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Toronto design event calendar

This calendar lists in-person and online design and arts events for graphic designers, illustrators, and visual creatives. We built this to help strengthen our community and reduce gatekeeping and barriers to connection. All events are based in Toronto.

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One Sheet Books

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RGD’s The Creative Lens

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DesignMeets X Rotman BDI: Designing for Healthcare Futures

Featured Events

Designers Upcycled Craft Night Social

Climate Designers Toronto

This event is a casual, social evening aimed at creative professionals interested in all things sustainability and climate. Part networking, part craft night, this hands-on activity will be a chance to have fun, share knowledge, and connect with like-minded peers.

Design Talk: Stephanie Yung & Ryan Crouchman

Stephanie Yung (CDO, Zulu Alpha Kilo) will sit down with guest host Ryan Crouchman (Partner/VP/ECD/Design, LG2 Toronto) to talk about her work, her career, and her approach to design.

Happening Today & Ongoing Exhibitions

From Agency to In-House: Creative Conversatio

From Agency to In-House: Creative Conversatio

Friends of Figma

Hosted by Questrade and Friends of Figma, we’ll address the tradeoffs, the shapeshifting, the money conversations, and what it’s like to build something you're proud of inside a machine that's much bigger than you. We’ll also get into what’s changed—vibe-coding, Slack etiquette, happy hours — and what hasn’t.

TOMO Talks

TOMO Talks

Toronto Motion Meetup, also known as TOMO, is a community for industry professionals in design, animation, motion graphics and VFX. What started as a casual meetup out of a need to build connections is now a strong community of creatives in the city.

Tenugui Towels with Cherry Blossoms: Design Excellence in Daily Life

Tenugui Towels with Cherry Blossoms: Design Excellence in Daily Life

The Japan Foundation

In celebration of spring 2026, with Cherry Blossoms as a main theme, along with related Ukiyo-e woodblock prints, this colourful exhibition demonstrates the endless creativity in Tenugui. Individual towels were used for a remarkable number of purposes not only for wiping and cleaning, but also for wrapping and wearing, and even as advertising tools.

Signs and Crimes Solo Exhibition Launch

Signs and Crimes Solo Exhibition Launch

This May, The Combine welcomes Max of Signs and Crimes for a month-long exhibition and blends typography, illustration, and hand-painted techniques. Max’s work includes text-based pieces, graphic works, and custom signs. PLUS join us on Friday, May 8 for the Signs and Crimes opening night celebration.

Growing Up: A Solo Exhibition by Iliana Sergeev

Growing Up: A Solo Exhibition by Iliana Sergeev

Growing Up: A solo mixed-media exhibition by designer Iliana Sergeev. Exploring motherhood through layered storytelling. Now on view at Wildhearts Cafe (509 Bloor St W) through mid June!

Selling Canada: New work by Christopher Rouleau

Selling Canada: New work by Christopher Rouleau

Christopher Rouleau

Christopher Rouleau's solo exhibition, Selling Canada, will be taking place May 27—June 20, 2026 at The Red Head Gallery in Toronto. This exhibition features ten new large-scale Pop Art paintings centred on Canadian identity and design.

Upcoming Events

Creative Sprint / Design Hackathon

Creative Sprint / Design Hackathon

Community Agency x Ace Hotel

A full-day sprint for emerging designers and marketers ready to step into real agency work. Selected participants will work in multidisciplinary teams to build a campaign from the ground up, with space to test, refine and present alongside industry creatives

Drum Leaf Binding Workshop

Drum Leaf Binding Workshop

Big River Bindery

The Drum Leaf is a binding that uses only adhesive to connect the pages - no sewing. It opens flat and has flush edges, making it great for sketchbooks, journals, or artist books.

Toronto Prop Expo

Toronto Prop Expo

Toronto Prop Expo

A one-day event bringing together professional prop and costume makers, skilled hobbyists, collectors, and fans. See the work up close, hear from industry experts, and connect with the people who build the worlds you love.

Graphic art with promarkers

Graphic art with promarkers

Dive into the vibrant world of illustration and graphic art with professional Promarkers! In this hands-on class, you’ll explore techniques to create bold, expressive artworks and learn how to blend, shade, and bring your ideas to life on paper.

Kensington Market Art Fair

Kensington Market Art Fair

Kensington Market Art Fair

For over nine years, the Kensington Market Art Fair has been a vibrant part of the local arts and culture community, showcasing hundreds of artists from diverse backgrounds and celebrating inspiring handmade creations. Come connect with artists, discover unique work, and enjoy the creative energy of the neighbourhood.

