History

The Ontario Society of Artists founded it in 1876, the OCAD was originally known as the Ontario School of Art. In 1912 after lots of name changes, the school finally adopted the name Ontario College of Art. The school kept this name for 84 years and then finally changed it to what it is now in 1996. The change was made to recognize both aspects, Art and Design. It has been home to a lot of many famous artists and designers including Arthur Lismer, ans to confer the degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Design in 2002 from the government of Ontario.d Michael Snow. OCAD received official statu

In 2004 work was completed on a new expansion. The “Sharp Centre for Design”. Designed by architect Will Alsop. It has been called the “floating shoebox” or “tabletop”. It is a box four stories off the ground supported by a series of multi-colored pillars at different angles the kind of look like crayons.