2017 Alumni of Influence Awards Ceremony & Reception

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Friday, November 17, 2017 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Join us for the third annual gala reception celebrating 5 outstanding alumni. Mix and mingle with other alumni, the recipients, faculty members, and students! 

Anita Kunz - Distinguished Alumni Award
Hugh Mackenzie - Distinguished Educator Award
Natalyn Tremblay - World Builder Award
Carly McAskill - Trailblazer Award
Don Watt - Legacy Award

Ticket includes live entertainment, host bar and delectable hors d’oeuvres.

Emcee TV host Ajay Fry

Presenting Sponsor: TD Insurance

RSVP Now!

Learn more about our 2017 recipients

Venue & Address: 
100 McCaul Street, Auditorium, Room 190, Main Floor
Website: 
https://6698.thankyou4caring.org/pages/alumni-relations/alumni-association-socials/2017-alumni-of-influence-awards?srctid=1&erid=478645&trid=9f82a550-8063-4b13-a4b3-ea46d4a1c7ff

Webinar: Everything you wanted to know about mortgages

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Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:15pm

OCAD U Alumni Relations is proud to work with Street Capital Bank of Canada to offer OCAD Alumni great low mortgage rates.

If your existing mortgage is up for renewal or if you’re looking to purchase a new property, now or in the future, Street Capital is here to help.

Join us on Thursday April 13th from 12:30pm-1:15pm OR from 4:30pm-5:15pm for a free mortgage information seminar! Whether you are a first-time home buyer or a veteran home owner, this session will cover a range of topics to ensure that you are equipped to make your mortgage work for you.

The webinar will be hosted by Janice Moran, Street Capital's Affinity Relationship Specialist. Janice has been in the financial services industry for more than 35 years. She has been a licensed Mortgage Professional for more than 15 years, working as an independent agent prior to joining the Street Capital team. She has also held the Certified Financial Planner designation as a Financial Advisor.

Janice will cover off a range of topics including who Street Capital is, information about mortgage rates, information for new home buyers, ways you can be saving on your current mortgage and more!

Venue & Address: 
Online
Website: 
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/5293061452341345537
Email: 
alumni@ocadu.ca
Cost: 
Free

Fourth-Year Week: From Theory to Practice, Taking your Visual Arts Career to the Next Level

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Kristian Clarke, Executive Director of the Ontario chapter of Canadian Artists' Representation/Le Front des Artistes Canadiens (CARFAC) will talk about taking your visual art careers to the next level.

Presented by Alumni Relations.

This week is all about YOU, the fourth-year student'to recognize your accomplishments as you near the end of your final year. Fourth-Year Week is a way for OCAD to say thank you and celebrate the valuable contribution you make to the OCAD community and beyond.

We welcome you to participate as your schedule allows.

March 10 to March 14, 2008

Connect, engage, reflect and have fun!

Check the Events Calendar for daily activities and watch for posters and a Fourth-Year Week brochure!

Venue & Address: 
Room 1320 113 McCaul Street, Toronto, Ontario
Email: 
bjames@ocad.ca

Currents

Craft Year 2007
Saturday, September 29, 2007 - 4:00am to Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 4:00am

In welcoming back OCAD's Material Art & Design, Applied Art & Design, Material Arts alumni for a weekend of programming earlier in September, OCAD presents an exhibition of work by alumni and faculty in OCAD's Great Hall, curated by Professor William Hodge.
Currents features the work of Beth Alber, Mildred Avendano, Patricia Bentley, Lois Betteridge, Carolynn Bloomer, Suzanne Carlsen, Ruth Chambers, Ying-Yueh Chuang, Ian Chung, Alissa Coe and Carly Waito, Marta Dal Farra, Jocelyn De Backere, Angelo di Petta, Michael Doxey, Martina Edmonson, Eva Ennist, William Hodge, Kate Jackson, Michael Jaroszewicz, Arounna Khounnoraj, Chung-Im Kim, Margaret Lim, Susan Low-Beer, Rory MacDonald, Michelle Mendlowitz, Dorie Millerson, Robert Mitchell, Julie Moon, Joni Moriyama, Kathleen Morris, Ken Nicol, Michele Perras, Anrea Piller, Greg Sims, Greg Sloane, Don Stuart, Mary Jane Varro, Ken Vickerson, Sarah Washbush Byrne, Laurie Wassink, Andr'e Wejsmann, Robert Wylie, Lily Yung, Susan Warner Keene, and Cybele Young.
Presented in partnership with the OCAD Alumni Association, as part of Canada's 2007 Year of Craft: www.craftyear2007.ca

