The University recently hosted its 16th annual Culture Day looking at the theme of Renewal, exploring ideas of rebirth and regeneration. This seemed particularly appropriate as it was the Culture & Arts Committee’s first event since the start of the pandemic. We had nine fantastic speakers and a very welcome live audience. Scroll down to…Continue Reading Culture Day celebrates renewal
Alex Heywood studied Animation at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, graduating in 2017. He has since attracted international attention for his unique digital artworks, featuring an extraordinary menagerie of curious yet familiar animals. Each of his illustrations creates an imaginary world teeming with quirky details. This exhibition in the Tower Building features…Continue Reading The Marvellous Menagerie of Alex Heywood
Dr Heather H. Yeung from the School of Humanities is one of the panelists taking part in a roundtable discussion on November 12th on the development of book production and globalisation (sign up details below). The images in this post are all from the University’s amazing archives and special collections taken by PhD student Mhairi…Continue Reading The Global Book
Amy Crawford, MGS Funded Museum Engagement Officer Imagine a museum. Did you think of dusty books, animal skeletons and gothic architecture? If so, then perhaps Dark Academia is up your street. Dark Academia is an emerging aesthetic sub-culture. As opposed to Cottagecore which I explored in a previous blog post, Dark Academia is as the…Continue Reading Dark Academia: An emerging aesthetic sub-culture
Vicky Armstrong, PG researcher in psychology, has just been awarded an RSE Innovators’ Award for Public Engagement for her contribution to Art at the Start, a collaboration between DCA and the University of Dundee, encouraging art making for 0-3s and their grown-ups. Vicky tells us more about the project below. Over lockdown we adapted to…Continue Reading Art at the Start – making a difference to lives
During the summer Archive Services asked children and young people across Dundee to be inspired by items in their collections. Under 16s were asked to draw or write a story in response one of the images in the poster at the end of this post. We are sharing these two wonderful entries, one a piece…Continue Reading Summer Stories
#ROCKPOOLaroid is a daily art challenge running every day in October all about the amazing life you can find in the ocean run by marine biologist Elizabeth Mills, aka YouTuber MarineMumbles. Each day includes a creature prompt where Elizabeth posts her own artwork and shares fascinating facts about the species on her social media (twitter and…Continue Reading Daily art challenge! Why not join in?
Our final post during Welcome Week introduces a perfect combination of culture and science which can be found at the Welcome Centre for Anti-infectives Research, part of Life Sciences at the University. Some of the amazing things they have done includes: Telling stories about science: Creating an amazing escape game: Challenging you to achieve your…Continue Reading Engaging with science: #WelcomeWeek
Don’t forget to visit our wonderful Botanic Garden. Here are a few of their recent and current activities to entice you! BeFriends (and #How It Felt) Since 1981, through volunteers, BeFriends has offered befriending support to children and young people local to Dundee, developing their life skills and improving their well-being. How It Felt has…Continue Reading The Botanic Garden: #WelcomeWeek
The Ignorant Art School: Five Sit-ins towards Creative Emancipation Sit-in #1: Ruth Ewan We Could Have Been Anything That We Wanted to Be and It’s Not Too Late to Change Sit-in Curriculum #1: Autumn Term: 3 September – 23 October 2021 (in-person and online) Exhibition: 3 September – 23 October 2021 Afternoon Preview: 2 September, 3–7pmBook free…Continue Reading The Ignorant Art School: Cooper Gallery #WelcomeWeek
Congratulations go to Heather Yeung for her poem ‘Song of the Sevens’ which has been included in the Best Scottish Poems 2020. Listen to it at The sound recording of the poem, is a joint performance between herself and Johanna Linsley, with composition by Jan Mertens. You can also read the poem at the Scottish…Continue Reading Song of Sevens: Best Scottish Poem
A new online exhibition curated by Museum Services is now available to view here. Dundee ‘Picturing the City’ explores how artists have depicted the city’s natural and built environment throughout the years. From gloriously gloomy oil paintings of the Seagate to Bright watercolours of Dundee harbour, join us on this exploration through the streets and…Continue Reading Dundee – ‘Picturing the City’ Online Exhibition