Talks

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

Discover the roles behind the scenes of the fashion industry Join Marie Owen, founder and CEO of LS Productions, the UK’s largest production service company, and Becky White, co-founder at SALAD Communications, a Glasgow-based communications agency. Together they'll discuss the roles and careers, beyond the designers, that sustain the fashion industry, and what it takes… Continue Reading this article Scotland Fashion Now: Alternative Careers in Fashion

Exploring the politics of body diversity on the runway Join in a discussion looking at the runway as a space that shapes the evolving standards of beauty and the importance and impact of diverse representation on the catwalk. Morgan and Rosalind, co-founders of I Am More Than, a campaign developed to promote body inclusivity in the… Continue Reading this article Scotland Fashion Now: Runway Representation

An informal evening of short talks and reminiscences to celebrate 100 years since the birth of artist and teacher David McClure. Born in Lochwinnoch in 1926, David McClure studied at Edinburgh College of Art and came to Dundee in 1958 to teach Drawing & Painting at the Art College. He became a popular and influential… Continue Reading this article David McClure RSA – A Centenary Celebration

A talk by Matthew Jarron for RSA 200 hosted by the Abertay Historical Society The Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge is one of the most iconic pieces of public sculpture in Scotland, and a frequent stopping point for tourists travelling to the West Highlands. Yet its creator, Scott Sutherland, remains little known despite his considerable… Continue Reading this article Labor Vincit – The Work and Influence of Scott Sutherland RSA

Join us for a special Members’ evening celebrating costume design Award-nominated Scottish costume designer Anna Robbins will share her experience of creating some of the most unforgettable looks of Downton Abbey, exploring the artistry of fashion on screen and its links to the early twentieth century runways in Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show. Anna will… Continue Reading this article In Conversation with Anna Robbins