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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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Fisher Small & Fine Press Fair

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

Printmaking Pop-up hosted by Artist Natamori

Above Ground Art Supplies x Speedball

Board Game Designer Night

Snakes & Lattes

Board Game Designer Night

Snakes & Lattes

Board Game Designer Night

Snakes & Lattes

Featured Events

Letterpress Club at Open Studio

Join us for Letterpress Club as we gather around the Vandercook 4T and make some text-based prints around a different theme each month. We will be celebrating Pride month and welcoming all participants who identify as a part of the 2SLGBT+ community to collaborate and have fun printing with wood type. Let's celebrate the community we make together.

Climate Book & Article Club: The Circular Economy

Climate Designers Toronto

Over the course of the evening, we'll reflect on how we as designers and sustainability professionals play a role in the implementation of the circular economy, what it means to make real impact, and how these initiatives fit into the bigger picture of climate and environmentalism.

Happening Today & Ongoing Exhibitions

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

Good Friends Market

Good Friends Market

Good Friends Market

Good Friends Market is a Toronto-based market where good people, good finds, and good tastes collide. Part vintage treasure hunt, part handmade showcase, part “I didn’t plan on buying this but I had to.” From gifts to keepers, there’s something for everyone - especially if you like finding things before everyone else does.

Letterpress Club at Open Studio

Letterpress Club at Open Studio

Join us for Letterpress Club as we gather around the Vandercook 4T and make some text-based prints around a different theme each month. We will be celebrating Pride month and welcoming all participants who identify as a part of the 2SLGBT+ community to collaborate and have fun printing with wood type. Let's celebrate the community we make together.

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.

Copy: Publishing and Political Movements

Copy: Publishing and Political Movements

Learn how to make your own publication and how to publish in lockstep with political struggle. This three-part workshop will guide participants through the process of creating your own independent publication, from finding the money, to working with a team, to editing, designing, and printing. Participants will create a piece of printed matter to take home.

Lumen Printing with Farida Rady

Lumen Printing with Farida Rady

Create unique botanical prints using sunlight and photo paper in this hands-on camera-less photography workshop. Experiment with plants, light, and chance to make one-of-a-kind images. No experience needed.

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.

Jazz & Draw

Jazz & Draw

Hosted with @leonn.mac, we're doing a live jazz and sketch night! Come in, listen to some chill jazz, while making a still life drawing on your own. Use any of our watercolour, oil pastels, pencils, markers to create your piece! Maybe try a new medium, or practice one that's familiar. There will be teachers to help guide you to make your masterpiece.

Marketing Evenings TO: Building Shake Shack Canada

Marketing Evenings TO: Building Shake Shack Canada

Bringing a global brand into a new market takes more than recognition, it takes local insight and community-first activation. In this session, the leaders behind Shake Shack Canada share how they launched, localized, and scaled the brand for Canadian audiences.

Climate Book & Article Club: The Circular Economy

Climate Book & Article Club: The Circular Economy

Climate Designers Toronto

Over the course of the evening, we'll reflect on how we as designers and sustainability professionals play a role in the implementation of the circular economy, what it means to make real impact, and how these initiatives fit into the bigger picture of climate and environmentalism.

Good Friends Market

Good Friends Market

Good Friends Market

Good Friends Market is a Toronto-based market where good people, good finds, and good tastes collide. Part vintage treasure hunt, part handmade showcase, part “I didn’t plan on buying this but I had to.” From gifts to keepers, there’s something for everyone - especially if you like finding things before everyone else does.

Yorkville Murals

Yorkville Murals

Yorkville Murals

Toronto’s most dynamic art and muralism festival returns from August 22–23, 2026 with the third edition of its theme, No Empty Spaces. Yorkville Murals transforms Yorkville Avenue—stretching from Bellair Street to Hazelton Avenue—into a vibrant, interactive cultural playground.

DIY Kaweco

DIY Kaweco

Gwartzman's Art Supplies

Assemble your own quality fountain pen at this pop-up event! These limited edition glow-in-the-dark fountain pens are a brick-and-mortar exclusive.

Design Evenings TO: How Float Rebuilt Their Design Process Without Figma

Design Evenings TO: How Float Rebuilt Their Design Process Without Figma

Join us for an evening with Greg Rogers, Head of Design at Float, as he explores how a high-growth company reimagined its entire design workflow. Greg will share how Float built "Surf," an internal prototyping tool that’s replaced Figma by designing directly with production code — without sacrificing quality.

Life Drawing in Toronto: The Conté Club

Life Drawing in Toronto: The Conté Club

Toronto Art Club

Looking for life drawing in Toronto? Join our self-led figure drawing sessions at 401 Richmond. All skill levels welcome. Come join Erik Mohr (Creative Director) for a relaxed evening filled with mark-making. Sessions are welcome to all levels, and attendees should provide their own materials.

Fresh Meet: A Mosaic Portfolio Night

Fresh Meet: A Mosaic Portfolio Night

Fresh to the industry? Meet the people who aren't. More than a portfolio review, it's an opportunity to make connections that can help shape what's next. Apply for the chance to join us.

DIY Kaweco

DIY Kaweco

Gwartzman's Art Supplies

Assemble your own quality fountain pen at this pop-up event! These limited edition glow-in-the-dark fountain pens are a brick-and-mortar exclusive.

Printmaking Pop-up hosted by Artist Natamori

Printmaking Pop-up hosted by Artist Natamori

Above Ground Art Supplies x Speedball

Join artist Natamori (@hello.natamori) for a hands-on introduction to block printing, presented in collaboration with Speedball! No experience necessary! Just drop in and give block printing a try. Supplies are provided while quantities last.

