Playful Gardens are monthly, inclusive family play days held outdoors within the Dundee Botanic gardens. Those involved in Playful Gardens see the huge benefits for families, but we wanted to learn more about families’ experiences at the events. In 2023-24 Playful Gardens were able to host Tara O’Leary, a research student from University of Dundee …
Over the Covid-19 restrictions Art at the Start have been sending out boxes of art materials and ideas to try at home to vulnerable families. The first 50 were funded by Vicky’s School of Social Sciences research budget and then we were lucky to win funding from the University’s Public Engagement Seed Fund to do …
Holly has been working with Dundee Contemporary Arts on a couple of projects, and it seems Autumn is the time to share them! Engage Journal Firstly, she interviewed Sarah Derrick, Head of Learning, about the development of the learning programme at DCA over the course of 20 years. This article has been published by Engage, …
TALKING ABOUT ART We are looking for volunteer families* to explore, draw, and discuss art. At a loss for words when you look at art? Or do you always know what to say? How can galleries help us find our voice? As part of the long term project Art at the Start, University of Dundee …