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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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Craftic Meetup at Firkin on Danforth

Jen from Craftic

REWILDING TORONTO: Opening Celebration

David Suzuki Foundation

Rewilding Toronto Foraging & Ink-Making Workshop

David Suzuki Foundation

So You Still Want to Make a Magazine?

Word on the Street

So You Still Want to Make a Magazine?

Word on the Street

Dog Draw XV: Lab(rad)or Day

Zack Rosen Arts & CandyPress

Featured Events

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.

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.

Happening Today & Ongoing Exhibitions

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.

Sun Print Workshop (Designer Crafting Social)

Sun Print Workshop (Designer Crafting Social)

Climate Designers Toronto

Join Climate Designers Toronto for a fun summer print-making workshop in the park! We will be making eco-friendly Anthotype prints using turmeric and foraged materials. The event will take place over an afternoon, with plenty of opportunities to also relax, chat, and connect with other participants while taking part in this creative activity.

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.

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

Zine Swap in the Park

Zine Swap in the Park

Do you have too many zines? Come by and trade with other zinesters or leave them for someone else to pick up! Do you have no zines? Do you crave new zines? Come by and take some! You can bring your own zines or zines made by others! Event is pay what you can or a suggested donation of $5, with all proceeds going towards the next edition of Zine Dump in Nov.

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.

ACIDO Pub Night

ACIDO Pub Night

Get together with other industrial designers. Come out, meet up with friends and colleagues new and old. Free and open to all - members or non-members - so bring a friend.

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.

Dog Draw XV: Lab(rad)or Day

Dog Draw XV: Lab(rad)or Day

Zack Rosen Arts & CandyPress

This night of life-drawing has a twist - the models are dogs! Besides the cuteness factor (which will be high) you get to practice a whole different set of textures and anatomy. We’ll have a variety of different dogs and pose styles - you get a night unlike any other and you’ll go home with a stack of personal masterpieces to frame and display.

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.

Toronto Comic Jam

Toronto Comic Jam

Toronto Comic Jam

We draw comics together in the back room of The Cameron House. Join us!

Craft Cafe: Make friends, Make crafts

Craft Cafe: Make friends, Make crafts

Craft Cafe is a casual, social evening where you can choose one craft to try, similar to ordering from a menu. We’ll provide all materials and tools. Just show up ready to create. Mingle, learn from fellow crafters, and maybe leave with a new skill or a new friend.

Rewilding Toronto Foraging & Ink-Making Workshop

Rewilding Toronto Foraging & Ink-Making Workshop

David Suzuki Foundation

Help us transform an entire gallery. Join artist and renowned ink-maker Jason Logan from the Toronto Ink Company as you forage for leaves, berries, and other urban botanical, and learn how to transform what you find into a rich palette of handmade inks - and the inks won't stop there.

So You Still Want to Make a Magazine?

So You Still Want to Make a Magazine?

Word on the Street

Thinking about starting a magazine? Wondering what it looks like from the inside? Come hear real stories from people who have really made magazines—recently! Let’s dig into how magazines became magazines, how good ideas became real things, and all the messy, tricky, fun and exciting steps in between. Bring your questions, and your own good ideas.

REWILDING TORONTO: Opening Celebration

REWILDING TORONTO: Opening Celebration

David Suzuki Foundation

Rewilding Toronto explores how art can help us see — and celebrate — the wild nature woven throughout Toronto's neighbourhoods. Through foraging, natural ink-making and collaborative painting, artists and community members are transforming plants gathered from the city into an immersive work of art.

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!

In Conversation with Xavier Blais

In Conversation with Xavier Blais

Xavier Blais is a revelation. A Partner, ECD and Writer at Rethink in Montreal, he’s won 58 Lions and enough D&AD pencils to open a D&AD pencil store. Over his ten years at the agency, Xavier has created iconic campaign after iconic campaign. Please join ICW host Andrew Simon for his conversation with Ad Age’s Creative Director of the Year in 2026.

Craftic Meetup at Firkin on Danforth

Craftic Meetup at Firkin on Danforth

Jen from Craftic

Heya creative friends, let's hang out and craft in person! When: September 16th, 7:30 - 9:30pm Where: Firkin Pub (2057B Danforth Ave) Cost: $5 Bring your project and work away in a zero judgement zone. RSVP at hello@craftic.com

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.

Small Things: Making Inks

Small Things: Making Inks

Labraotory for Artistic Intelligence

Come experiment with making inks crafted from found and natural materials. Play with different ink recipes and explore how the colours flow on the page. Follow your own curiosity, and see where these handmade inks take you!

CINERA: The Closing Scene

CINERA: The Closing Scene

88 Media Collective

CINERA: The Closing Scene brings Toronto’s creative community together for an evening of film, fashion, visual art, live music and networking. Discover local talent, meet the people behind the work and experience culture in motion.

Four Corners 2026

Four Corners 2026

Multiculturalism in Canadian Graphic Design Talks & Workshops -- back for our second year! Featuring talks from Majid Abbasi, Miki Arai, Yurko Gutsulyak, Andrés Sevilla, Carolina Söderholm, and workshops with Miki Arai and Andrés Sevilla.

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.

So You Still Want to Make a Magazine?

So You Still Want to Make a Magazine?

Word on the Street

Thinking about starting a magazine? Wondering what it looks like from the inside? Come hear real stories from people who have really made magazines—recently! Let’s dig into how magazines became magazines, how good ideas became real things, and all the messy, tricky, fun and exciting steps in between. Bring your questions, and your own good ideas.

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!

Drawing with Felt & Thread

Drawing with Felt & Thread

You'll learn how to prepare wool roving for felting, various embroidery stitches that lend well to a drawing approach, and ways to add details and embellishments for textured 3D pieces. All materials are included and you will leave with the tools you need to keep felting!

We Create Our Futures 2026

We Create Our Futures 2026

The Centre for Social Innovation x Stay Connected

Casual Saturday afternoon hangout for anyone who wants to work on their websites, portfolios, or creative projects. Bring your phone or laptop and leave with a working homepage. Learn basics of HTML, CSS. Build your portfolio. Get feedback from experienced developers. Connect with a community of makers.

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.

Toronto Shit Show

Toronto Shit Show

Toronto Shit Show

Local artists with sassy, rude, and offensive merch. Hosted by @queeniescards with @effinbirds

Ghost Signs of Toronto

Ghost Signs of Toronto

Heritage Toronto

Learn how to spot the fading painted ads that linger on Toronto’s streets — remnants of early Canadian marketing that used imagery, typography, and emotion to shape a national identity. Discover what these disappearing signs can tell us about Toronto’s past, and sharpen your eye for the hidden history still visible above our streets.

DesignThinkers Toronto

DesignThinkers Toronto

Find 30+ sessions on design process, strategy, leadership, creativity and more at Canada’s premier design conference. Connect with other designers, gain new perspectives and leave feeling inspired to take on your next design project.

Past Events

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

Cocktails & Concepts

Climate Book & Article Club: The Circular Economy

Jazz & Draw

Marketing Evenings TO: Building Shake Shack Canada

Art Socials: Letterpress Type Flags & Banners

Lumen Printing with Farida Rady

Copy: Publishing and Political Movements

Good Friends Market

Letterpress Club at Open Studio

Nastaliq Calligraphy

Zine Dream 16

Art Week Toronto

What I Wish You Knew: FREE Origami Workshop

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

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