DJCAD Masters Show 2024
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…
Camperdown Works: The World’s Largest Jute Factory
In the 19th century Lochee was home to the huge Camperdown Works, the heart of the Cox family’s jute empire. The family had been involved in the manufacture of linen in the area in the 18th century and moved into…
Colour-Less – An Exhibition of Black and White Art
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…
What the Owl Knows: Film Review
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…
Cooper Gallery Spring Report
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…
Science fiction, the US podcast charts and Dundee
Reader in English Keith Williams from the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law is taking the US by storm. A podcast he recently took part in on the 1933 Invisible Man adaptation is riding very high in the US…
Plant Power 2024
‘Plant Power’ is an annual event held at the University of Dundee Botanic Garden. Each year it coincides with Fascination of Plants Day organised by the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO). This year, staff at the Garden worked with the…
50 Years of Ninewells
Last month, three medical students, Natanya Lim, Maryam Nadeem and Dan Williams, completed their Community Engagement Selected Student Component (SSC) with the Tayside Medical History Museum. SSCs are an important part of medical training and aim to establish a foundation…
New Scriptorium Anthology: Creative Writing
This Anthology is a project of the Creative Writing programme at the University of Dundee in partnership with the New Scriptorium, an artist-designed and -built structure on the grounds of Arbroath Abbey. The New Scriptorium came about to celebrate the…
Then and now – changing Dundee: Crossing the Tay
For centuries Dundee has had close links with communities on the south bank of the Tay and travel between Dundee and Fife has always been important. Today, traffic and weather conditions allowing, getting across the Tay is a relatively simple…