Speed Portraiture

Speed Portraiture

Hot Pizza Studio

Practice your drawing skills while meeting cool people AND amassing a unique collection of portraits of YOU! Every skill level is welcome. Speed is key; there is no time for perfectionism or over-analysis.

Arts & Crafts Vendor Market by GTA Craft Club

Arts & Crafts Vendor Market by GTA Craft Club

A welcoming end-of-summer market with local vendors, live portraits, snacks, craft tables, and a treasure hunt!

Board Game Designer Night

Board Game Designer Night

Snakes & Lattes

Calling all creators! Join us for Board Game Designer Night at Snakes & Lattes Annex. Playtest, share, and bring your ideas to life! Interested in game design? Have board game ideas? Want to playtest games before anyone else? Come join our monthly Game Designer Night and meet local designers - open to public, not just designers!

The Power Ball

The Power Ball

The Power Plant

The comeback you’ve been craving. After a seven-year hiatus, Power Ball returns on Thursday, September 17, 2026. This long-awaited comeback revives the gallery’s most iconic fundraiser as it has always been at heart: an unforgettable art party, where contemporary art, immersive environments, and collective celebration come together.

Zine Machine (4wks)

Zine Machine (4wks)

Do you have a personal story you want to share? An illustrated essay about your pet? A comic about your favourite food? Zine Machine will take you from concept to distribution in 4 weeks of studio time with exercises and guidance to help you self-publish your zine.

Fisher Small & Fine Press Fair

Fisher Small & Fine Press Fair

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

Join us for the Fisher Small & Fine Press Fair, bringing together some of Canada’s finest printmakers, book artists, small press publishers, and fine press creators for its biggest fair yet.

Pin and Patch Show Toronto

Pin and Patch Show Toronto

Pin and Patch Show Toronto

The PIN + PATCH SHOW will take place on September 19, 2026 at the Parkdale Hall (1605 Queen St West), and will feature dozens of talented pin and patch artists from Toronto and across Canada!

Resistance and Reconciliation in York

Resistance and Reconciliation in York

Hertage Toronto

Explore the enduring Indigenous presence in the Bathurst and St. Clair area through its parks, public art, and community spaces. Visit murals in the area depicting wolves, guardians, and layered landscapes, while learning about the Medicine Wheel, the Dish With One Spoon, Orange Shirt Day, and Indigenous-led care.

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!

Art Bash

Art Bash

Join us for a night of incredible music, bold contemporary art, and memories of concerts past. This can’t-miss annual gathering brings our community together to support the AGO’s bold vision: to lead global conversations from Toronto through extraordinary collections, exhibitions, and programs, while reflecting the people who live here.

Hand Drawn and Painted Patterns

Hand Drawn and Painted Patterns

In a time where we often hand this type of design over to computers and paint bucket fills, it feels extra special to slow down and create intricate things by hand, letting the little imperfections live as a sign a human was here. Explore motifs, find colour combinations that speak to you, and hone your painting skills.

Printmaking Workshop: Heritage-Inspired Linocut Printing at Black Creek

Printmaking Workshop: Heritage-Inspired Linocut Printing at Black Creek

Looking for life drawing in Toronto? Join our self-led figure drawing sessions at 401 Richmond. All skill levels welcome. Come join Erik Mohr (Creative Director) for a relaxed evening filled with mark-making. Sessions are welcome to all levels, and attendees should provide their own materials.

The Next Stop is… ART!

The Next Stop is… ART!

Heritage Toronto

Our subway stations are not just critical infrastructure for public transportation. They are also dynamic sites for cultural and artistic expression. On this tour, we’ll explore the 70+ year history of public art in Toronto’s transit landscape, from station architecture and design, to forgotten tilework of the 1950s, to the contemporary murals of today.

Block-printing workshop

Block-printing workshop

Hot Pizza Studio

Come play with pattern, colour, & cloth in this fun, hands-on block-printing workshop for adults led by Sarah Aranha. You’ll learn how to design a simple image, carve your own printing block, ink it up, & print repeat patterns onto fabric.

Life Drawing in Toronto: The Conté Club

Life Drawing in Toronto: The Conté Club

Toronto Art Club

Looking for life drawing in Toronto? Join our self-led figure drawing sessions at 401 Richmond. All skill levels welcome. Come join Erik Mohr (Creative Director) for a relaxed evening filled with mark-making. Sessions are welcome to all levels, and attendees should provide their own materials.

Board Game Designer Night

Board Game Designer Night

Snakes & Lattes

Calling all creators! Join us for Board Game Designer Night at Snakes & Lattes Annex. Playtest, share, and bring your ideas to life! Interested in game design? Have board game ideas? Want to playtest games before anyone else? Come join our monthly Game Designer Night and meet local designers - open to public, not just designers!

Past Events

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

Craft Cafe: Make friends, Make crafts

Italian Long Stitch Binding

Art Socials: Printmaking Letterpress Postcards from Toronto

Drink & Draw Toronto #102: 👽 Space Creatures 👽

Journal Jam

Sun Prints: Cyanotype with Marzieh Miri

Crafty Picnic Day with GTA Craft Club

Basic & Creative Zine Structures

Craftic Meetup at Firkin on Danforth

The Midtown Market

Leaders in Design: Scale, Craft, and Innovation at Loblaw

Eco-Printing & Flower Pounding with Leah Sanchez

Tarot Card Design with Tatyana

Design in Tension: The hidden complexity of bank note design

FEELS Issue 26: Desire Launch Party

after hours: a happy hour for toronto's creatives and founders

Drink & Draw Toronto #101: 🐈 Pets of Toronto 🐕

Pendant & Silk Ribbon Workshop

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