Venue & Address: 
Great Hall 100 McCaul St., Toronto, Ontario
Cost: 
Free

Currents at Nuit Blanche 07: Alumni Reception

Saturday, September 29, 2007 - 8:00pm

Toronto's version of Nuit Blanche, the all-night, city-wide contemporary art celebration, returns on the weekend of September 29 to 30. This year, OCAD will mark the occasion with an Alumni reception, a speaker series and exhibitions from William Hodge and David McIntosh.
An Alumni Reception on Saturday, September 29, 4:00 pm, will kick-start Nuit Blanche celebrations. Why not reconnect with former classmates while enjoying fantastic hors d'oevres and an exclusive preview of OCAD's Nuit Blanche contribution? Tickets for the reception can be purchased online for $15 at https://secure.ocad.ca/currents/

Venue & Address: 
Auditorium 100 McCaul St., Toronto, Ontario
Cost: 
$15

OCAD U Alumni Holiday Social Reception & Presentation: “100 Years of Title Design in Film, TV, and Beyond”

OCAD U Alumni Holiday Social Reception & Presentation: “100 Years of Title Design in Film, TV, and Beyond”
Monday, December 12, 2016 - 11:00pm to Tuesday, December 13, 2016 - 1:00am

Can you imagine James Bond without that iconic opening gun barrel shot? Or Star Wars without the opening crawl?

Mix and mingle in the Bell Blue Lounge with fellow OCAD U alumni, enjoy hors d’oeuvres, refreshments and holiday cheer. Then take in a stunning look at 100 years of title design, an art form at the nexus of filmmaking, graphic design, and marketing.

In this engaging presentation, commissioned exclusively for our Holiday Social, Lola Landekic and Will Perkins of Art of the Title will explore the vast, beautiful, and under-appreciated field of title design – from its origins at the beginning of the film industry, through its golden ages and renaissances, into the explosion of television, and its recent spread into video games and beyond. 

Ticket includes private catered reception in the Bell Blue Room followed by a presentation in Cinema 4 exclusive to our guests.

Venue & Address: 
TIFF Bell Lightbox King St W at John Street
Website: 
http://6698.thankyou4caring.org/pages/alumni-relations/alumni-association-socials/ocad-u-alumni-holidays-2016-social-at-tiff
Cost: 
$15

OCAD University Alumni Fall Social Reception & Private Tour

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Monday, September 12, 2016 - 10:00pm to Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 12:00am

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT

Please join us at our other Fall 2016 Alumni Events:

September 28: President's Speakers Series
November 12: Alumni of Influence Awards Ceremony & Reception
December 12: Alumni Holidays Social at TIFF

Register now at www.ocadu.ca/alumnievents

Ticket includes cocktail reception and private tour of the stunning Aga Khan Museum.  Guests will be treated to a private tour of "Marvellous Creatures: Animals in Islamic Art".  Meet the marvellous creatures of such classic literature as the Shahameh and Kalila wa Dimna.  Through an astonishing variety of media - including manuscripts, textiles, ceramics, jewellery, glass and metalwork from the 7th to the 21st centuries - the exhibition celebrates these real and mythical animals and illuminates the knowledge contained in the stories. Register online today!

Venue & Address: 
Aga Khan Museum 77 Wynford Drive (just north of Eglinton Ave East/Don Mills Road)
Cost: 
$15

ArtWorks2016: The Bi-Annual Alumni Exhibition

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Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 10:00pm to Friday, April 22, 2016 - 1:00am

The Bi-Annual Alumni Exhibition: ArtWorks2016, will be featuring work from a variety of disciplines from OCAD Alumni! The exhibition will run from April 21 to April 23, 2016 at the Women’s Art Association of Canada.

