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📣OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce a recruited placement in partnership with Studio Magazine for the role of Editorial Assistant! @studiomagcanada ✨Working closely with the Managing Editor, the intern will get direct, practical experience with how a nationally distributed arts magazine comes together: editorial prep and copyediting, production administration, web publishing, and editorial planning. Some social media content creation is also part of the role. 📩Eligibility: Active OCAD U undergraduate students in any discipline who have completed 15+ credits, or active OCAD U Master's students, or recent alumni (class of 2026, 2025). 🗓Application Deadline: Monday, May 18, 2026; 11:59 PM ET ℹ️To apply and learn more visit: /2026-studiomag (link in bio)

📣Bau-Xi Gallery and the RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers are excited to announce an exhibition opportunity for artists in Drawing & Painting,Sculpture & Installation, Photography, and IAMD Master’s students in their graduating term. @bauxigallery ✨Five (5) to seven (7) selected emerging artists will each receive $200 to exhibit work in the Emerging exhibition at Bau-Xi Gallery throughout July 2026. 📩Eligibility: Must be a DRPT, PHOT), or SCIN student with 15+ credits graduating in 2026 or IAMD students graduating in 2026 Must have the intent of remaining in the region following graduation to make use of this opportunity 🗓Application Deadline: Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 11:59 pm ET ℹ️To apply/learn more visit: /2026-bau-xi (link in bio)

🎉We're excited to announce Sin Tung Ng (Steffi) as the recipient of the 2026 Aurora Cultural Centre & Station Gallery Permanent Collection Exhibition Career Launchers! @auroraculturalcentre @stationgallery ✨Sin Tung Ng (Steffi) bio: Sin Tung Ng (Steffi) (she/her) explores the complexities in immigration experiences, specifically the Asian diaspora, through curation, photography and writing. Her practice also centres on creating joyful, participatory spaces to amplify marginalized voices and facilitate cross-cultural exchanges. Sin Tung/Steffi’s curatorial work has been featured at the Onsite Gallery, Xpace Cultural Centre, Unit 270 and the Graduate Gallery. As a co-founder of the curatorial collective GAS, she is the recipient of The Delaney Family Emerging Curator’s Prize and the current curator-in-residence at NAMARA Curatorial Studio. Also an emerging photographer, Sin Tung/Steffi works primarily with self-portraits and family archival photos, investigating how time can change one’s features and memories as an immigrant. @steffitung #OCADUCEAD #ocaducead #OCADU #ocadu#ocaduniversity #creativeindustry #careerlaunchers #newgenerationartist #emergingartists #artist

🌈 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: PRIDE MARKET We're inviting LGBTQIA2S+ OCAD U students and recent alumni to apply to table at an upcoming PRIDE‑focused art & goods market 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ This is an opportunity to: ✨ Sell your work ✨ Gain tabling experience ✨ Celebrate Pride and connect with the community We're looking for artists, designers, and makers creating original, small‑scale work such as prints, ceramics, jewellery, zines, pins, art objects, and more. 📅 Deadline: Monday, May 25 at 9 AM 🔗 Apply via the link in our bio Questions? Email [email protected] with the subject "CreativeHub 1352". 💖 @creativehub_1352

🎉We're excited to announce Kayli Chow as the recipient of the 2026 wonderMakr Assistant Producer Career Launchers! @wondermakr ✨Kayli Chow bio: Kayli Chow is a Toronto-based technical artist, creative technologist, and producer working at the intersection of art and programming. Her multidisciplinary practice spans interactive projection, immersive installations, and video games, using technology as a medium to create cohesive, expressive systems. With a focus on bridging creative vision and technical execution, she approaches projects with a playful, collaborative mindset, emphasizing clear communication and thoughtful design to build efficient and dynamic production pipelines. Alongside her artistic practice, she is a member of the indie game studio Rattish Games, where she contributes to the development and production of the award-winning title Beam it up, Blorp! She is also an entrepreneur and product designer behind Hambug Shop, a brand dedicated to creating cute and quirky objects that bring humor and delight into everyday life. @kayliphobia #OCADUCEAD #ocaducead #OCADU #ocadu#ocaduniversity #creativeindustry #careerlaunchers #newgenerationartist #emergingartists #artist

🎉We're excited to announce Olivia Reynolds as the recipient of the 2026 Vector Festival Gamemaking Residency & Showcase Career Launchers! @interaccessto Working closely with the residency Curator, Gamemaker residents will be introduced to guiding themes and concepts to develop new games with guidance and support from peers, InterAccess Programming Manager, and technicians. Completed games will be showcased in a public exhibition during Vector Festival 2026. ✨Olivia Reynolds bio: Olivia Reynolds is an artist-filmmaker and recent BFA graduate of OCAD University. She loves to work with elements of video, design and storytelling, distilling rich fantasies and alternate worlds into manageable bites. She also likes to write, read and think in her nonexistent free time. @oreyyyn #OCADUCEAD #ocaducead #OCADU #ocadu#ocaduniversity #creativeindustry #careerlaunchers #newgenerationartist #emergingartists #artist

