OCAD U Artists Win Awards at 62nd Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

This year, the 62nd Toronto Outdoor Art Fair took place on July 7 - 9 at Nathan Phillips Square. As Canada’s leading contemporary outdoor and online art fair, TOAF gathered around 400+ artists from across Canada. Amongst these artists, many OCAD U artists were not only featured but also recipients of awards.

Since 1961, TOAF has been instrumental in launching artists’ careers and bringing art into people’s everyday lives. TOAF is passionate about supporting artists and exceptional talents through awards, special programs and opportunities. With 150,000 annual visitors to Nathan Phillips Square, 100,000 website visitors, and 1 million annual page views, TOAF’s loyal community of art lovers continues to grow. 

TOAF has always reserved a portion of the Fair to emerging and student artists and has hosted many well-known Canadian artists early in their careers.

We’re excited to announce the OCAD U student/alumni award winners for the 2023 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair:

• Stephanie Camille, Student Purchase Award
• Hyun Young Yang, Worth Gallery Award
• Emerald Repard Denniston, Most Innovative Use of Material Award.
• Yaw Tony, Best of Craft and Design Award
• Firouzeh Saremi Far, Best of Student Award
• Margaret Gdyczynski, Best of Photography & Digital Media Award + Worth Gallery Award
• Alex Thompson , Best of 2D Works Award

Congratulations to all the winners!

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