Events for designers & creatives

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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16mm Direct Animation Workshop

Northern Contemporary

Introduction to Linocut Printing

Flycatcher Press

AI Lab: Rapid Prototyping with Figma Make

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

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Drink & Draw Workshop: Geometric Art

Sketching from Scratch

Featured Events

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.

Map The Room / Lunar New Year Celebration

Map The Room is a family-style dinner social that playfully reveals who’s around the table. Come hungry and curious: discovering patterns, overlaps, and the range of interests in the room is where the fun begins. Across the lightly structured evening, we’ll eat, explore the visuals, and play a couple rounds of creative activities.

Happening Today & Ongoing Exhibitions

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

Let’s Ăn! - An Asian Creatives Dinner

Let’s Ăn! - An Asian Creatives Dinner

pamplepuss x vietbossbabe

Whether you're a designer, videomaker, writer or content creator, you're invited to an intimate dinner at Hẻm Social, hosted by pamplepuss x vietbossbabe. We will be sharing food, exchanging ideas, and fostering connections.

Library of Love: A Sketch Night by Drawn Together

Library of Love: A Sketch Night by Drawn Together

@drawn.together.to / @meggu_makes

F all back in love with sketching and drawing. You will get to explore love beyond the obvious - love for self, love for others, love for ritual, love for small everyday moments, and love for the simple act of making marks on a page.

CURATED VISUALS

CURATED VISUALS

A screening of music videos that have inspired and inspire black culture. Diving into director Dylan Reid's library of references. Come discuss visuals, techniques, the act of referencing and unpack how black culture moves mood to method.

Hands-On Printmaking Workshop

Hands-On Printmaking Workshop

This beginner-friendly workshop will walk you through the process of carving your own stamp block and hand printing with a single-colour process.

Introduction to Linocut Printing

Introduction to Linocut Printing

Flycatcher Press

In this three-hour course we will focus on the fundamentals of design for linoleum block prints, carving a small stamp block (2"x3") on soft-cut lino, and a larger design for printing on the printing press (4"x 6") to make an edition of identical prints.

Zayhaus: Collage Night & Chai

Zayhaus: Collage Night & Chai

Zayhaus is hosting a chill collage night and community hang. It’s a space to meet people and make things with your hands. Collage materials will be set out, with snacks and tea available throughout the night. You’re welcome to work at your own pace, hang out, or just come to meet people.

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.

Drink & Draw Workshop: Geometric Art

Drink & Draw Workshop: Geometric Art

Join us for a special Drink & Draw Workshop where you can unleash your creativity through Geometric Arts with artist Victor Wei

Work, Together at Junto Studio

Work, Together at Junto Studio

Work, Together is a coworking day for creatives, freelancers, and small business owners who want to work alongside other motivated people. Come spend the day in a cozy, inspiring space, get work done, and connect naturally with people who get it.

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.

2 Colour Riso Workshop

2 Colour Riso Workshop

Take home 25qty 11x17" 2-colour Risograph prints of your own creation, plus a print exchange with all workshop participants. In this workshop participants will learn to digitally colour separate an artwork, prepare a file for print, print with a risograph in 2 colours.

Black Influence In Advertising: Black History Month

Black Influence In Advertising: Black History Month

Book Club Toronto

Inspired by Melissa Kimble's tweet "This world does not move without Black creativity", we'll explore the ways in which Black culture, creativity, customs and social norms have been the bedrock of modern advertising, especially in the age of television and the internet. Come ready to listen, reflect and discuss.

Collaging Vision Notebooks

Collaging Vision Notebooks

A dedicated session to create your vision notebook with all materials provided and optional guided prompts. The session will include an optional sharing period at the end for those who want to reflect. Whether you're new to vision planning or a seasoned creator, this workshop offers a blend of structure and freedom.

Design Evenings TO: AI at the Edges to AI at the Core

Design Evenings TO: AI at the Edges to AI at the Core

Explore how AI has evolved from a late-stage helper into a starting point for discovery and iteration. Learn where AI adds the most leverage in research, exploration, and product thinking, and where designers must continue to lead with judgment and intent.

Map The Room / Lunar New Year Celebration

Map The Room / Lunar New Year Celebration

Map The Room is a family-style dinner social that playfully reveals who’s around the table. Come hungry and curious: discovering patterns, overlaps, and the range of interests in the room is where the fun begins. Across the lightly structured evening, we’ll eat, explore the visuals, and play a couple rounds of creative activities.

Zine Workshop

Zine Workshop

Big River Bindery

Learn how to make DIY publications for sharing art and ideas. In this workshop, we will make two zines - one out of a single page, and a sewn pamphlet - and fill them using drawing, writing, and collage.

