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2021 Career Launcher Fund

Made possible by generous donors, including the Gordon Eberts Prize

Details

The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) was excited to announce the 5th annual Career Launcher Fund for graduating students. Emerging artists and designers were invited to apply for a funding opportunity relating to career supports and skills building as they transitioned out of school. Proposed expenses included anything that would be important to advancing an individual’s career success and activities fell in one of the four funding pillars: 

  • Showcasing or distributing your work 
  • Skills development 
  • Access to networks 
  • Supporting your creative business 

A jury consisting of representatives from Xpace, Faculty of Art and Faculty of Design made selections. In 2021, the Fund awarded 62 applications from individuals and collectives of OCAD University from a selection of over 70 applicants. 

This opportunity is made possible by generous donors, including the Gordon Eberts Prize.


Recipients

QUALIFICATIONS

All Undergraduate and Master's students graduating in 2021

Ada Bierling

To assist with the launch of an independent publication.

$350

Adrian Brendan Geary

To support an online creative practice through Shopify.

$350

adé abegunde

An OCAD U Continuing Studies "Intro to Project Management" course to improve skills as a creative producer.

$350

Aidan Wilkins

To take classes in 3D modelling and animation. To submit work in competitions for the opportunity to showcase work.

$180

Alexander Rondeau

To print and mail out materials for an upcoming exhibition.

$100

Alizah Hashemy

To assist with the set up of an online business.

$234

Andrea Veintimilla

To help with the growth of Amano, an online start-up marketplace for Ecuadorian creatives.

$341

Andrew Ng-Lun

For a Firebase membership, and online courses in Flutter, Firebase, Angular, UX Design.

$281.72

Anonymous

To take courses in Revit and AutoCAD for employment in architecture.

$350

Becky Wu

To take courses in Artstation, Code Academy, Spine 2D, RPG Maker MV.

$286.51

Chris A Leithead

To take a course in Hover domain name registry, Udemy SEO course.

$101.67

Claire Heidinger

To support with the materials for the opening of an upcoming exhibition.

$350

David Khazam

For Logic Pro and Motion.

$349.98

Davis Ladouceur

A George Brown Continuing Education course BUS 9117: How to Start a Small Business.

$350

Dayna Konopelny

A George Brown Continuing Education course BUS 9117: How to Start a Small Business

$348

Elfy (Nemrod Elfer Castro Delgado)

For Shapr3D.

$350

Elyse Longair

For Universities Art Association of Canada and CAA membership.

$340

Eric Glennie Windhager

To assist with a zine for artist communities.

$350

Fatima Raza

For ZBrush and a CARFAC membership.

$314

Fiona Barnes-Brisley

To assist with the creation of a visual, emotion-packed book of stories by Shakespeare.

$350

Francisco Samayoa

For Octane, CG axis, Domestica.

$350

Hailey Kobrin

For Wix.com and to assist with showcasing and distributing an independent publication.

$300

Hau Thanh Pham

To take a course on Skillshare and for a Carfac membership.

$205

Janai Redman

For LEED Green Associate certification.

$326.66

Jeremy Saya

For Max MSP, Fritzing, TSV Max MSP workshops (Max MSP: Visual Interactive Programming for Installation and The Art of Sound Recording, Vimeo Plus, MTL Connect Digital Spring Full Conference.

$350

Jevonne Peters

For Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC) membership, College of Art Association Student (CAA) membership.

$340

Jiin Park

For Design+Code, Principle, Awwards: Advanced Prototyping and Awwards: Animated is Better.

$339

Jin Zhang

To take an OCAD U Continuing Studies in Video, Animation, Sound, Game Design.

$350

Jun Li

For a membership to TouchDesigner, an "immersive & interactive HQ" teaching advanced techniques and skills.

$294

Kainat Ahmad

To assist with showcasing and distributing work.

$210.70

Leah Liu

To assist with materials for showcasing works.

$84.43

Lina Wu

To assist with materials for showcasing works.

$349.36

LinJuan Dai

For a business license.

$143.62

Loraine Luong

For a project that explores cross-cultural identity and duality.

$131

Mackenzie Southey

To take a George Brown Revit for Architecture course.

$350

Maria Shirokova

For a domain and annual subscription to the"Can You Hear the Drawing" platform.

$270

Meghan Cooper

For a website domain at Big Cartel and to support Meghan's business, Basic Goodness Clothing.

$347

Meng Zhao

For Wix.com, The Habit Factory and Designcode course

$350

Michael Hu

For a submission fee to Agencyaccess.

$300

Mihyun Maria Kim

For Kunstmatrix, memberships to Mississauga Arts Council and CARFAC.

$350

Mingjun Guo

For Ceramics Apprenticeship and VPN, and a course on Skillshare.

$90

Nadiya Svirsky

For a screen printing course and one-on-one mentorship at Open Studio.

$350

Nina Margaret Fereiro

For YCBS-265, Financing and Business Models in Creative Industries at McGill University.

$350

Olivia Mae Sinclair

To support Olivia's artistic practice and career in screen printing.

$339

Quinn Branch

To assist with showcasing and distribution of "Friends" publication.

$350

Rapheal Qaiser

To showcase work through Webflow.

$350

Rebecca Van Fraassen

To rent Sennheiser ME66 kit with boom pole and DJI RS2 Gimbal Mount for 1 week; to submit work into Film Festivals (Film Freeway).

$350

Salisa Jatuweerapong

To take a 10-week Masterclass with Kat Tsai.

$106

Samantha Christina Lance

To support "A Breath of Fresh Air" a group exhibition for Samantha's thesis.

$150

Sebastian Pines

For a 1-year Shopify subscription.

$350

Shabad Sandal

For a web domain, auto rig for Blendr, KenTools Facebuilder for Blendr.

$278

Shahrzad Soroosh

For Agency Access Creative Directory.

$337.85

Sid Sharp

To assist in the distribution of "The Burden", a full-length graphic novel as part of Sid's thesis.

$350

Siyun (Celina) Tong

For BringYourOwnLaptop membership and Canva.

$163.85

Sonya Sheina

For a Women in Film membership and RenderStreet Render Farm.

$260.71

Supanitch (Melody) Juthamongkol

For memberships to Vancouver Metal Arts Association and Craft Ontario's recent graduate membership, submission fees to Beaux-Arts, the Earring Show, Co-Adorn Camp show.

$350

Sydney Cooling-Sturges

For BrainStation's User Interface Design Certificate course.

$350

Terry Dang

For software subscriptions for ZBrush 2021 and Marmoset ToolBag 4. To assist with some of the costs associated with taking Brainstorm School ZB1: Intro to ZBrush.

$350

Timothy Youhyun Cho

To take The Art of Sound Recording 2 parts (Trinity Square Video), and to attend workshops by InterAccess and Trinity Square Video.

$350

Valerie Yuk Fai Poon

For CodeAcademy and Interaction Design for 6 months.

$179.94

Vincy Lim

To assist with showcasing and distributing work in a gallery space.

$350

Wing Sum Lee

For a membership to Textile Museum of Canada and to showcase and distribute work.

$127



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