Gwartzman's Under the Neon Palm

Gwartzman's Under the Neon Palm

Gwartzman's Art Supplies

Save the Date! Gwartzmans x The El Mocambo - a Rock & Roll Life Drawing event is coming this spring! ⁠Subscribe to our newsletter or follow our instagram for ticket release. Trust us, you'll want to be there.

Design Talk: Stephanie Yung & Ryan Crouchman

Design Talk: Stephanie Yung & Ryan Crouchman

Stephanie Yung (CDO, Zulu Alpha Kilo) will sit down with guest host Ryan Crouchman (Partner/VP/ECD/Design, LG2 Toronto) to talk about her work, her career, and her approach to design.

Ligatures Talk Series #6

Ligatures Talk Series #6

Join us for our 6th Talk Series featuring Andrea Rodriguez, Alex Sein, and Urban Ninja!

AccessFest 2026

AccessFest 2026

AccessFest is a one-day, city-level explosion of art, culture, and community rooted in accessibility and inclusion. From powerful performances and bold talks to sensory experiences, food trucks, and grassroots walking tours through Toronto’s streets — we’re flipping the script on what accessibility and inclusion looks and feels like.

(Re)Weaving: A Tapestry Making Workshop

(Re)Weaving: A Tapestry Making Workshop

In this edition of Queer Art Club you will be learning how to make your own tapestry using fabric scraps on a repurposed frame.

DesignMeets X Rotman BDI: Designing for Healthcare Futures

DesignMeets X Rotman BDI: Designing for Healthcare Futures

Step into the future of healthcare with this hands-on workshop exploring how futures thinking can expand design practice. Learn about the forces reshaping healthcare and gain a practical introduction to futures methods — from scanning signals and identifying drivers of change, to building plausible future scenarios and designing for uncertainty.

RGD’s The Creative Lens

RGD’s The Creative Lens

Registered Association of Graphic Designers (RGD)

This panel discussion will explore how standards, expectations and definitions of “good design” continue to evolve across disciplines and industries.

Introduction to the Book Arts

Introduction to the Book Arts

Big River Bindery

Join us for Introduction to the Book Arts. We will learn about the tools and materials you’ll need and make some books. In one night, we’ll touch on different styles of book construction, and you’ll go home with a stack of handmade books.

Letterpress Printing Workshop

Letterpress Printing Workshop

Big River Bindery

Join us as we use the wood and metal type at the shop to print posters, cards, and mementos. In this workshop students will learn how to properly run letterpress equipment and make their own printed artwork.

One Sheet Books

One Sheet Books

Big River Bindery

You don’t need thread and glue to make a book. In this workshop, we’ll make books with a single sheet of paper and some cutting and folding. Join us to learn several quick and easy ways of putting books together with just a few tools.

Leaders in Design: User-Centred Innovation

Leaders in Design: User-Centred Innovation

Join us for a forward-looking conversation with design leaders exploring how deep user insight, experimentation, and outcome-driven thinking shape the most impactful products and experiences.

Endpaper Construction Methods

Endpaper Construction Methods

Big River Bindery

Endpapers, or the folded paper that connects the textblock of a book to its cover, have changed over time. Join us in making models of endpapers, looking at the function of their varied parts and changes over time.

Paste Paper Workshop

Paste Paper Workshop

Big River Bindery

This paper decorating technique has been used historically for book covers and endsheets. A paint and paste mixture is applied to paper with brushes, then patterned with an assortment of combs, tools, and stamps.

Past Events

'Cause maybe they'll happen again, y'know?

Craft Club: Production

16mm Direct Animation Workshop

CTRL+SHIFT Vol. 12 @ Pluto | Toronto Tech Week

Working at the intersection of Design, Tech, and Kids

Selling Canada: New work by Christopher Rouleau

Creative That Converts: Scaling What Actually Works

Invisible Friends: AI Motion Design Day for Artists & Builders At Toronto Tech Week

The Creative Room — Designers & Coffee

Lyrical Lettering: Words That Matter

Mosaics 101

Subway Drawing: Learn to Sketch Commuters

COFFEE & CREATIVI-TEA

Grad Showcase

Sault College Graphic Design Grad Show 2026

AdClub Digital Day 2026

Show and Tell: Physical Computing

Drink and Draw at Rhythm

COFFEE & CREATIVI-TEA

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