Events

<p>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.</p>

<p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">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).&nbsp;</span></p>

<p>The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers is excited to announce a new partnership with Whippersnapper Gallery to create the Whippersnapper Gallery OCAD U Storefront Career Launcher.&nbsp;</p>

<p style="background-color:white;"><span style="color:#0D0D0D;font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-color:white;"><a name="OLE_LINK4"><span style="color:#0D0D0D;font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;,sans-serif;">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!&nbsp;</span></a><span style="color:#0D0D0D;font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;,sans-serif;">This exhibition has it all, and promises to push the boundaries of imagination and technology.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr">We are thrilled to invite you to the <strong>Digital Futures Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2024</strong>!</span></p>

Elder Liz Osawamick will be available to meet individually with Indigenous OCAD U students, faculty and staff. 

For Indigenous OCAD U Students, Faculty, Staff & Alumni. Indigenous community members will also be welcome.

<p><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr">Graduating IAMD exhibition by Sal Lovink McKinnell</span></p>

Get involved and familiar with our campus and the community! Connect! Network! Socialize!  All new and current students welcome! 

<p>OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers (CEAD) and Ignite Gallery have partnered to co-create a Career Launcher for emerging Curators. The opportunity will select one (1) emerging curator to curate an exhibition at Ignite Gallery for the 2024 program cycle from Ignite’s annual call for artists.</p>

<p><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" style="font-size:inherit;" dir="ltr">Hope in the Shadows, graduating IAMD exhibition by Nasim Salehi</span></p>

<p>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.</p>

<p><span lang="EN-US">RSVP: </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-helen-molesworth-and-charl… lang="EN-US">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-helen-molesworth-and-charl… lang="EN-US">In this exclusive event, join OCAD U Professor &amp; Acting Dean Charles Reeve in conversation with writer, curator, and&nbsp;podcaster&nbsp;Helen&nbsp;Molesworth on her new book,&nbsp;</span><em><span lang="EN-US">Open Questions: Thirty Years of Writing about Art&nbsp;</span></em><span lang="EN-US">(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.&nbsp;</span><em><span lang="EN-US">Open Questions</span></em><span lang="EN-US">, the first ever collection of her writings, presents 24 essays from the past 30 years, gathered from exhibition catalogs and art publications such as&nbsp;</span><em><span lang="EN-US">Artforum, Documents, frieze,&nbsp;</span></em><span lang="EN-US">and</span><em><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp;October</span></em><span lang="EN-US">. 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.</span></p><p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p>OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers is excited to announce a call for artists in partnership with Slate Asset Management. Slate Asset Management is seeking proposals for a rotating public art exhibit that will animate the lobby of <strong style="box-sizing:border-box;">2 St. Clair West in the Yonge St. + St. Clair Avenue West </strong>community.</p>

<p><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr">SKENUOMORPHS, graduating exhibition by Sally Walker-Hudecki</span></p>

<p>OCAD University Senate Meeting</p>

Join us for the Advertising Changemakers Series on Friday, March 22nd, 2024 at 3 p.m., at 100 McCaul St., Auditorium, MCA 190.

<p>OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers (CEAD) and Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create the Critical Distance Exhibition Essay Career Launcher.&nbsp;</p>

<p>OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists &amp; Designers (CEAD) and&nbsp;Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create the&nbsp;Critical Distance Public Art Billboard Career Launcher.&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;">OCAD Univeristy's Faculty of Arts and Science presents ...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;"><strong>Women Making History</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;">Join us for two inspirational Speaker Series this Women’s History Month.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;"><strong>March 22, 2024: Dr. Shuchi Karim<o:p></o:p></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;"><strong>Student Talk: </strong>12:00-1:00pm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;">MCA 544<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;"><strong>Faculty Talk: </strong>3:00pm-4:00pm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;">MCA 550<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;"><strong>March 27, 2024<u1:p></u1:p>: Helen Molesworth<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;">7:00pm-9:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt;">Book Signing and Public Talk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>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</strong><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(17, 17, 17);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><strong>/</strong></span><strong>stigma and find community.</strong></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Malaga, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.5;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">&nbsp;</p>

鼻觀 Nose Contemplation IAMD MA Thesis Exhibition by Changhao Li

<p class="p1">Community &amp; Transmedia Archives for Just, Anti-Racist and Feminist Futures</p>

<p>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.</p>