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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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Chinese Calligraphy Workshop 毛笔字体验活动

Chinese Calligraphy and Painting of Canada Association

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Foil Embossing with Lahore Heritage Club x Sukoon Space

Drawn to Life: Physical Animation Workshop

EyeDot studio Critique Night.

Featured Events

Paperjam 2026

Toronto Zine Library

Paperjam is the Toronto Zine Library’s annual zine fair. This year is the library’s 20th anniversary, so we’ve booked the entire Tranzac Club to celebrate!

Chinese Calligraphy Workshop 毛笔字体验活动

Chinese Calligraphy and Painting of Canada Association

Join us for a special Chinese Calligraphy Workshop, where participants will explore the beauty of traditional Chinese Join us for a welcoming Chinese Calligraphy Workshop and community gathering.

Happening Today & Ongoing Exhibitions

Toronto Pancakes & Booze Art Show

Toronto Pancakes & Booze Art Show

The Pancakes & Booze Art Show

Come experience one of the largest pop-up art movements to hit North America over the past decade. Celebrating over 15 years of serving FREE PANCAKES and introducing you to some of the nation's leading emerging artists.

Inside Global Advertising & Media

Inside Global Advertising & Media

The Creative Room Toronto

The Creative Room brings together ambitious students and emerging professionals for intentional conversations with those shaping global creative industries. Designed as an intentional alternative to traditional mixers, each gathering brings together industry leaders and early-career talent in an intimate, structured setting.

Art/Wear: Sneakers x Artists

Art/Wear: Sneakers x Artists

Bata Shoe Museum

Many artists are increasingly using sneakers in conceptually rich ways to challenge and redefine conventional artistic boundaries. By manipulating the familiar form of sneakers, these artists create provocative works that explore themes of consumerism, personal expression, and societal expectations.

Inner Structures — Outer Rhythms

Inner Structures — Outer Rhythms

Aga Khan Museum

Inner Structures – Outer Rhythms offers a glimpse into the dynamic graphic design scene of Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA), showcasing how innovative Arabic and Persian typography contribute to global visual culture.

Amazing! Fantastic! Astounding! Science Fiction and the Pulp Magazines

Amazing! Fantastic! Astounding! Science Fiction and the Pulp Magazines

Toronto Public Library

The pulps were fiction magazines that dominated North America from the 1890s to the 1950s. For over half a century, they were the most affordable source of mass entertainment. And they were also the main source of science fiction. Explore the rise and fall of the pulps. Discover decades-old pulps, original pulp art, books and more.

Loops, Swoops & Curlicues: A Legacy of Handwritten History

Loops, Swoops & Curlicues: A Legacy of Handwritten History

Toronto Public Library

The value of cursive writing has become a matter of debate as rapid technological changes make the need to put pen to paper increasingly rare. This exhibition showcases a variety of formats that researchers make use of such as personal letters, diaries, and notebooks as well as public documents, business records and hand-drawn maps.

Upcoming Events

COFFEE & CREATIVI-TEA; mini-zine making

COFFEE & CREATIVI-TEA; mini-zine making

Create together. No pressure. No rules. This is an open, collaborative zine-making session. We’ll begin with a gentle free-write prompt, then move into creating our own mini zines through collage, doodling, and writing.

Screenprinting: Beyond the Basics - Three Session Course

Screenprinting: Beyond the Basics - Three Session Course

In this multi-day three session course participants will be taught a solid base of screenprinting approaches and techniques. Non-toxic and fully accessible approaches will be demonstrated in the first class, and photo emulsion screen shooting will be taught and the basics for file set up for halftone images and 2 layer printing.

Spring Equinox Collage Circle

Spring Equinox Collage Circle

c-suite creative

We're creating a space to slow down, get your hands busy, and tap into the creative energy that spring naturally brings. We'll cut, arrange, and play, making visual collages that reflect what we want to call in as the season unfolds.

Intro to Silverpoint Drawing

Intro to Silverpoint Drawing

Gwartzman's Art Supplies

Draw like the Old Masters! Guided by a professional artist, Alan Li, learn techniques for drawing with real silver. Experience this unique medium browning with age. All materials are included; beginners welcome.

