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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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Designing With Motion

Dog Draw XVII: Goosebarks

Zack Rosen Arts & CandyPress

Homemade Magazine x DesignThinkers 2026 – Launch Party

OneMethod x RGD

Closing the Loop

Sweetfolk Studio x Another Realm

Drink & Draw Toronto #106: Inktober

Drink and Draw Toronto

AI Workshop with Toyah Perry

Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario

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!

Abstract Mark Making

Abstract Mark Making

Gwartzman's Art Supplies

Explore how to paint and draw in an alternative way with altered brushes, unconventional tools, and drawing methods. Learn about Japanese paper and create unique pieces, or combinations for dynamic collage. Materials provided

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.

Tees and Snacks: Screenprinting Learning Light

Tees and Snacks: Screenprinting Learning Light

Secret Planet Print Shop

Learn the basics of screenprinting from printing techniques to shooting a screen. Participants will leave with two t-shirt prints. This is a casual learning environment where participants gain insight in the screenprinting process through demonstration and support. Oh, and there will be snacks of course!!!

From Walnut to Ink: A Traditional Drawing Workshop

From Walnut to Ink: A Traditional Drawing Workshop

Gwartzman's Art Supplies

Create elegant botanical drawings with rich, handmade Black Walnut Ink. You'll learn to draw a beautiful autumn leaf using a traditional dip pen and nib—a timeless technique reminiscent of the warm, expressive sketches of Leonardo da Vinci.

Closing the Loop

Closing the Loop

Sweetfolk Studio x Another Realm

Closing the Loop is a journalling and conversation session that invites you to pause the noise, reconnect with your inner artist, and spark new creativity.

AI Workshop with Toyah Perry

AI Workshop with Toyah Perry

Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario

Session exploring how node-based generative AI platforms can support industrial design workflows.

Creative Zine Structures

Creative Zine Structures

Big River Bindery

Get creative with alternative structures and materials for self-publishing! Experiment with content and bindings, found materials and found poetry. Learn how to make map folds, flexagons, and more, then explore unique ways to fill them.

Portrait Painting with Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colours

Portrait Painting with Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colours

Gwartzman's Art Supplies

Experiment with oil colours in this 2 part atelier portrait workshop, and paint a portrait reminiscent of the old masters. Explore techniques such as sight sizing and comparative measurement with a highly skilled artist. Materials provided.

Bind Your Own Sketchbook/Notebook: Softcover

Bind Your Own Sketchbook/Notebook: Softcover

Secret Planet Print Shop

Participants will learn three variations of the pamphlet stitch. The instructor will teach basic terminology, techniques and tools so participants can build on their skills with ease. Two inner cover pocket styles will be taught, in addition to yaps for a secure book closure. Each participant will leave the workshop with three small softcover sketchbooks.

Illustrated Recipes

Illustrated Recipes

Hot Pizza Studio

Join Sarah Aranha, artist extraordinaire, in this workshop focused on food! Using watercolour and mixed-media (think coloured pencils and collage), we’ll learn to paint our favourite recipes on gorgeous paper, which you’ll take home to cherish (and cook with!).

Printmaking on Japanese Paper

Printmaking on Japanese Paper

Learn a variety of printmaking techniques that can be done in a home studio. You will learn how to create prints using water wash up ink and water-soluble media. Learn to make relief prints, monotype and experimental techniques.

Collage Night

Collage Night

Issues Magazine Shop

Join Alanna Chelmick at Issues Magazine Shop for an evening of collage-making. No experience necessary. All supplies provided.

Dog Draw XVII: Goosebarks

Dog Draw XVII: Goosebarks

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.

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.

Designing With Motion

Designing With Motion

The next generation of brands are moving. Motion design can make brands feel playful, fast or even human all with a few frames. This emerging practice is intuitively felt but not fully understood. How does one create these living, breathing, fully moving brands? And should every brand move? Webinar led by Zoë Boudreau, Associate Design Director at Rethink.

Rug Hooking X Left Field Brewery Liberty Village

Rug Hooking X Left Field Brewery Liberty Village

Learn to rug hook with Hanna Eidson, aka H.H. Hooks. This 2-hour workshop will cover all of the basics of rug hooking and give you plenty of time to practice with the guidance of an instructor. This workshop will include all of the materials you need to make your very own fishie coaster sized rug (a rug hook, linen, wool, and an embroidery hoop).

Collage Night

Collage Night

Issues Magazine Shop

Join Alanna Chelmick at Issues Magazine Shop for an evening of collage-making. No experience necessary. All supplies provided.

Italian Long Stitch Binding

Italian Long Stitch Binding

Big River Bindery

The long stitch book was commonly used by accountants and record keepers in 16th century Italy. Learn how to construct a modern variation with eight signatures, and rows of sewing on the spine that are both structural and decorative.

Drum Leaf Binding Workshop

Drum Leaf Binding Workshop

Big River Bindery

This binding uses adhesive to connect the pages rather than sewing. Invented by book artist Timothy Ely, the binding opens flat, making it ideal for artist books, sketchbooks, journals, and prints.

Collage Night

Collage Night

Issues Magazine Shop

Join Alanna Chelmick at Issues Magazine Shop for an evening of collage-making. No experience necessary. All supplies provided.

Cuerda Seca Tiles X Bellwoods Brewery

Cuerda Seca Tiles X Bellwoods Brewery

n this 2-hour workshop with Dana Dallal from Parkdale Pottery, you will learn the centuries-old art of Cuerda Seca tile painting! Using 4" tiles and traditional wax-resist techniques, you’ll sketch your own design and fill it with vibrant glazes to create a one-of-a-kind piece.

Making Book Cloth

Making Book Cloth

Big River Bindery

When the commercial options for book cloth aren’t right for your project, you can make your own. In this one-night class, we will explore the options for making your own lined book cloth for your bookbinding projects.

Needlefelted Ornaments X Bellwoods Brewery

Needlefelted Ornaments X Bellwoods Brewery

In this 2-hour workshop with artist Erin MacKeen, you will learn about needle felting, stitching, and other creative embellishments to design your own unique ornament. You’ll learn how to work with wool roving, and some simple embroidery stitches that are useful for adding lines, dimension, and artistic expression.

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