September 17 - October 8, 2019
Throw it away? No way! Bring a broken item to Repair Cafe and learn simple repair skills.
October 5-6, 2019
Follow the character in this infinite loop to decide if we are moving forward or just standing still.
Part of Nuit Blanche!
October 5-6, 2019
The Artists
trytrytry studio is a multidisciplinary creative collective started by Alexandra Desplanque and Mimi Vaughan. Through multisensory and site-specific installations, their work provokes critical conversation about contemporary issues affecting urban space.
October 5, 2019
In celebration of the 2019 IARTS Residency Programs at OCAD U and the ROM, join Bangalore-based artist Indu Antony and artist, curator, and writer Swapnaa Tamhane as they discuss their newest projects in Toronto with Deepali Dewan, ROM’s Dan Mishra Curator of South Asian Art & Culture.
October 4, 2019
Student Wellness Centre teams up with the Centre for Emerging Artists and Designers to support recent OCADU graduates with a focus on managing workplace stress, interpersonal professionalism, and career uncertainty.
October 4, 2019
A Panel Discussion with: Indu Antony, Jeff Bierk, Michele Pearson Clarke, Gabrielle Moser
October 3, 2019
MacLaren Benefactors and contributing artists are invited to join us on October 3 for the annual Benefactor Artist Talk, an exclusive event for those involved with the programme. Our speakers this year are Barrie artist Jonathan Sadowski and Toronto artist April Hickox.
October 3, 2019
Please join the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of Interdisciplinary studies for an artist talk by master contemporary glass blower Yhonnie Scarce.
October 2, 2019
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
October 2, 2019
Ashley McKenzie Barnes, curator of Queens and Kings of Scarborough, will host an insightful conversation with internationally acclaimed artist Ebony G. Patterson about key decisions made in the process of artistic creation. Patterson will speak about her Nuit Blanche project, …three kings weep…, which examines violence against black bodies, stemming from a poem written in 1919, still revealing its relevance today.
October 1, 2019
Join author Antoine Mountain for his Book Launch "From Bear Rock Mountain" taking place at OCAD University, 115 McCaul Street, Level 3 with special guest Jimmy Dick. Refreshments will be served.
October 1, 2019
In this poetic, poignant memoir, Dene artist and social activist Antoine Mountain paints an unforgettable picture of his journey from residential school to art school—and his path to healing.
September 30, 2019
Join Lead Artist and OCAD U Lecturer Tannis Nielson to celebrate the voices, creativity and continued impacts of Indigenous Peoples and the local, historical Indigenous perspective displayed through the new mural on the Lower Simcoe Underpass. Light refreshments to be served.
September 29, 2019
Need a new painting? Sculpture? Maybe a one-of-a-kind jacket, or a custom ring? Prints, zines, or stickers?
September 5-28, 2019
1989-2019 is a group show that will be held at Birch Contemporary from September 5th to September 28th, with an opening reception on Thursday, September 5th, from 6 to 8 p.m. Participating artists include: Omar Badrin, Toni Hafkenscheid, Ginette Legaré, Julie Moon, Louise Noguchi, Ed Pien, Nicholas Pye, and Kelly Rchardson.
September 27, 2019
Undercurrents is a billboard exhibition created for The Bentway’s Community Incubation Program, curated by current CCP students, Courtney Miller & Valérie Frappier.
September 26, 2019
Have you ever wished you could have ten minutes for advice or conversation with someone working in advertising and design?
September 26, 2019
OCAD U’s Faculty & Curriculum Development Centre and its Indigenous Education Speaker Series is proud to announce its first guest speaker of the year: DR. MARIE BATTISTE
September 14-26, 2019
House of Collage is an art exhibition featuring work by Leeay Aikawa. Opening on September 14 and continuing through September 26, the exhibition will include her oeuvre, ranging from photomontage collage using advertisements of Americana, more recent abstract collage works to some paintings that were developed from digitally composed collage, in which the artist worked across a decade.
