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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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Silkscreen Workshop!

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Lino Printing Workshop with Bess Ma

Featured Events

designwalks™ - Toronto - Walk 10

designwalks™ is a monthly walk-and-talk gathering for the design community, held on the last Saturday of every month in Toronto. Built around honest conversation and shared movement, designwalks™ creates space for designers to connect beyond portfolios, titles, and transactional networking. Each walk brings together creatives from different backgrounds to

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.

Happening Today & Ongoing Exhibitions

It's Dangerous To Go Alone!

It's Dangerous To Go Alone!

UofT Mississauga Library

This exhibit, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of The Legend of Zelda includes rare editions, console and handheld technologies from the Syd Bolton Collection of video games. It covers The Legend of Zelda franchise, tracing its design and storytelling legacy in video game history.

5th Annual Uptown Pride A Women’s Art Association of Canada Open Call Exhibition

5th Annual Uptown Pride A Women’s Art Association of Canada Open Call Exhibition

Women’s Art Association of Canada

5th Annual Uptown Pride Exhibition a vibrant juried group art show celebrating 2SLGBTQI+ community. Presented at the Dignam Gallery as part of Pride Toronto 2026 Diverse artworks that explore identity, resilience, love and joy.

The Great Canadian Jersey

The Great Canadian Jersey

Aga Khan Museum

The Great Canadian Jersey is a commemorative project created by Rogers that celebrates Canada’s deep connection to hockey by uniting pieces of jerseys from every province and territory into a single patchwork design.

Popular Culture in Early Modern English Household Print, 1660-1800

Popular Culture in Early Modern English Household Print, 1660-1800

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

Some things do not change much over time, namely the kinds of books people read and keep as reference sources at home. This exhibition showcases materials from the three best-selling genres of later seventeenth and eighteenth-century English print: household manuals, religious works, and light entertainment.

Summer Tenugui Towels: Fireworks, Fireflies, and Yōkai Monsters

Summer Tenugui Towels: Fireworks, Fireflies, and Yōkai Monsters

The Japan Foundation, Toronto

Summer must be the most active season for Tenugui towels. In order to survive through the extreme heat and humidity of summer in Japan, all kinds of customs, culture, and rituals have been created and developed. Tenugui towels were one of the tools to cope with summer in a practical way.

Game On! Exhibition

Game On! Exhibition

Step into Game On! — a vibrant exhibition celebrating the art, culture, and spirit of games through time. From board games to daring sports, each piece invites you to explore how games connect people, spark creativity, and build communities.

Upcoming Events

Creatives Multi-Industry Networking Event

Creatives Multi-Industry Networking Event

The Networking Events

Bringing together driven and ambitious individuals from across the creative world. Whether you're an actor, filmmaker, artist, designer, content creator, photographer, videographer, or creative entrepreneur, this event is designed to spark meaningful conversations, new opportunities, and powerful collaborations.

designwalks™ - Toronto - Walk 9

designwalks™ - Toronto - Walk 9

designwalks™ is a monthly walk-and-talk gathering for the design community, held on the last Saturday of every month in Toronto. Built around honest conversation and shared movement, designwalks™ creates space for designers to connect beyond portfolios, titles, and transactional networking. Each walk brings together creatives from different backgrounds to

Lino Printing Workshop with Bess Ma

Lino Printing Workshop with Bess Ma

This printmaking workshop will walk you through the process of creating a print from start to finish. From sketching to carving and inking to printing, you will leave this workshop with the ability to create your own prints at home.

Toronto Early Career Designer Picnic

Toronto Early Career Designer Picnic

Early career designers assemble! Celebrate the end of Figma's Config Week with a fun little picnic. We'll discuss conference highlights, bond over food and games, and relax in one of Toronto's premier parks. This is your chance to get to know other early career designers beyond the title and resume, while taking a break from the summer intern grind.

Carve & Print: Custom Linocut Sketchbooks

Carve & Print: Custom Linocut Sketchbooks

Gwartzman's Art Supplies

Create your own linocut stamp to print on a kraft cover, lay-flat sketchbook. You’ll leave with a unique sketchbook, fine art prints and the knowledge of how to set up a printmaking space at home. Beginners welcome. All materials provided.

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.

Costumed Life Drawing

Costumed Life Drawing

Gwartzman's Art Supplies

Join us for life drawing 2x a month at Gwartzman's. These sessions are non-instructional allowing you to observe and practice your techniques in a supportive environment. Meet other thoughtfully engaged artists improving their skills.

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.

Beginner Linocut printmaking workshop

Beginner Linocut printmaking workshop

A beginner friendly workshop which introduces you to the fun world of Linocut printmaking. In this workshop we will focus on the fundamentals of linoleum blockprinting, from how to think about your design and transferring it to the linoleum block, to carving the block and creating a stamp, inking and finally printing it.

Zine Shine

Zine Shine

Issues Mag Shop

Zine Shine is a two-week zine extravaganza, showcasing the range and vibrancy of zine culture in Toronto (and across the country!) We'll be exhibiting a wide selection of zine here at the shop. Everything will be available for sale in-store and online, and our hope is to expose our magazine-loving community to all the excitement of zine culture!