DrawingTO: Unleash your creativity

DrawingTO: Unleash your creativity

Drawing TO is a Toronto-based art collective co-founded by Brazilian artists Juliana Bandeira and Luiza Albertini. Their mission is to create inclusive, joyful spaces where people can tap into their creativity through playful drawing exercises and artistic exploration. All supplies are provided, and no prior art experience is needed.

sunday sites in the gallery

sunday sites in the gallery

This is a place to write code and socialize. Make a website based on a poetic prompt. After two hours, we present our creations and talk a little about how we made them. No prior coding experience is required – we help each other out.

Cover to Cover: A Mini Magazine Conference

Cover to Cover: A Mini Magazine Conference

Issues Magazine Shop

On Sunday, March 22, join us for a one-day conference that celebrates the people, ideas, and stories shaping magazines today—across independent titles, commercial giants, and the many voices and businesses that support them.

AI Lab: Rapid Prototyping with Figma Make

AI Lab: Rapid Prototyping with Figma Make

Professional, in-person training to use AI responsibly and rapidly prototype design & product concepts. Learn to deliver beautiful, functional prototypes fast, and iterate with ease.

Collage Night

Collage Night

Issues Magazine Shop

Create, cut and paste pieces with a myriad of materials—from contemporary to vintage, and everything in between!—to create memory. Craft a blessing, build a vision board or remix a love poem for things to come. The experience is the joy! Invite your curiosity out on date, or bring a kid, parent, partner or pal: collage is for everyone.

Inside eBay Design: Craft, Community & Careers

Inside eBay Design: Craft, Community & Careers

Co-hosted with the Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF), this event brings together members of the local design community to meet the team behind eBay Design. You’ll hear how we approach craft at scale, collaborate across disciplines, and design experiences that impact millions of buyers and sellers worldwide.

Open Studio

Open Studio

Join us for Open Studio, a space to explore your creativity, connect with others, and simply create without judgment. Whether you want to doodle, colour, write, or just relax, this is your time to do what inspires you, alongside like-minded folks.

EyeDot studio Critique Night.

EyeDot studio Critique Night.

Do you have work you want feedback on? Is the response from family and friends, “good,” “great,” or “I don’t really get it,” not really helping? Crit Night is a chance for creatives to get together and talk about the work they are making. It is a space to refine how you think and talk about your work, by getting thoughtful feedback from others.

Ligatures Talk Series #5

Ligatures Talk Series #5

Join us as we welcome Doris Wai and Sasha Fonkatz to our next talk series!

A global view for local relevance

A global view for local relevance

Creative Mornings TO

Join us as Matt shares his perspective on creativity, technology, and the communities that bring them to life. Matt is a Product Manager for Adobe Lightroom, where he helps shape tools used by photographers around the world. Working at the intersection of creative technology and community, he brings a unique perspective to how creatives actually use the tool

CTRL+SHIFT Vol. 10

CTRL+SHIFT Vol. 10

CTRL+SHIFT is a recurring gathering for the creative tech community: a space to share work and spark conversation about technology, creativity and culture. For Vol. 10, we're partnering with Tendril, one of the most distinctive animation and design studios working today.

Zine Club

Zine Club

An open studio-style zine drop in! Bring your own project and supplies. Work alongside likeminded individuals and use our studio space to draw, collage, create, collate, and bind your zines! Bring your sketchbooks, ipads, or your printouts ready to bind!

Craftic Meetup & Swap at Mischief Makers

Craftic Meetup & Swap at Mischief Makers

Hiya crafty friends, the first Craftic meetup AND swap of the year is coming up! Let's hang out and make progress with our projects together. We're also hosting a swap during the meetup - you don't need to swap anything to attend!

Drawn to Life: Physical Animation Workshop

Drawn to Life: Physical Animation Workshop

Learn the basics of physical animation and go home with your very own flipbook and thaumatrope! We'll start with an introduction to animation principles such as squashing and stretching, character design, and storyboarding. Then, we'll do a quick warm up making a thaumatrope, and then your very own flipbook.