September 6-26, 2019
Opening Night Wednesday, September 11 at 6:00 pm
September 25, 2019
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
September 25, 2019
Legal Intersections is a four-part series addressing legal issues of importance to artists, designers, and cultural workers. The series is presented in collaboration with the Artists’ Legal Advice Services, the Centre for Emerging Artists and Designers at OCAD University, and the Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
September 25, 2019
ERASING A COUNTRY: AN ON-GOING SERIES OF RESEARCH
ARTIST TALK by JULIUS PONCELET MANAPUL
September 23, 2019
Debunking the Bauhaus - Reflecting on 100 years of design education by Professor Jay Rutherford, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.
September 23, 2019
Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award-winning poet SONNET L’ABBE returns with her third collection in which a mixed-race woman decomposes her inheritance of Shakespeare.
August 10 - September 22, 2019
This exhibition considers knowing, how we know things and the power of small moments
September 21, 2019
Join Inuk artist, writer, curator, throatsinger, spoken word poet and Onsite Gallery exhibiting artist, Taqralik Partridge, for a spoken word performance and writing activity.
September 18, 2019
Free public reception of Onsite Gallery's newest exhibition, ᐊᕙᑖᓂᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂᑦ Among All These Tundras
September 18, 2019
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
August 17 - September 15, 2019
This summer, Bonavista Biennale: FLOE is bringing works by 20 leading Canadian, Indigenous and international contemporary artists to the Bonavista Peninsula. This month-long event happens every two years, with exhibitions and site-specific installations at more than 20 indoor and outdoor venues. Visitors explore art, local cultural, history and the landscape on a spectacular 100-kilometre coastal loop. The 2019 artists are from Newfoundland, Labrador, other parts of Canada and the northeastern United States. The exhibition, artist talks, workshops and other events run from August 17th through September 15th.
September 12, 2019
OCAD University’s Faculty of Art is pleased to host Bangalore-based artist Indu Antony as the inaugural artist-in-residence for the 2019 IArts Residency Program. Through her photo-based, multi-disciplinary work, Indu Antony explores the intangible character of spaces in relation to the gendered body.
September 12, 2019
Thank you Thursday is an opportunity to send a note of thanks to supporters of OCAD University!
September 11, 2019
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
May 3 - September 8, 2019
Drawing from the collections of the Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada, this exhibition celebrates the diversity of photographic production in Canada between 1960 and 2000.
September 3-5, 2019
The Joint Futures conference is inspired by the pressing needs of our profession to become more mature, inclusive & business-minded. We aim to view design holistically through different macro and micro lenses.
September 4, 2019
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
August 21 - September 1, 2019
INLAND and the Centre for Emerging Artists and Designers (CEAD) are excited to announce the INLAND Career Launcher; exclusively for OCAD U Material Art & Design students and recent graduates.
June 22 - September 1, 2019
The most comprehensive retrospective of Image Bank to date, the exhibition gives an overview of the collective’s most important projects emerging from a moment of collaborative production that fundamentally questioned the boundary between art and life and anticipated topics relevant today, such as networks, tagging/keyword indexing, collective authorship, and UGC (user generated content).
May 8 - August 18, 2019
T.M. Glass: The Audible Language of Flowers presents recent series of images by lens-based artist T.M. Glass that feature blooms and vessels from unique gardens across the globe.
August 14, 2019
A Man Named Pearl tells the inspiring story of self-taught topiary artist Pearl Fryar
August 8, 2019
Jennifer Franks will discuss the pendulum swing between complexity and simplicity throughout art history, while highlighting the historic influences in the contemporary work of T.M. Glass.
August 7, 2019
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
July 31, 2019
Open life drawing session offered by the OCAD U Alumni Association
July 30, 2019
Celebrated Canadian music producer and musician Bob Ezrin discusses the organics of making music with plants, animals and humans.
July 13-27, 2019
For the month of July, a selection of works by OCAD U's Drawing and Painting class of 2019 will be featured at Bau-Xi Gallery.
July 13-27, 2019
Ken Vickerson shares his love for the humble cigar box guitar (CBG) in this exhibition of guitars produced over the past three years. The CBG, also known as the poor man’s guitar, is steeped in history and has provided entertainment and satisfaction for generations. Commonly made from empty cigar boxes and materials at hand, these instruments have recently experienced a resurgence in popular culture. They provide an ideal vehicle for both musical and visual artistic expression
July 26, 2019
Learn more about how to brew coffee and tea, how to enjoy it on a budget, and the effects of caffeine.