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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Introduction to the Book Arts

Introduction to the Book Arts

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Big River Bindery
Join us for Introduction to the Book Arts. We will learn about the tools and materials you’ll need and make some books. In one night, we’ll touch on different styles of book construction, and you’ll go home with a stack of handmade books.
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Crafts & Crafts: Zine Making for Village Building

Crafts & Crafts: Zine Making for Village Building

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Handmade Jungle
A conversation and craft night about practical steps for building your village. Throughout the evening, you will be encouraged to create a zine with a variety of materials that helps to support you in taking the steps to build your village; whether that is within your neighbourhood, through your business, or any other aspect of your life.
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Winsor Newton Oil Colours with Olivia Di Gregorio

Winsor Newton Oil Colours with Olivia Di Gregorio

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Gwartzman's Art Supplies
Oil colour has been around for 600 years but it can still be daunting. If you’ve wanted to dive into oil painting but don’t know where to start, this demo with Olivia will help take the mystery out of the materials and painting process.
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Carve & Print: Custom Linocut Sketchbooks

Carve & Print: Custom Linocut Sketchbooks

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Gwartzman's Art Supplies
Create your own linocut stamp to print on a kraft cover, lay-flat sketchbook. You’ll leave with a unique sketchbook, fine art prints and the knowledge of how to set up a printmaking space at home. Beginners welcome. All materials provided.
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Letterpress Printing Workshop

Letterpress Printing Workshop

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Big River Bindery
Join us as we use the wood and metal type at the shop to print posters, cards, and mementos. In this workshop students will learn how to properly run letterpress equipment and make their own printed artwork.
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One Sheet Books

One Sheet Books

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Big River Bindery
You don’t need thread and glue to make a book. In this workshop, we’ll make books with a single sheet of paper and some cutting and folding. Join us to learn several quick and easy ways of putting books together with just a few tools.
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Endpaper Construction Methods

Endpaper Construction Methods

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Big River Bindery
Endpapers, or the folded paper that connects the textblock of a book to its cover, have changed over time. Join us in making models of endpapers, looking at the function of their varied parts and changes over time.
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Fabric Printing Workshop

Fabric Printing Workshop

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Ed's Mercantile
Discover the art of transforming plain textiles into vibrant, personalized creations in this hands-on Fabric Printing workshop. Designed for beginners and creatives alike, this session introduces a variety of printing techniques such as block printing, stencil design and more.
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Paste Paper Workshop

Paste Paper Workshop

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Big River Bindery
This paper decorating technique has been used historically for book covers and endsheets. A paint and paste mixture is applied to paper with brushes, then patterned with an assortment of combs, tools, and stamps.
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Sashiko Embroidery: A Slow Stitch Workshop

Sashiko Embroidery: A Slow Stitch Workshop

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Stitch & Salvage
Learn traditional Japanese sashiko embroidery and start your visible mending journey. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: Traditional sashiko stitch Visible mending basics Cultural history
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