CTRL+SHIFT Vol.9 - Creative Tech Meetup

CTRL+SHIFT Vol.9 - Creative Tech Meetup

CTRL SHIFT Vol. 9 is landing at New Stadium for a night built around the future of creativity: generative storytelling, modern creative workflows, and the people actually shipping interesting work right now. Expect interactive speaker sessions, live moments that pull the room in, and opportunities to meet new collaborators.

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.

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

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

c-suite creative

Ditch the Friday night bar crawl and come make some art with us instead! Our monthly collage circles are basically group therapy, but with glue sticks and magazines. Think of it as a screen-free meditation session where you get to cut things up (legally and therapeutically).

Trademarks explained: from legal rules to business decisions

Trademarks explained: from legal rules to business decisions

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Join us for this live webinar where we’ll learn how trademark strategies can support your business goals both legally and practically. Joining the discussion will be Paula Clancy, partner and trademark agent at Gowling WLG’s Ottawa office, and Michael Shortt, partner and trademark agent at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP’s Montreal office.

Still Life Painting: Ceremonial Lion Head

Still Life Painting: Ceremonial Lion Head

Gwartzman's Art Supplies

This CNY celebrate with Elmo, a ceremonial lion head and your model, for an evening of still life painting with professional artist Anson Ng. Materials provided; beginners welcome. Includes a blank canvas for you to paint and take home!

PodCamp Toronto

PodCamp Toronto

PodCamp Toronto

PodCamp Toronto is an open, community-driven event for anyone creating online. Designers, makers, and digital storytellers come together to share skills, ideas, and real-world experience in a collaborative setting.

Drawing with Felt & Thread

Drawing with Felt & Thread

Spend a weekend exploring how to create textile drawings using thread and felt as your pencil and paint.

Geary Art Crawl

Geary Art Crawl

Geary Art Crawl

Geary Art Crawl is a two-day, rain-or-shine festival celebrating art, culture, and community on Geary Avenue in Toronto's west end. Featuring live music, visual art installations, local vendors, food, and pop-up markets, the event transforms the area into a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly space for people to experience the local arts scene.

Intro to Silkscreen (Intensive)

Intro to Silkscreen (Intensive)

inPrint Collective

Interested in screen but intimidated by the process? In this workshop, you'll receive an intensive introduction to emulsion-based silkscreen and demystify the practice so you can do it at home.

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

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

Climate Designers Toronto

Join Climate Designers Toronto for a screening of the film "The Cost of Growth", followed by a conversation about its implications for designers and the design industry.

Bookish Collage Night: Customized Tote Bags

Bookish Collage Night: Customized Tote Bags

Handmade Jungle

If you love collage but are looking to try something new, this workshop is for you! In this workshop, we will create customized collaged tote bags based on your interests and personality. This is a great way to explore collaging if you've done it before, but is also very beginner friendly.

Leaders in Fintech: Designing the Future of Financial Experiences

Leaders in Fintech: Designing the Future of Financial Experiences

Join us for an insightful panel discussion featuring design leaders from across the financial services ecosystem as they explore how design drives trust, usability, and innovation in fintech.

16mm Direct Animation Workshop

16mm Direct Animation Workshop

Northern Contemporary

Join us for a one-of-a-kind workshop where you'll animate by hand on 16mm film to create your own short stop-motion piece, no experience needed! Participants will be taught an array of direct animation techniques to scratch, paint, draw, and destroy a film strip, and receive pieces of black, clear, and scrap film to create their own 15 second mini animation.

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.

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.

Wayfinding: Art

Wayfinding: Art

Wayfinding: conversations about navigating the tensions of tech in modern life. How do we engage with this potential while living in accordance with the responsibility we have to the world and each other?

Introduction to Linocut Printing

Introduction to Linocut Printing

Flycatcher Press

In this three-hour course we will focus on the fundamentals of design for linoleum block prints, carving a small stamp block (2"x3") on soft-cut lino, and a larger design for printing on the printing press (4"x 6") to make an edition of identical prints.

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.

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.

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.

Past Events

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

From wax to metal: Ring Workshop

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

Soft Sculpture Snacks

V-day Ring Workshop

Love Letters - Wood Type Poster

Show Your Work: Easy Intro to Motion

Objectified Film Screening and Happy Hour

Design After-Hours TO: Winter 2026

Design x AI: What Are We Actually Figuring Out?

DesignMeets X OCAD U: Design & The Love Economy

Collage Night

Pressure Printing Valentines

Bamtori's Vday Market

Screenprinting 101 Workshop

Gel Plate Monoprints on Washi using Custom Stencils & Masks

Lego Letterpress Valentines

Collage Night: The Series

Loops, Swoops & Curlicues: A Legacy of Handwritten History

Work and Play: Data for Designers

Trace Monotypes on Washi with Helen McCusker

Otherworld: DesignTO Youth Showcase

FEELS Issue 25: Hunger Launch & Ninth Birthday Party!

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

2 Colour Riso Workshop

Design Evenings TO: Designing for Speed and Scale with AI

Collage Night

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