Tamara Richardson, Public and Community Engagement Officer at DJAC, reflects on the current exhibition in the Cooper Gallery: This week I’ve been invigilating the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024 in the Cooper Gallery—an exhibition of extraordinary tenderness and presence. As I moved through the quiet of the space, I found myself reflecting not only on the…Continue Reading Personal Reflection: Drawing Breath, Drawing Closure
“Through Our Eyes, In Our Words” is more than an exhibition — it’s the culmination of collaboration, creativity, and community. Built from the lived experiences of middle to older aged LGBT+ people and people with learning disabilities, the exhibition transforms rich research data into a visual and emotional journey. But what brought this project to…Continue Reading From Research to Reality: How Collaboration Turned IncludeAge Data into an Exhibition
The latest exhibition in the Tower Foyer Gallery celebrates the life and work of painter and art teacher Peter Flynn and marks two significant milestones – the artist’s recent 70th birthday and 50 years since he began his formal study of painting at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee. The exhibition features recent…Continue Reading Peter Flynn – Crossings
This update covers some of the fantastic work done by the Cooper Gallery over the past few months. We start with their ongoing project What I am Reading Now… a monthly digital publication, and critical platform dedicated to celebrating and disseminating current ideas and discussions by invited Black practitioners and practitioners of colour. December 2024…Continue Reading Recent Activity from the Cooper Gallery
John Post, a visual artist and doctoral researcher, explains the inspiration behind his latest exhibition as part of LGBT+ History Month in DJCAD. My work explores how photography shapes the identities of gay and bisexual men. For many, photography isn’t just about capturing images; it is a tool to navigate and affirm sexuality. One of…Continue Reading Cruising for Another Picture: Restoring Empathy in the Queer Male Photograph
Did you miss the Masters show? Or ran out of time before you could see it all? There are plenty of ways to catch up. Watch this video for a quick preview of the show Browse through work by all the students, organised by course. There is a huge variety covering Animation Edgar and Ash…Continue Reading DJCAD Masters Show 2024
Molly Reid, a student on the MFA Curatorial Practice at DJCAD, talks about her current exhibition in the Tower Foyer. Hello, my name is Molly, and I am student on the MFA Curatorial Practice course at DJCAD. For the last two months of the course, I have been on placement within the University’s Museum Collections….Continue Reading Colour-Less – An Exhibition of Black and White Art
What the Owl Knows is a co-production between Cooper Gallery and the Turner Prize nominated artist collective The Otolith Group and had its UK premiere as part of the Group’s The Ignorant Art School Sit-In in 2023. This review of the film is by Khadea Santi a student on MFA Curatorial Practice at DJCAD with an…Continue Reading What the Owl Knows: Film Review
Now summer is upon us (?) this is a good opportunity to look back at the events at DJCAD’s Cooper Gallery between February and May. The main programme was The Scale of Things an exhibition of three moving image works that consider relations between humans and non-humans forming an exploration through history, intimacy and spirituality….Continue Reading Cooper Gallery Spring Report
To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Dundee’s UNESCO City of Design status, the latest exhibition at the Lamb Gallery looks back at work created by students at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design over the past decade, many of whom have already gone on to successful careers as professional designers. The show features…Continue Reading A Decade of Design
The Market and Innovation Society successfully hosted its first market event, drawing in more than 10 enthusiastic stall owners on 29/3/2024 inside DJCAD Canteen. The event was not only a financial success, generating over £700 in profit for the students, but also received a 100% satisfaction rate from stall owners who are eager to return….Continue Reading Market and Innovation Society – First Market Event
Last week saw the launch of a two year Royal Society of Edinburgh project ‘Curating the Digital Attic Archive: A Case Study For Open-Source Approaches To Artists’ Archives’. Led by Dr Judit Bodor (DJCAD) and Dr Roddy Hunter (The Glasgow School of Art) the project has established an international research network to develop an open-source…Continue Reading Curating the Digital Attic Archive