{"id":6098,"date":"2025-09-09T16:15:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/?page_id=6098"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:55:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:55:42","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/","title":{"rendered":"University culture blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-blocksy-query\" data-id=\"22f09e01\"><div class=\"ct-posts-block\" data-prefix=\"blog\"><div class=\"entries\" data-archive=\"default\" data-layout=\"enhanced-grid\" data-cards=\"boxed\"><article class=\"entry-card card-content post-6758 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-art category-museums\" data-reveal=\"bottom:no\"><a class=\"ct-media-container boundless-image\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/recent-acquisitions-for-the-university-of-dundee-museums\/\" aria-label=\"Recent Acquisitions for the University of Dundee Museums\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/02\/arts6196-768x774.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/02\/arts6196-768x774.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/02\/arts6196-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/02\/arts6196-1016x1024.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/02\/arts6196-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/02\/arts6196.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9;\" \/><\/a><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/recent-acquisitions-for-the-university-of-dundee-museums\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Recent Acquisitions for the University of Dundee Museums<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>The latest exhibition in the Tower Foyer Gallery showcases some of the most recent additions to the University of Dundee Museum Collections, all made over the last two years. From acquiring brand new pieces fresh out of the Degree Show\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><ul class=\"entry-meta\" data-type=\"simple:slash\" data-id=\"meta_2\" ><li class=\"meta-author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a class=\"ct-meta-element-author\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/author\/czbrown\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Brown\" rel=\"author\" itemprop=\"url\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Caroline Brown<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"meta-date\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time class=\"ct-meta-element-date\" datetime=\"2026-02-27T12:05:15+00:00\">27 February 2026<\/time><\/li><li class=\"meta-categories\" data-type=\"simple\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-4\">Art<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/museums\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-17\">Museums<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/article><article class=\"entry-card card-content post-6746 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-art category-medicine\" data-reveal=\"bottom:no\"><a class=\"ct-media-container boundless-image\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/what-happens-when-medicine-meets-art\/\" aria-label=\"What happens when Medicine meets Art?\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-08-162552-768x377.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-08-162552-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-08-162552-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-08-162552.png 862w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9;\" \/><\/a><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/what-happens-when-medicine-meets-art\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">What happens when Medicine meets Art?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>The Ian Lowe Centre at Ninewells Hospital Medical School is hosting a unique exhibition celebrating the creative intersection of medicine, surgery and art. Planned by PRASS (Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery Society),\u00a0the exhibition invites Artistic and Medical personnel to share\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><ul class=\"entry-meta\" data-type=\"simple:slash\" data-id=\"meta_2\" ><li class=\"meta-author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a class=\"ct-meta-element-author\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/author\/czbrown\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Brown\" rel=\"author\" itemprop=\"url\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Caroline Brown<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"meta-date\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time class=\"ct-meta-element-date\" datetime=\"2026-02-08T16:31:10+00:00\">8 February 2026<\/time><\/li><li class=\"meta-categories\" data-type=\"simple\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-4\">Art<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/medicine\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-16\">Medicine<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/article><article class=\"entry-card card-content post-6655 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-art category-djcad category-education\" data-reveal=\"bottom:no\"><a class=\"ct-media-container boundless-image\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/creative-beginnings-an-insight-into-the-journey-of-djcad-students\/\" aria-label=\"Creative Beginnings &#8211; An Insight into the Journey of DJCAD Students\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/12\/GF-Making-Project-2025-10-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Student project work on table, painted tree and handmade mannequin\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/12\/GF-Making-Project-2025-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/12\/GF-Making-Project-2025-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/12\/GF-Making-Project-2025-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/12\/GF-Making-Project-2025-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/12\/GF-Making-Project-2025-10-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9;\" \/><\/a><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/creative-beginnings-an-insight-into-the-journey-of-djcad-students\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Creative Beginnings &#8211; An Insight into the Journey of DJCAD Students<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Every year, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art &amp; Design holds its Degree Show event, showcasing their undergraduate students final projects. Have you ever attended a DJCAD Degree Show? If so, have you ever wondered how those students started out?