University Culture Online

Welcome to the #dundeeuniculture blog where we share with you and celebrate the cultural activity that our staff and students participate in across the university. Find out about archives, museums, art, music, theatre, botanics, photography, literature and more. We aim to give you a digital snapshot of the various cultural activities happening at the university. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @UoDCulture.

#WellTogether: A Long Distance String Ensemble Performance by Members of the Dundee University Orchestra

Categories: Music, Well Together

Members of the Dundee University Orchestra 2019-2020 have managed to put a long distance string ensemble performance of the first movement of Vivaldi’s String Concerto in C RV 110, Thanks to Erin, Emily (x2), Jay, MoragAnne, Emma, Rebecca and Judith. And thanks again to Rebecca who has taken time out of studying for her exams to…Continue Reading #WellTogether: A Long Distance String Ensemble Performance by Members of the Dundee University Orchestra

#WellTogether: Sonar 1 by Andrew Roberts for RDMH

Categories: Archives, Art, Well Together

Andrew Robert’s sound installation for the River Deep Mountain High exhibition responds to a sound scan of the bed of the Tay below the Tay Road Bridge taken by University of Dundee staff in 1999. Andrew was fascinated by the sense of something usually invisible to humans revealed by a process of translation. To enjoy…Continue Reading #WellTogether: Sonar 1 by Andrew Roberts for RDMH

#WellTogether: Public Art Tour of Stobswell, Dundee – Part 1

Categories: Art, Museums, Well Together

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 #WellTogether: Public Art Tour of Stobswell, Dundee – Part 1

#WellTogether: University of Dundee Archives and Mental Health Part 2 (Video)

Categories: Archives, Well Together

For #WellTogether Week, University Archivist Caroline Brown has created some short talks which explore how archives relate to mental well-being. Today we share the second of her short talks, in which we she discusses how mental health records in the archives are used, and the difference they can make to people’s lives. As you will…Continue Reading #WellTogether: University of Dundee Archives and Mental Health Part 2 (Video)

#WellTogether: Big Back Garden Project

Categories: Archives, Gardens, Well Together

In this following video for #WellTogether week, University Archivist Jan Merchant talks us through the Big Back Garden Project. The Big Back Garden Project is a project run by the Archive Services at the University of Dundee with Morgan Academy S3 pupils. It looks at the history of Baxter Park and its role on the…Continue Reading #WellTogether: Big Back Garden Project

#WellTogether: Pandemic Tales: Responses to COVID-19 and Lockdown Comics

Categories: Art, Comics, Well Together

Since 2016 the Scottish Centre for Comics Studies has produced a number of public information comics, many of them dealing with healthcare issues and science communication. When the Coronavirus pandemic took hold in early 2020, sending the world into lockdown, communities and individuals have done amazing things to help themselves and others, from observing social…Continue Reading #WellTogether: Pandemic Tales: Responses to COVID-19 and Lockdown Comics

#WellTogether: Public Art Tour of Broughty Ferry, Dundee

Categories: Art, Museums, Well Together

#WellTogether: Dundee Isolation Film Festival

Categories: Film, Well Together

As part of #WellTogether Week, we wanted to share with you ‘Dundee Isolation Film Festival’, a night for collectively enjoying the best of Dundee’s own moving image work, even while stuck in quarantine! University of Dundee PhD Researcher and Filmmaker Christopher Gerrard will be hosting this fantastic online event in association with Creative Dundee on…Continue Reading #WellTogether: Dundee Isolation Film Festival

#WellTogether: CollaborACES Weekly Art Projects

Categories: Art, Well Together

Next up for #WellTogether week, we are sharing the amazing online art project created and shared online by CollaborACES, which has provided our community with weekly projects to inspire us to get crafty and creative during this difficult time! CollaborACES is a collaborative online creative project between ACES Tayside at the University of Dundee and…Continue Reading #WellTogether: CollaborACES Weekly Art Projects

#WellTogether: University of Dundee Archives and Mental Health Part 1 (Video)

Categories: Archives, Well Together

For #WellTogether Week, University Archivist Caroline Brown has created some short talks which explore how archives relate to mental well-being. Today we share the first of her short talks, in which she discusses collections that relate to mental health in the University Archives; the University Archives hold the archives of NHS Tayside, including information about…Continue Reading #WellTogether: University of Dundee Archives and Mental Health Part 1 (Video)

#WellTogether: Public Art Tour of Blackness, Dundee

Categories: Art, Museums, Well Together

#WellTogether: Mindfulness in the Botanic Gardens

Categories: Gardens, Well Together

Getting out in nature can be a great way to relax and practice mindfulness. We know that it’s not possible for everyone to get out as much as we would normally like, so the Botanic Gardens here at University of Dundee have been posting regular updates from the garden so we have a way to…Continue Reading #WellTogether: Mindfulness in the Botanic Gardens