Sunset Plein Air Picnic

Sunset Plein Air Picnic

Gwartzman's Art Supplies

Learn how to build a scene in changing light, how to handle your materials for on-the-go painting & receive live feedback while challenging yourself to a limited colour palette. Materials & refreshments included.

Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

TOAF is inclusive, accessible and radically welcoming to all artists and art enthusiasts. For over 60 years, TOAF has been a key part in launching and sustaining the careers of 20,000 Canadian artists by directly connecting them to millions of art lovers, and public and private institutions.

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.

Fabric Printing Workshop

Fabric Printing Workshop

Ed's Mercantile

Discover the art of transforming plain textiles into vibrant, personalized creations in this hands-on Fabric Printing workshop. Designed for beginners and creatives alike, this session introduces a variety of printing techniques such as block printing, stencil design and more.

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.

Sashiko Embroidery: A Slow Stitch Workshop

Sashiko Embroidery: A Slow Stitch Workshop

Stitch & Salvage

Learn traditional Japanese sashiko embroidery and start your visible mending journey. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: Traditional sashiko stitch Visible mending basics Cultural history

Silkscreen Workshop!

Silkscreen Workshop!

Join our Silkscreen Workshop where you'll learn the basics of silkscreen printing in a laid-back, fun atmosphere. These workshops are perfect for people who don't necessarily want to know every technical detail about screen printing, but have always wanted to print and make something. Sip on wine and nibble on cheese while you work!

2026 Art Battle Canadian National Championship!

2026 Art Battle Canadian National Championship!

Art Battle Toronto

Join us in the heart of Toronto for the 2026 Canadian Art Battle Championship — the ultimate night of live competitive painting! This prestigious event brings together top artists from across the country, all battling for the title of 2026 Art Battle Canada Champion.

Art Socials: Letterpress Type Flags & Banners

Art Socials: Letterpress Type Flags & Banners

For sports fans and creatives alike! Design and print your own pennant flag from antique wood type on a printing press. While your flag dries, experiment with banner making with cut-out letters from previously printed alphabets and assemble a unique text-based artwork.

Cyanotype & Early Photography: Botanical Sun Printing Workshop

Cyanotype & Early Photography: Botanical Sun Printing Workshop

Discover one of the oldest forms of photography in this hands-on cyanotype sun printing workshop in Toronto—a creative, beginner-friendly art experience set within the historic grounds of The Village at Black Creek.

Printmaking Workshop: Heritage-Inspired Linocut Printing at Black Creek

Printmaking Workshop: Heritage-Inspired Linocut Printing at Black Creek

This beginner-friendly printmaking workshop will walk you through the process of carving your own stamp block and hand printing. Join the Toronto Art Club by PH1 Studios for a unique printmaking workshop in Toronto where art, history, and craftsmanship come together.

designwalks™ - Toronto - Walk 10

designwalks™ - Toronto - Walk 10

designwalks™ is a monthly walk-and-talk gathering for the design community, held on the last Saturday of every month in Toronto. Built around honest conversation and shared movement, designwalks™ creates space for designers to connect beyond portfolios, titles, and transactional networking. Each walk brings together creatives from different backgrounds to

Eco-Printing & Flower Pounding with Leah Sanchez

Eco-Printing & Flower Pounding with Leah Sanchez

Explore eco-printing and flower pounding techniques using plants and flowers. Leave with your own printed tote bag or/and fabric samples.

Art Socials: Printmaking Letterpress Postcards from Toronto

Art Socials: Printmaking Letterpress Postcards from Toronto

Print your own letterpress postcards using two antique platen presses set up with an image and text. Learn about traditional typesetting from wood and metal type, how it was used historically and how it can still be used today. Add colour to your image and write on your postcard to share your favourite memory of your Toronto summer with a friend or loved one

Nastaliq Calligraphy

Nastaliq Calligraphy

Nastaliq calligraphy, a treasured legacy of Persian culture, is a perfect blend of elegance, harmony, and fluidity. This course will guide you step by step, from the basics to advanced techniques, helping you refine your skills and create stunning calligraphic pieces.

Zine Dream 16

Zine Dream 16

Zine Dream is an annual small press art fair that is held in Toronto. Zine Dream 16 will be held at the Parkdale Hall 1605 Queen St. W. on August 15 from 11AM-5PM.

Art Socials: Letterpress Type Flags & Banners

Art Socials: Letterpress Type Flags & Banners

This monthly session explores art, urbanism, and placemaking through collage. Work with a curated mix of archival photos of Toronto, urban planning publications, and vintage magazines to express your own take on citybuilding and create your own reimagined built environment.

Past Events

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

Crafts & Crafts: Zine Making for Village Building

38Fundraiser

Ghost Signs of Toronto

Introduction to the Book Arts

IxDF Drinks and Connections!

RGD’s The Creative Lens

Little Cuts - A Linocut Printmaking Workshop

Collage Night

The Great Canadian Jersey

DesignMeets X Rotman BDI: Designing for Healthcare Futures

An afternoon with Sago Mini

"Recycle - Reuse - Renew" by Gail Blima

Art of the Book Festival

Manufacturing Knowledge, A Collage Poster Design Workshop

Letterpress Club at Open Studio

Beaches Arts + Crafts Market

5th Annual Uptown Pride A Women’s Art Association of Canada Open Call Exhibition

Zines 4 Democracy

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