basics in person, level up later!
January 11, 2020
  Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
January 10, 2020
Are you interested in the role of art in social change on an international scale? Do you want to expand your practice, travel abroad and obtain an OCAD U credit? Are you interested in becoming part of the Global Experience Project? Apply for the Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation Global Experience Project 2020—an exciting opportunity to work alongside acclaimed South African contemporary artist Zanele Muholi.
January 10, 2020
All students, staff and faculty are invited to join in celebration the re-opening of OCAD U's newly renovated Fabrication Centre, a major milestone in the Creative City Campus Project!
January 8, 2020
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
November 28, 2019 - January 6, 2020
If you KNOW something, TEACH something! The OCAD U Student body is filled with people with amazing skills and knowledge! We’re looking for current OCAD U students interested in sharing their skills by leading a creative art or design workshop for fellow students. Extended deadline: Januaury 6!
January 6, 2020
Join us for a talk and panel discussion with Googlers who work in a variety of UX roles.
April 4 - December 31, 2019
Renovations to the Ada Slaight Drawing & Painting Studios - April 24 to December 31, 2019