The Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) is excited to announce the 4th annual Career Launcher Fund for graduating students. Emerging artists and designers are invited to apply for a funding opportunity that will support activities relating to their early career success as they transition out of school. Proposed expenses could include anything that would be important to advancing an individual’s career success. A jury consisting of representatives from the Student Union, Faculty of Art and Faculty of Design made selections. In 2020, the Fund awarded 31 applications from individuals and collectives of OCAD University from a selection of over 120 applicants.
Recipients
Abigail LaChapelle
Printing of business cards, and the costs of membership to local arts organizations/communities in Simcoe County.
$398.38
AishaAli
Gallery44 Membership and a printed compendium of work
$500.00
AnikaKang
Purchasing the following industry-standard software: Marmoset, Substance Painter and ZBrush.
$488.35
Anna Peng
To kickstart a service business called the Marathon, a passion project bootcamp for working creative professionals who crave to feed their personal interests, in an era of work that does not allow for personal expression.
$184.34
Avery Geboers
To print copies of thesis publication in order to further distribute work and increase circulation and networking opportunities
$420
Bo Lin
To submit thesis to film festivals
$280.46
Christie Carriere
Funding to attend The Momus Critics Residency
$500
Christine Xia
To fund a stamp business card that reflects Christine's art and design practice, as well as funding the purchase of Glyphs, font software so she can finish her typeface "Defunkt" and to continue work as a type designer.
$296.67
Dana Snow
Funding to attend The Momus Critics Residency
$500
Deborah Khodanovich
An extension of her capstone project, developing a collaborative public exhibition of library books to kickstart an exhibition design & curatorial career.
$500
Ellie Manning
screen_sprites is a small-scale sculptural installation exploring the concept of techno-animism, featuring a computer monitor constructed from found parts and laser cut mirrored acrylic that interacts with moving LED lights and prisms.
$500
Elliot Larson-Gillmore
Funding to attend The Momus Critics Residency
$500
Emma Enright
To assist with thesis and business cards
$329.24
Florence Yee
Exhibition assistance (installation help, documentation, printing) to showcase thesis work at Tea Base.
$430
Greta Hamilton
A reading and screening that draws on the research of Greta's thesis paper to orient the project towards community engagement with artistic and theoretical practices around bathhouses and public bathing.
$440
Jaywhy Kim
Workshops such as Akimbo workshop: The Freelancer in order to become a self-sufficient freelance designer
$492
Khalalelo Sithole
Exhibition of thesis that involves themes of culture, identity and the erasure of Black Canadian history, towards renting 3 dark skinned mannequins and business cards
$428.49
Karina Roman
Funding to attend The Momus Critics Residency
$500
Kat Cassar
Funding to attend The Momus Critics Residency
$500
Kim Bartnik
DGC Guild Apprenticeship Program membership fees, for career advancement and mentorship within the film set design industry.
$500
Leah Benetti
To assist with thesis storage and presentation
$390.04
Lilian Sim
Printing business cards and one printmaking workshop
$493.30
Madeline Simpson
Purchasing the program Garment Designer 2.5 in order to continue Madeline's practice and learning outside of OCADU.
$325
Maya Skarzenski
Material costs to make a large-scale work and transition into public art.
$472
Mikayla Koo
To kickstart a service business called the Marathon, a passion project bootcamp for working creative professionals who crave to feed their personal interests, in an era of work that does not allow for personal expression.
$500
Mohammad Tabesh
Funding to attend The Momus Critics Residency
$500
Philip Payne
To register his business
$60
Phinny Nguy
Business cards and presentation of thesis works
$496.52
Rebecca Wilkinson
To subsidize a public exhibition and accompanying publication.
$195.21
Sandy Callander
Thesis student compiling publication for dissemination in lieu of GradEx 105 seeking printing and distribution funds.
$480
Thomas Kim
Assistance for residency application fees, studio membership at Artscape Daniels Launchpad and business cards.
$500
