This calendar lists design- and arts-oriented events aimed at graphic designers, advertising creatives, and visual creatives based in Toronto. We made this to help people connect with each other, promote projects, and remove any gatekeeping or barriers to connection.
We invite you to seize the energy of the new year and join us at Accountability Buddy Club! Enjoy the added benefit of a cozy creative community cheering each other on.
Join artist Erin MacKeen in this fun full day workshop and learn how to make your own frameless screens for printing small-scale images on textiles and paper.
In this beginner two-day workshop you will create two hand embroidered milkweed designs and apply them to an item of clothing to create a uniquely embellished piece.
In this three-hour workshop, students will learn the fundamentals of modern brush pen calligraphy, including how to hold a brush pen, how to form basic strokes and how to connect these strokes to form lowercase letters and words.
The Interior Design Show (IDS) Toronto, Canada’s premier showcase of exceptional design, will bring together industry-leading brands with emerging and established global talents.
Create an organic, fluid shape using soft molding wax in a guided, hands-on workshop. Design and sculpt your own ring, exploring intuitive techniques in a creative, collaborative space.
Join us for poetry and live storytelling by our Issue 23 contributors, as well as a special round-table discussion hosted by our Guest Editor Therese Estacion featuring jes sachse and Seán Kinsella.
Cafe Talks: Designing the Future, the Future of Design
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With Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel— design educator and Dean of Design at OCADU— we will explore a designer's role in shaping society, incorporating diverse perspectives, critical reflection, and using design as a tool for positive social change.
Why buy a Valentine’s Day card when you can make one by hand? In this two-hour workshop, students will learn how to draw beautiful script letters and use them to create their own one-of-a-kind Valentine’s Day card.
Hard carving wax is ideal for precise details and structured designs, perfect for crafting a signet ring. Shape your timeless emblem of identity and connection using carving tools. Yes, it’s Valentine’s Day—come create with us!
Do you wish you had more opportunities to write by hand? This workshop will provide students with an overview of different styles and applications, as well as key considerations for improving your handwriting.
We acknowledge the land we are meeting on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