Featuring work by:
John Inglis (AOCA, Fine Arts/ Drawing & Painting, 1952)
Sandra Altwerger (AOCA, Fine Arts/ Drawing & Painting, 1963)
Ozzie Ciliberti (AOCA, Drawing & Painting, 1972)
Margot Miller (AOCA, Textile Design, 1972)
Barry Coombs (Fine Arts/ Drawing & Painting,1977)
Donna Blanco (AOCA, Photo/Electric Arts,1983)
Robin Hesse (AOCA, Fine Arts/ Drawing & Painting, 1983)
Justine Jenkins (AOCA, Environmental Design, 1988)
Deborah Livingston-Lowe (AOCA, Textile Design, 1989)
Iwona Kmiec (AOCA, Environmental Design, 1990)
Marta Baricsa (AOCA, Experimental Arts,1991)
Christine Germano (AOCA, General Studies,1994)
Angela Pierro (AOCA, Communication & Design,1996)
Ljuba Adanja (AOCAD, Drawing & Painting,1998)
Jowenne Carpo Herrera (AOCA, Graphic Design, 2000)
Yulia Shtern (BFA, Fine Arts, 2001)
Adi Zur (AOCAD, Drawing & Painting, 2002)
Lee Richmond (BFA, Drawing & Painting, 2006)
Igor Sinitar (BFA, Drawing & Painting, 2010)
Abbas Rizvi (BFA, Drawing & Painting, 2011)
Kelly McNeil (BDES, Illustration, 2012)
Savina Ioannou (BFA, Drawing & Painting, 2013)
Singithi Kandage (BFA, Drawing & Painting, 2013)
Romena Mohammadi (BFA, Drawing & Painting, 2013)
Angela Plesa (BFA, Drawing & Painting, 2013)
Dallas Conte (BDES, Illustration, 2014)
Paul Guzman (BFA, Drawing & Painting, 2014)
Heidi Sutton (BFA, Drawing & Painting, 2015)
Carly Whitmore (BFA, Photography, 2015)

Venue & Address: 
Dingam Gallery | Women’s Art Association of Canada | 23 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto.
Website: 
http://ocadualumni.ca/1376-2/
Email: 
alumni@ocadu.ca
Phone: 
416-977-6000 Ext.4880
Cost: 
Complimentary. Sponsored by OCAD U Alumni Association, OCAD U Alumni Relations, TD Insurance.

Florence! with Peter Sramek

Florence! with Peter Sramek
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 10:30pm

An OCAD U Alumni Association Social

Please join the OCAD University Alumni Association at the AGO for the first alumni social of the season.

Our evening will begin in the Red Room, where Peter Sramek, Chair of Photography, will present his photos of Florence and discuss the value of the OCAD University Florence Program. Following the lecture we'll move to the adjacent Young Gallery for a reception where you can meet and mingle with other alumni and guests.

Doors open at 6:30 pm. Presentation will begin at 7:00 pm. To access these venues enter the AGO via Frank restaurant on the first floor.

This is a free ticketed event. Register using link below to reserve your seats. Everyone is welcome!

Presented by the OCAD U Alumni Association in partnership with OCAD U Alumni Relations

Art Gallery of Ontario

 

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Free

Venue & Address: 
Art Gallery of Ontario - Red Room + Young Gallery 317 Dundas St West Toronto, Ontario

Florence Exhibition

Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 9:00pm

An exhibition of student work for the OCAD U Florence Program

Join the most recent cohort of the Florence Program as they share an exhibition of work created while attending this fantastic program abroad.

Meet the students (past and present) from the program and hear about the incredible impact this opportunity has had on their educational experience.

Florence program alumnus Marc O'Brien says it best by stating:
"Being in the Florence program was so critical to my development as an artist, a professional and a human being. Nowhere else can you find such a luscious, educational blend of language, history, culture, autonomy, and family than in the Florence Program. It changed my life. Pure and Simple."
- Marc O'Brien, BDes 2011, Illustration Medal Winner

Excited? Us too! Please register if you plan on joining us.

Presented by OCAD U Development & Alumni Relations

 

416.977.6000 x4880

 

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alumni@ocadu.ca

Register

Venue & Address: 
Great Hall 100 McCaul St. Toronto, Ontario
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