Talks

An online event featuring presentations from members of the Scotland & Medicine network of museums, archives and libraries Scotland is renowned for its amazing contributions to medical innovation through a long history of pioneering research, education, treatment and technology. This extraordinary story is told by the members of Scotland & Medicine, a network of museums,… Continue Reading this article Scotland & Medicine – Collections Showcase

Round Table conversation Speakers: Tiffany Kaewen Dang, Charles Mudede, and Bahar Noorizadeh Chaired by: Angela Dimitrakaki Bringing together artists, researchers and writers involved in projects of spatial justice, this roundtable examines how capital remains the primary force in shaping urban space today and asks if art can be a catalyst for social resistance. As a point of departure, the discussion will… Continue Reading this article Right to the City: Art and the Production of Space

An introduction to living culture and folk culture in Dundee, Angus and the wider Abertay area. In 2024, the UK government ratified the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Intangible Cultural Heritage - also referred to as living heritage - is cultural heritage which is living and actively practised by… Continue Reading this article Living Heritage in Dundee

Join us and Culture for Climate Scotland for the next Green Tease, exploring the intersections between art practice, climate change and mental health. Inspired by Dundee’s vibrant ecosystem of organisations, groups, and freelancers working hand-in-hand with communities to sustain hope, nurture wellbeing, and imagine better futures through creative placemaking – this Green Tease celebrates the power of… Continue Reading this article Green Tease: Emotional & Community Resilience

Join UNESCO City of Design Dundee for a discussion with Māori designer and artist Matthew McIntyre Wilson. Designer and artist Matthew McIntyre Wilson (based in Whanganui, Aotearoa) is a practitioner whose work brings together Māori cultural practices, museological inquiry, and contemporary craft. Matthew is spending April in Dundee visiting Scottish museum collections of taonga (an… Continue Reading this article In-conversation with Matthew McIntyre Wilson

In this informal talk, jewellers Islay Spalding and Sara Marshall will discuss their artistic journeys, and the creative process behind individual objects they have created. Islay Spalding is the founder of Double Door Studios. She will talk about the inspiration behind some of her bespoke kilt pins, and how she embeds personal meaning and stories… Continue Reading this article Stories from the Jewellery Box

Join UNESCO City of Design Dundee for a presentation from Textile Legacies resident Hannah Sabapathy! Dundee-based designer and artist Hannah Sabapathy is a practitioner who interrogates the power dynamics behind South Asian and British textile design history. In March, Hannah visited fellow City of Design Whanganui, New Zealand, for a month-long residency exploring the city's… Continue Reading this article Bad Specimens: Cuttings and Swatches in Aotearoa Archives

Join Cally Booker for an inspiring exploration of her book, Designing and Weaving Double Cloth, a beautifully illustrated guide to one of weaving’s most fascinating techniques. Revealing how multi-layered cloth can be created in a single piece, Booker takes us from first principles to complex, expressive designs. Whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced maker - or just curious about the creative possibilities… Continue Reading this article Cally Booker – Designing and Weaving Double Cloth

Lighthouses have long stood as beacons of resilience and care, but what of the lives behind the light? In Lighthouse Lives, Erin Farley gathers the voices of Scotland’s last generation of lighthouse keepers and their families, capturing a vanishing way of life before automation in 1998. Drawing on vivid oral histories, this event explores close-knit coastal… Continue Reading this article Erin Farley – Lighthouse Lives

Anna Day chats with Costume Designer Jane Petrie. Jane Petrie is a costume designer originally from Dundee but grew up in Newport-on-Tay, Fife. She became interested in costume design after a visit to the V&A Museum at the age of ten. Studying costume design at Wimbledon School of Art, she went on to work at… Continue Reading this article In conversation with Jane Petrie

Join us for a special evening with historian and storyteller Dr Erin Farley. Farley will explore strands from the complex history of Michelin and other industries in Dundee, interwoven with responses from local tradition and folklore to the themes presented artist Adrián Balseca’s exhibition In the Forest Ruins. Dr Erin Farley is a local historian and storyteller based in Dundee. She is the Library & Information Officer… Continue Reading this article Storytelling and History, Michelin and Dundee with Dr Erin Farley 

An exclusive panel with some of the UK’s most influential runway reporters Join magazine editor Mark Holgate (Vogue US), fashion director Karen Dacre (The Sunday Times’ Style Magazine) and social media commentator Chani Ra (@thefashionnap) in this exclusive panel on fashion show reporting. With stories direct from the front row, and inspired by our exhibition, Catwalk:… Continue Reading this article Reporting the Catwalk

An in-conversation with Dame Laura Lee and Lily Jencks Sit in with Maggie’s CEO, Dame Laura Lee DBE, and the design team behind the upcoming Maggie’s centre in Dumfries and Galloway centre, Lily Jencks (Cosmic House, The Jencks Foundation) and Roz Barr (Roz Barr Architects), as they talk through the legacy, impact and future of… Continue Reading this article Maggie’s: Designing Care