Call For Youth Participants – Giant Tiger T-shirt Design Workshop

The Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG), Giant Tiger and Kids Help Phone are collaborating for Anti-Bullying Day 2026. Anti-Bullying Day is celebrated every year on the last Wednesday of February to raise awareness about bullying. We are looking for youth ages 15-25 to produce a design for a pink t-shirt in a 2-part workshop series led by illustrator and comic book artist Andy Akangah. All participants will have their work exhibited at OAG in 2026 but one design will be selected for a fundraising t-shirt in support of Kids Help Phone to be sold in all Giant Tiger locations for Anti-Bullying Day 2026. 

More about the Workshop Series: 

The 2-part workshop series on June 7th and 8th from 10 am to 4 pm is designed to ignite your creativity and turn your ideas into professional-looking designs!  

Workshop 1: Developing a design concept  

• Learn how to craft designs using traditional tools like pen, paper, crayons, and markers.  

• Identify your ideal customer and tailor designs to their preferences.  

• Learn concepts like composition, balance, negative space, and hierarchy to create visually appealing designs. 

Workshop 2: Digitizing hand-drawn work for clothing  

• Take your designs digital! We’ll teach you how to clean them up and convert them into a vector format.  

• Master the art of color palettes to make your designs pop!  

• Learn how to mockup your designs on real garments and create assets ready for printing and production.  

If you’re a budding fashion designer, illustrator, or just love to create, and you want to put a stop to bullying, this workshop series is for YOU! Get ready to develop your skills, gain valuable knowledge, and see your designs come to life! 

Fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/pwdfYYNVfPzq7hmi8 to be a part of this exciting project and learn more!

Deadline for application: Monday, June 2, 2025