OCAD University's 100th Graduate Exhibition (GradEx)


More than 900 promising young artists and designers are exhibiting at the biggest GradEx ever -- OCAD University's 100th!

 
DateWednesday, April 29, 2015 - 10:30pm to Sunday, May 3, 2015 - 9:00pm

Phone

<p>416-977-6000</p>

Cost

Free

Email

communications@ocadu.ca

Website

http://www.ocadu.ca/gradex

Location

OCAD University 100 McCaul St. 60 McCaul St. 52 McCaul St. 49 McCaul St.

For Information about the 2016 Graduate Exhibition, GradEx 101, please visit http://ocadu.ca/gradex

 

More than 900 promising young artists and designers are exhibiting at the biggest GradEx ever -- OCAD University's 100th! This year, GradEx expands to a five-day exhibition spread across four buildings on campus including the iconic Sharp Centre for Design. The university will throw open its doors, inviting the community to see works by the creative minds of OCAD U’s Class of 2015.

Students from undergraduate and graduate programs will show their final thesis work to an audience of more than 25,000 guests, some of whom attend the show to recruit new talent for their own galleries and firms.

Undergraduate programs represented in this year's GradEx are: Criticism and Curatorial Practice, Drawing & Painting, Integrated Media, Digital Painting and Expanded Animation, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture/Installation and the specialization Cross-Disciplinary Art: Publications in the Faculty of Art; Advertising, Environmental Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design and Material Art & Design (jewellery, fibre and ceramics) in the Faculty of Design. The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of Interdisciplinary Studies will present work from the Digital Futures and Indigenous Visual Culture programs.

OCAD U's graduate programs are: Contemporary Art, Design and New Media Art Histories, Criticism & Curatorial Practice, Digital Futures, Inclusive Design, Interdisciplinary Master's in Art, Media and Design, Strategic Foresight and Innovation

Feature sales provide the opportunity to purchase work from emerging talent at reasonable prices:
Graphic Design - Room 636, 100 McCaul St.
Material Art & Design (MAAD) - Room 253, 100 McCaul St.

Printmaking - Room 387, 100 McCaul St..
Publications - Room 384, 100 McCaul St.

GradEx Schedule:
Opening Night: Wednesday, April 29, 6:30 to 11 p.m.
Thursday, April 30, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, May 1, 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 2, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, May 3, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Secondary school visits can be booked on both Thursday, April 30 and Friday, May 1 between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Book your high school visit to GradEx now!

TTC Directions: Get off at St. Patrick Subway Station and walk west on Dundas to McCaul (south of Dundas).

OCAD University’s annual Graduate Exhibition is generously supported by Presenting Sponsor Mercedes-Benz Financial Services. Other sponsors include: C.A. Delaney Capital Management Ltd., First Capital Realty, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, CP24 (Media Sponsor), NOW (Media Sponsor) and Steam Whistle (Event Sponsor). Cultural partners include the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Chealsea Hotel, Toronto.

This event has been financially assisted by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, a program of the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, administered by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund Corporation.

Poster artwork and design by OCAD U alumnus Gary Taxali

DateWednesday, April 29, 2015 - 10:30pm to Sunday, May 3, 2015 - 9:00pm

Phone

416-977-6000

Cost

Free

Email

communications@ocadu.ca

Website

http://www.ocadu.ca/gradex

Location

OCAD University 100 McCaul St. 60 McCaul St. 52 McCaul St. 49 McCaul St.

Poster with characters illustrated by Gary Taxali
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 10:30pm to Sunday, May 3, 2015 - 9:00pm

For Information about the 2016 Graduate Exhibition, GradEx 101, please visit http://ocadu.ca/gradex

 

More than 900 promising young artists and designers are exhibiting at the biggest GradEx ever -- OCAD University's 100th! This year, GradEx expands to a five-day exhibition spread across four buildings on campus including the iconic Sharp Centre for Design. The university will throw open its doors, inviting the community to see works by the creative minds of OCAD U’s Class of 2015.

Students from undergraduate and graduate programs will show their final thesis work to an audience of more than 25,000 guests, some of whom attend the show to recruit new talent for their own galleries and firms.

Undergraduate programs represented in this year's GradEx are: Criticism and Curatorial Practice, Drawing & Painting, Integrated Media, Digital Painting and Expanded Animation, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture/Installation and the specialization Cross-Disciplinary Art: Publications in the Faculty of Art; Advertising, Environmental Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design and Material Art & Design (jewellery, fibre and ceramics) in the Faculty of Design. The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of Interdisciplinary Studies will present work from the Digital Futures and Indigenous Visual Culture programs.

OCAD U's graduate programs are: Contemporary Art, Design and New Media Art Histories, Criticism & Curatorial Practice, Digital Futures, Inclusive Design, Interdisciplinary Master's in Art, Media and Design, Strategic Foresight and Innovation

Feature sales provide the opportunity to purchase work from emerging talent at reasonable prices:
Graphic Design - Room 636, 100 McCaul St.
Material Art & Design (MAAD) - Room 253, 100 McCaul St.

Printmaking - Room 387, 100 McCaul St..
Publications - Room 384, 100 McCaul St.

GradEx Schedule:
Opening Night: Wednesday, April 29, 6:30 to 11 p.m.
Thursday, April 30, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, May 1, 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 2, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, May 3, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Secondary school visits can be booked on both Thursday, April 30 and Friday, May 1 between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Book your high school visit to GradEx now!

TTC Directions: Get off at St. Patrick Subway Station and walk west on Dundas to McCaul (south of Dundas).

OCAD University’s annual Graduate Exhibition is generously supported by Presenting Sponsor Mercedes-Benz Financial Services. Other sponsors include: C.A. Delaney Capital Management Ltd., First Capital Realty, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, CP24 (Media Sponsor), NOW (Media Sponsor) and Steam Whistle (Event Sponsor). Cultural partners include the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Chealsea Hotel, Toronto.

This event has been financially assisted by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, a program of the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, administered by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund Corporation.

Poster artwork and design by OCAD U alumnus Gary Taxali

Venue & Address: 
OCAD University 100 McCaul St. 60 McCaul St. 52 McCaul St. 49 McCaul St.
Website: 
http://www.ocadu.ca/gradex
Email: 
communications@ocadu.ca
Phone: 
<p>416-977-6000</p>
Cost: 
Free
Keywords: 
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