✨Introducing our Summer 2026 Creative Professional-In-Residence: Chung Leung, Senior Graphic Designer at FORREC Ltd.! 🤝Looking for some feedback on your work, career path, or life after OCAD U? Visit the link in our bio to book a one-on-one career mentorship session with Chung! You can book a virtual or in-person session with Chung on Thursdays and Fridays during the 2026 Spring/Summer semester (starting May 21- July 24). 🌐Visit this link for a full list of available time slots to book (link in bio): /meeting/participate/id/elkl2yJd ℹ️The OCAD U Creative Professionals-In-Residence program is a mentorship initiative created to support the career success of current OCAD U students and recent alumni. The program invites professional guests, from a variety of art and design-related disciplines, to be present at the CEAD over the course of the semester. 🌟Chung Leung is an environmental graphic designer with a Bachelor of Design (BDes) in Graphic Design from OCAD University. Her work blends graphic design and wayfinding into physical spaces; spanning large-scale entertainment and destination environments around the world, with projects for brands like The Simpsons, LEGOLAND, and beyond. She is currently a Senior Designer at FORREC Ltd. and has previously held roles at SimEx-Iwerks and Forge Media + Design. Additionally, Chung is the founder of Unmatchable Jewellery Inc., is passionate about storytelling and public speaking - having spent ten years at Toastmasters - and is a mentor to emerging designers across Toronto. #CPIR #CEAD #OCADU #CreativeProfessionalsInResidence @forrecdesigns

📣OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) and The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute (SickKids RI) have partnered to co-create an exhibition in the Great Hall at OCAD University on November 16-27, 2026. @sickkidstoronto ✨The CEAD and SickKids RI are inviting emerging artists to submit existing works for consideration. The responding artworks to be curated will be in dialogue with captivating scientific images or videos from SickKids Research Institute. 7-9 successful artists will each be paid a $500 Artist Fee. 📩Eligibility: Current OCAD U undergraduate students in any discipline who have completed a minimum of 15+ credits or current OCAD U Master's students or recent OCAD U Alumni (classes of 2022 – 2026) 🗓Application Deadline: Sunday May 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET ℹ️To apply and learn more visit: /2026-sickkidsri-artists (link in bio)

📣OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) and The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute (SickKids RI) have partnered to co-create an exhibition in the Great Hall at OCAD University on November 16-27, 2026. @sickkidstoronto ✨One (1) successful emerging curator will be paid $4,000 to help curate elements of the exhibition. The exhibition will consist of research assets from SickKids RI, and accompanying responsive artworks from seven to nine (7 - 9) OCAD U students/alumni. 📩Eligibility: Current OCAD U undergraduate students in any discipline who have completed a minimum of 15+ credits or current OCAD U Master's students or recent OCAD U Alumni (classes of 2023 – 2026) 🗓Application Deadline: Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 12:00pm Noon ET ℹ️To apply and learn more visit: /2026-sickkidsri-curator (link in bio)

🎉We're excited to announce Willa Crowder and Amia Khosla as the recipients of the Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op 2026 Residency! @textile_studio ✨Congratulations to the artists! To learn more about the recipients check out their bios at: /2026-ctsc #OCADUCEAD #ocaducead #OCADU #ocadu#ocaduniversity #creativeindustry #careerlaunchers #newgenerationartist #emergingartists #artist @smolgreenmango.makes

🎉We're excited to announce Cassidy Alejandria as the recipient of the 2026 Gallery 44 Vitrines Curatorial Incubator Career Launcher! @g44photo ✨Cassidy Alejandria bio: Cassidy Alejandria is a Filipina-Canadian art historian and emerging curator based in Toronto, ON. She is a second-year MFA candidate in the Criticism and Curatorial Practice program at OCAD University. Her research interests include feminist curation, Filipina feminisms, embodiment, activist and socially engaged arts, and epistemology. For her thesis exhibition, she explores questions of how incorporating embodied experience in curation can disrupt hierarchies of knowledge and serve as a bridge between historical and contemporary feminisms. @cassidyya #OCADUCEAD #ocaducead #OCADU #ocadu#ocaduniversity #creativeindustry #careerlaunchers #newgenerationartist #emergingartists #artist

🎉We're excited to announce the recipients of the 2026 Sankofa Square Indigenous Student Digital Exhibition Career Launchers! @sankofasquare ✨Congratulations to Kenzie Littlelight, Manny Wood Lynes-Ford and Raven Myers! Their works will be displayed across the five digital screens at Sankofa Square for the duration of National Indigenous History Month in June 2026. ℹ️To learn more about the recipients, check out their bios at: /2026-sankofa-isc #OCADUCEAD #ocaducead #OCADU #ocadu#ocaduniversity #creativeindustry #careerlaunchers #newgenerationartist #emergingartists #artist @miin_aakii @ravayy @shuttergyiik