2020 – Page 14 – University Culture Online

The Art, Design and Architecture Graduate Showcase 2020: 12th – 21st June

Categories: Art, DJCAD

The Art, Design and Architecture Graduate Showcase 2020 celebrates the achievements of our graduating students from University of Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design and the department of Architecture within the School of Social Sciences. In the absence of a physical exhibition at this point in time, this website will provide an…Continue Reading The Art, Design and Architecture Graduate Showcase 2020: 12th – 21st June

William Gardiner and the Flora of Forfarshire (Video)

Categories: Gardens, Museums

While the University’s museums and galleries are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency, we’re sharing more of our collections online. This is the latest in a series of films in which museum curator Matthew Jarron tells the stories behind some of our most interesting objects and artworks. In this video we look at five…Continue Reading William Gardiner and the Flora of Forfarshire (Video)

Public Art Tour of Dundee City Centre Part 1

Categories: Art, Museums

As part of Dundee Month of Design 2020, museum curator Matthew Jarron had planned to lead a series of guided walks of public art and design in different parts of the city. Because of the current lockdown these have not been possible, so here is a virtual tour using Google Streetview and photos from Public…Continue Reading Public Art Tour of Dundee City Centre Part 1

An die Musik by Franz Schubert: Performed by UoD Web Designer Morag Hannah

Categories: Music

Today’s song is the beautiful An die Musik performed by Morag Hannah. Morag is member of staff at University of Dundee and co-director of the Quire with a Q….Continue Reading An die Musik by Franz Schubert: Performed by UoD Web Designer Morag Hannah

Dundee through Professor George Howard Bell’s Lens: Part 1

Categories: Archives, Photography

George Howard Bell was Symers Professor of Physiology in the University of Dundee, 1947-1975. He was a keen photographer and took photographs of the University, Dundee and its surrounding area. We are lucky enough to hold his collection in the University Archives. This video, created by Kenneth Baxter from the Archive Services at the University,…Continue Reading Dundee through Professor George Howard Bell’s Lens: Part 1

A Tour around the Glasshouse in the Botanic Gardens (Video)

Categories: Gardens

Take a virtual tour around the glasshouse in the Botanic Gardens at the University of Dundee with botanical horticulturalist Clare Reaney as she shows us the wonderful variety of plants on offer….Continue Reading A Tour around the Glasshouse in the Botanic Gardens (Video)

The Dundee Dental School Art Collectors (Video)

Categories: Art, Museums, Science

While the University’s museums and galleries are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency, we’re sharing more of our collections online. This is the latest in a series of films in which museum curator Matthew Jarron tells the stories behind some of our most interesting objects and artworks. In this video we look at the…Continue Reading The Dundee Dental School Art Collectors (Video)

Signs Meanings Riddles: Film into Poetry – Experimental Writing Workshop (online)

Categories: Art, DJCAD, Film, Literature

The Cooper Gallery has still got a few spaces open for this Thursday’s upcoming writing workshop led by Poet and Writer Jane Goldman. Please see below for information on how to sign up for this experimental poetry workshop, being held via Zoom on 28 May between 5-7pm. Signs Meanings Riddles: Film into Poetry Workshop led…Continue Reading Signs Meanings Riddles: Film into Poetry – Experimental Writing Workshop (online)

Chronicle: The Archive and Museum Anthology – A Comic by PhD Student Hailey Austin

Categories: Archives, Art, Comics, Museums

“I created this comic in collaboration with undergraduate students, master’s students and artists in order to promote the comics collection in the University of Dundee’s Archives as well as the Museum Services. It is a public information comic that tells how different collections got into the archives, how to access the items, as well as…Continue Reading Chronicle: The Archive and Museum Anthology – A Comic by PhD Student Hailey Austin

Video: The Needlework Development Scheme Collection at DJCAD

Categories: Art, DJCAD, Museums

While the University’s museums and galleries are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency, we’re sharing more of our collections online. This is the latest in a series of films in which museum curator Matthew Jarron tells the stories behind some of our most interesting objects and artworks. In this video we look at a…Continue Reading Video: The Needlework Development Scheme Collection at DJCAD

Cantate Domino, performed by Discovery Bach Cantata Project

Categories: Music

Today’s music contribution is from the Discovery Bach Cantata Project, a small choral group made up of students, staff and alumni of University of Dundee. A short motet, Cantate Domino, by the German composer Hans Leo Hassler….Continue Reading Cantate Domino, performed by Discovery Bach Cantata Project

The Peto Collection – A Foggy Day in Dundee

Categories: Archives, Photography

Peto regularly visited Dundee, photographing the city’s streets and people. ‘Foggy Day’ was taken at Whorterbank, Lochee, features one of the women wearing the famous jute ‘baffies’ and won a European award in 1960. Photo-journalist Michael Peto worked with The Observer during the 1950s and ‘60s. His collection is a chronicle of an age –…Continue Reading The Peto Collection – A Foggy Day in Dundee