\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><ul class=\"entry-meta\" data-type=\"simple:slash\" data-id=\"meta_2\" ><li class=\"meta-author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a class=\"ct-meta-element-author\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/author\/kclark003\/\" title=\"Posts by Kelsey Clark\" rel=\"author\" itemprop=\"url\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Kelsey Clark<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"meta-date\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time class=\"ct-meta-element-date\" datetime=\"2025-12-11T14:01:50+00:00\">11 December 2025<\/time><\/li><li class=\"meta-categories\" data-type=\"simple\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-4\">Art<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/djcad\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-8\">DJCAD<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/education\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-10\">Education<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/article><article class=\"entry-card card-content post-6633 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-art category-djcad category-film category-photography\" data-reveal=\"bottom:no\"><a class=\"ct-media-container boundless-image\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/cooper-gallerys-sit-in-5-compassionate-rebels-in-action\/\" aria-label=\"Cooper Gallery&#8217;s Sit In #5 &#8211; Compassionate\u00a0Rebels in Action\u00a0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/11\/Cooper-Gallery-Upstairs-EDITED-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Upstairs Gallery Area with Cushions and a Mural\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/11\/Cooper-Gallery-Upstairs-EDITED-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/11\/Cooper-Gallery-Upstairs-EDITED-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/11\/Cooper-Gallery-Upstairs-EDITED-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/11\/Cooper-Gallery-Upstairs-EDITED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/11\/Cooper-Gallery-Upstairs-EDITED-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9;\" \/><\/a><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/cooper-gallerys-sit-in-5-compassionate-rebels-in-action\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cooper Gallery&#8217;s Sit In #5 &#8211; Compassionate\u00a0Rebels in Action\u00a0<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Our team in the Cooper Gallery have been working away over the past year on their final Sit-in #5,&nbsp;Compassionate&nbsp;Rebels in Action&nbsp;staged by award winning British-Kenyan (Maasai Kikuyu) artist, filmmaker and writer Grace Ndiritu.&nbsp;Compassionate&nbsp;Rebels in Action&nbsp;celebrates the culmination of their critically\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><ul class=\"entry-meta\" data-type=\"simple:slash\" data-id=\"meta_2\" ><li class=\"meta-author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a class=\"ct-meta-element-author\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/author\/kclark003\/\" title=\"Posts by Kelsey Clark\" rel=\"author\" itemprop=\"url\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Kelsey Clark<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"meta-date\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time class=\"ct-meta-element-date\" datetime=\"2025-11-17T15:36:25+00:00\">17 November 2025<\/time><\/li><li class=\"meta-categories\" data-type=\"simple\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-4\">Art<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/djcad\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-8\">DJCAD<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/film\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-11\">Film<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/photography\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-20\">Photography<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/article><article class=\"entry-card card-content post-6616 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-museums\" data-reveal=\"bottom:no\"><a class=\"ct-media-container boundless-image\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/photographing-the-darcy-thompson-zoology-museum\/\" aria-label=\"Photographing the D\u2019Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/11\/image-1-768x274.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/11\/image-1-768x274.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/11\/image-1-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/11\/image-1-1024x365.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/11\/image-1-1536x547.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/11\/image-1-2048x730.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9;\" \/><\/a><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/photographing-the-darcy-thompson-zoology-museum\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photographing the D\u2019Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Over the past year, photographer and DJCAD alumna Catherine McIntyre has been creating stunning images of the specimens in the D\u2019Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum, which have now been brought together in an online and print-on-demand publication, available to view at\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><ul class=\"entry-meta\" data-type=\"simple:slash\" data-id=\"meta_2\" ><li class=\"meta-author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a class=\"ct-meta-element-author\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/author\/czbrown\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Brown\" rel=\"author\" itemprop=\"url\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Caroline Brown<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"meta-date\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time class=\"ct-meta-element-date\" datetime=\"2025-11-11T09:16:30+00:00\">11 November 2025<\/time><\/li><li class=\"meta-categories\" data-type=\"simple\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/museums\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-17\">Museums<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cta-background-color has-background has-large-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/?post_type=post\">View all posts<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the #DundeeUniCulture blog! We will be using this space to share with you and celebrate the cultural activity that our staff and students participate in across the university. From our archives, museums, art, sports, music, theatre, botanics, photography, literature\u2026 the list goes on! We aim to give you a digital snapshot into the various cultural activities happening at the university.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6741,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-landing.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6098","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6098"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6740,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6098\/revisions\/6740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}