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Art & Design Workshops in Toronto

Discover art and design workshops happening in Toronto. Updated regularly with the latest hands-on classes and creative events for designers, artists, and curious beginners.

From linocut printmaking and screen printing to lettering, life drawing, and Figma prototyping, find your next workshop hosted by local studios and collectives across the city.

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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.

Craftic Meetup at Firkin on Danforth

Craftic Meetup at Firkin on Danforth

✨ Heya creative friends, let's hang out, and craft in person! 💛 Bring your own supplies and a project and work away in a zero judgement zone. 💌 RSVP by emailing Jen at hello@craftic.com

Basic & Creative Zine Structures

Basic & Creative Zine Structures

Big River Bindery

Zines are DIY, self-published booklets for sharing ideas and art. In this workshop, we’ll go through basic and more creative ways to fold and assemble zines – from the popular one sheet booklet, to map folds, to flexagons. We’ll also discuss history and types of zines, resources, and fairs.

Sun Prints: Cyanotype with Marzieh Miri

Sun Prints: Cyanotype with Marzieh Miri

Join visual artist Marzieh Miri for an introduction to cyanotype, a historic sun-powered photography process. Create luminous blue prints using plants and photographic negatives in this hands-on workshop. No experience needed.

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

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.

Italian Long Stitch Binding

Italian Long Stitch Binding

Big River Bindery

The long stitch book was common to accountants and record keepers in 16th Century Italy. In one night, we will construct a modern variation using the long stitch method with multiple sections, adding the pages into your books. This sewing method has rows of sewing on the spine that serve as a decorative element as well as the structure.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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