Lino Printing: Reductive Printmaking Workshop – Multi-Colour Prints

Lino Printing: Reductive Printmaking Workshop – Multi-Colour Prints

Hands-on Toronto art workshop: explore reductive lino printing, carve and layer colours, and print a mini edition of original artwork. In this workshop, you’ll learn step-by-step how to plan your design, select colour palettes, and print multiples while mastering this advanced technique.

Paperjam 2026

Paperjam 2026

Toronto Zine Library

Paperjam is the Toronto Zine Library’s annual zine fair. This year is the library’s 20th anniversary, so we’ve booked the entire Tranzac Club to celebrate!

Beginner Linocut printmaking workshop

Beginner Linocut printmaking workshop

Centre of Social Innovation

A beginner friendly workshop which introduces you to the fun world of Linocut printmaking. In this workshop we will focus on the fundamentals 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.

Chinese Calligraphy Workshop 毛笔字体验活动

Chinese Calligraphy Workshop 毛笔字体验活动

Chinese Calligraphy and Painting of Canada Association

Join us for a special Chinese Calligraphy Workshop, where participants will explore the beauty of traditional Chinese Join us for a welcoming Chinese Calligraphy Workshop and community gathering.

Foil Embossing with Lahore Heritage Club x Sukoon Space

Foil Embossing with Lahore Heritage Club x Sukoon Space

Inspired by Lahore’s jaalis, mosque interiors, and garden motifs, this hands-on session invites participants to explore texture, pressure, and pattern through metallic foil and simple embossing tools. Lahore’s visual culture serves as both reference and inspiration, reflecting traditions passed down through generations of South Asian art and design.

Drawing the Costumed Model

Drawing the Costumed Model

Gwartzman's Art Supplies

An informal, costumed life drawing session, the last Tuesday of each month. Join fellow creatives, practice techniques, experiment and relax. Each month will feature different costumed models. Doors will open 6:30pm.

Figma Makeathon

Figma Makeathon

An evening of exploration, play, and building with unbounded creativity with like-minded individuals. Why participate? All levels welcome: no ego, just building together. Mentorship: get direct feedback from people working in big tech. Prizes: a small prize will be given to the first place winners!

Design Evenings TO: The Evolution of the Designer in an Agentic Era

Design Evenings TO: The Evolution of the Designer in an Agentic Era

Drawing from his work transforming retail operations at Loblaw Digital, Simon explores how designers can lead in an AI-first world, prototyping possibilities, influencing strategy, and designing systems that improve people’s lives rather than simply shipping features.

Reduction Linocut

Reduction Linocut

Flycatcher Press

For intermediate and beginners to linocut or relief carving. In this 6-hour course you will develop your skills in designing, carving and printing relief prints. We will work on a two-colour linocut reduction print.

Product Evenings TO: Delivering Value When Tools Are Limited

Product Evenings TO: Delivering Value When Tools Are Limited

Join us for a conversation with Katie Meyer, Lead Designer at Scotiabank, as she shares how designers can drive meaningful impact inside large organizations, even when access to new AI tools is limited. Katie will explore how constraints can sharpen strategy, elevate craft, and unlock smarter decision making across teams.

F*** the Algorithm: authentic creation + marketing workshop

F*** the Algorithm: authentic creation + marketing workshop

For founders, creators, facilitators: share your voice and authentic self, build real community and promote your epic creations - without being owned by the algorithm. For the ones who don't want to be glued to social media or high screentime... but do want to share their gifts more.

Vibrant Tomato: Acrylic Painting

Vibrant Tomato: Acrylic Painting

Gwartzman's Art Supplies

Explore acrylic painting with a step-by-step project, presented by professional artist, Tori Smyth. Our topic this session? A vibrant tomato!

Letterpress Club at Open Studio

Letterpress Club at Open Studio

Letterpress Club is designed to remove barriers that prevent people from accessing the Vandercook press. Through this club, we will explore all the fun ways to play with letterpress and relief on this beautiful press while building an inclusive community.

Beyond the Basics Succulent Centrepiece Workshop

Beyond the Basics Succulent Centrepiece Workshop

Canadian Succulents

This hands-on workshop features the design and assembly of a succulent centrepiece arrangement in a large, modern ceramic planter. Dive deeper into styling principles, including colour harmony, texture combinations, and structural balance.

Turning paper into fabric

Turning paper into fabric

The Japanese Paper Place

Learn the secrets of Konnyaku in this full-day workshop where we’ll transform beautiful Japanese washi paper into fabric-like material and make a simple tsunobukuro style bag. We’ll also fill it with two hand-stitched journals!

Silkscreen Workshop!

Silkscreen Workshop!

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 in one class – and have tons of fun doing it. Wine, cheese and French music included!

Sketching from Scratch

Sketching from Scratch

This is an informal workshop — a chance to learn, hone or practice a new drawing technique each month. We'll have some music playing and a few snacks for the break. Each session, we'll focus on one drawing technique by reviewing some history, examples, and hands-on worksheets and still-life practice.

Wood Type Wonders!

Wood Type Wonders!

Flycatcher Press

Learn about the different ways to layer and ink wood type in this creative workshop meant for those who like to play with type! Using wood type from our collection and printing on our vintage sign press and vandercook press, you'll typeset and print a souvenir poster with your phrase and take home a few copies to share.

Pooches & Pastels

Pooches & Pastels

Toronto Dog Moms + CandyPress

Ever dreamed of turning your dog into a one-of-a-kind work of art? Now is your chance. Toronto Dog Moms is teaming up with Katika from Candy Press for a fun and creative night where you will draw your very own custom dog portrait using vibrant oil pastels.

TFIG: Thank F*ck It's Glue! Roncy Collage Circle

TFIG: Thank F*ck It's Glue! Roncy Collage Circle

c-suite creative

Overworked and uninspired? Join us for the creative escape you’ve been missing and your new favourite Friday night social. Zero experience needed. Zero judgment allowed. We've got all the supplies—you just bring yourself and whatever chaotic or zen energy you're working with that day. Let's make something weird and wonderful together.

Radiate

Radiate

YorkU DESN’s Class of 2026

Join us for Radiate, York University's DESN 2026 Grad Show. To us, Radiate is a space where we let our humanity shine, celebrating not only our vast design work but also the creative sparks that radiate from within us.

Toronto Stationary Show

Toronto Stationary Show

Toronto Stationary Show

The Toronto Stationery Show unites the community of stationery enthusiasts in the city and around the world. We are artists & businesses who are passionate about snail mail and paper related goods. Discover new and local creatives at our events!

Linocut & Letterpress Posters

Linocut & Letterpress Posters

Flycatcher Press

Mix pattern or imagery in linocut and vintage type and see what amazing design can be generated from these two relief processes. In this day-long course you'll learn about the history of wood and metal typesetting in letterpress printing and how to design and print a successful letterpress poster with both type and carved linoleum.

FITC

FITC

This year, FITC Toronto explores the theme of rebirth. In a world moving too fast and overwhelmed by AI and shiny new tools, we want to pause, reflect, and bring back the concepts that inspired us as artists.

Past Events

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

Inside Global Advertising & Media

Toronto Pancakes & Booze Art Show

falcon GX: open studio

Design Systems in Practice

Introduction to Linocut Printing

Print Play: "note to self" A Screenprinting Workshop

Aluminum Panel Painting

Carving Club

Dog Draw XII: March Bark

In Conversation with Adrian Villagomez

16mm Direct Animation Workshop

Sketching from Scratch

Wayfinding: Art

Leaders in Fintech: Designing the Future of Financial Experiences

Collage Night

Bookish Collage Night: Customized Tote Bags

The Cost of Growth - Film Screening and Conversation with Climate Designers

Letterpress Club at Open Studio

Intro to Silkscreen (Intensive)

Drawing with Felt & Thread

Geary Art Crawl

Public Lecture: Cyrus Highsmith

Co-Design As a Practice Framework

The Viaduct: Brave New Algorithm

PodCamp Toronto

Still Life Painting: Ceremonial Lion Head

Design Prompts Teardown

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