Creative Dundee

Meet Some Amps Supporters

James Gemmill

James is an illustrator, artist and designer creating detail-laden works that invite people to explore and learn. Read more…

Kelly Kanayama

Kelly is a writer, critic, editor and educator on where comics and geek culture intersect with race, gender and politics. Read more…

Matthew Cormack

Matthew is an award-winning game developer and digital curator, working as lead developer with Tend VR. Read more…

Dundee Rep Theatre

The Rep host award-winning productions and a vibrant engagement programme for all ages and abilities. Read more…

Erin Tosh

Erin is an illustrator, with fun and lively creations that are often home to curious creatures. Read more…

Branches & All

Branches & All are a group of climate change-challenging professionals creating sustainable floral designs. Read more…

Danny Flynn

Danny is a video editor, filmmaker and content creator, creating satirical yet sincere takes on Dundee’s culture. Read more…

June Barton

June is an artist, printmaker and lifelong lover of art, using creativity as a form of therapy as well as her passion. Read more…

Corrie Gorman

Corrie is an illustrator, printmaker and picture book maker, highlighting playful takes on day-to-day life. Read more…

Tom Bird

Tom is a writer, poet and artist, performing their spoken-word poetry with 2 Stoned Birds. Read more…

Rio Moore

Rio is an illustrator, sculptor, and painter, creating anything from intimate, detailed artworks to huge sculptures. Read more…

Freya Cumming

Freya is an illustrator and printmaker, creating multi-layered screenprints and handprinted wallpapers.  Read more…

Ieva Jankovska

Ieva is a jewellery designer/maker creating pieces that are playful and full of distinctive character. Read more…

Ellen Forbes

Ellen is an illustrator whose bright and joyous work focusses on the small wonders and tribulations of life. Read more…

Jilly Noble

Jilly a brand designer and photographer, helping indie businesses tell the story of their brand and products. Read more…

Zoë Swann

Zoë is an illustrator, filmmaker and musician who loves using her work tell stories and bring joy to others. Read more…

Rhia Cook

Rhia is a digital creator and editor; at the heart of everything she does are stories and the people who tell them. Read more…

Alan Birch

Alan combines design, creativity and community through his work in retail and product development. Read more…

Andy Robertson

Andy is a designer, artist and community worker, collaborating with young people through Hot Chocolate Trust. Read more…

Fíona Canavan

Fíona is an architect who loves collaboration and bringing architecture to a wider audience. Read more…

Rhiannon Mudaliar

Rhiannon is a director and artist, telling powerful stories that amplify voices and challenge the status quo. Read more…

Matthew Jarron

Matthew curates the University of Dundee’s museum collection, sharing history of art, design, science and medicine. Read more…

Luis Alçada

Luis is a comedian, promoter and organiser, providing a platform for comedy and spoken word events around Tayside. Read more…

Katja Steel Kusakova

Katja is a producer who loves bringing people together and helping them feel more connected to where they live.  Read more…

Kirsten Manzi

Kirsten is a jewellery designer, inspired by meaningful connections and noticing little details in the everyday. Read more…

Sarah Burt

Sarah Burt

Sarah loves learning new processes and coming together with others to share inspiration and spark creativity. Read more…

Jamie Stein

Jamie is a graphic designer who’s passionate about creating work with a playful edge and personality. Read more…

Islay Spalding

Islay is a maker of contemporary jewellery, inspired by natural forms, nonsense stories, surrealism and symbolic art.  Read more…

Claire Gorman

Claire is a community musician and composer who loves instigating small musical happenings. Read more…

Paola McClure

Paola is a sculptor and visual artist who is interested in exploring figurative work through abstract forms. Read more…

Mairi Isla

Mairi Isla

Mairi’s work often focuses on minimal and playful interpretations of the natural world, folk tales, and mythology. Read more…

Daisy MacGowan

Daisy MacGowan

Daisy is an illustrator and designer, creating products and stationery as ethically and locally as possible. Read more…

Cally Booker

Cally Booker

Cally is a weaver—when she’s not at the loom, she’s probably talking, writing or thinking about weaving. Read more…

Rebecca Jones

Rebecca is an artist, maker and musician, lending her intuitive creativity to all she produces. Read more…

Joanna Craig

Joanna is an artist, reflecting the world around us through expressive brushstrokes and bright bold palettes. Read more…

CL Gamble

C is a cripple punk and art witch, with work centring around activism, inclusion and community engagement. Read more…

Cat Laird

Cat is an illustrator and comic artist who loves drawing and creating work for others to experience and enjoy. Read more…

Vicky Armstrong

Vicky is an artist, art therapist and postgrad researcher in psychology, combining her passions as Art at the Start. Read more…

James Morwood

James is a programmer, game developer, zine maker, and a big fan of experimenting and collaborating. Read more…

V&A Dundee’s YPC

V&A Dundee’s Young People’s Collective co-design programming and represent young people’s voices in the museum. Read more…

Lucy Dewar

Lucy is an illustrator, channelling her creativity into vibrant work that’s steeped in warmth, texture and detail. Read more…

Lydia Smith

Lydia is a photographer, telling stories about people and capturing details from the world around us. Read more…

Sorcha Pringle

Sorcha is passionate about inclusivity in the arts, working as a community musician and accessibility consultant. Read more…

Luke Cassidy Greer

Luke’s an artist, arts organiser and editor, and he runs Dundee’s only dedicated Risograph printing studio. Read more…

Laura Darling

Laura is an illustrator, using observational drawing as a way of understanding the world and sharing stories. Read more…

Julie Cumming

Julie is a designer, photographer and writer who focuses on human-centred design and storytelling. Read more…

Emma Jones

Emma is a lighting designer, working across all types of arts forms including theatre, dance and music. Read more…

Deborah Chapman

Deborah runs social enterprise How It Felt, supporting wellbeing through workshops and puppetry. Read more…

Hayley Blakeman

Hayley is a community theatre practitioner, using play and creativity to build a sense of community and purpose. Read more…

Mark Urban

Mark is a musician and visual artist who loves having the freedom to create his own worlds with his own rules. Read more…

Pamela Scott

Pamela is an illustrator and printmaker, creating work inspired by her home city of Dundee. Read more…

ScrapAntics

ScrapAntics are a powerhouse of creativity and community, running workshops, studios and their ScrapStore. Read more…

Steph Liddle

Steph is a ceramicist and maker who creates contemporary, graphic ceramic homewares and jewellery. Read more…

Alastair Walker

Alastair is a freelance graphic designer, specialising in brand identities and working across print and digital. Read more…

Elizabeth Ann Day

Elizabeth is an artist, curator and organiser who enjoys working collaboratively and starting her own initiatives. Read more…

Cara Rooney

Cara is an illustrator, workshop facilitator and plaything maker who makes interactive illustrations, books and toys. Read more…

Barry Robertson

Barry is a signwriter and signmaker creating lettering, graphics and logos for businesses and organisations. Read more…

Su Shaw

Su is a Scottish-Portuguese artist, musician and producer who creates and performs as SHHE. Read more…

John McCann

John is a playwright who enjoys script development, process and collaborating with others to tell stories. Read more…

Esther Farrell

Esther is an artist and youth worker who loves working alongside young people to change ‘I can’t’ into ‘I can’. Read more…

DCA

DCA is an internationally renowned centre for contemporary art and hub for culture and learning. Read more…

Suzanne Scott

Suzanne is an artist and illustrator, creating unique, quirky ranges and working with businesses to tell their stories. Read more…

Amanda Lowson

Amanda is a theatre practitioner who loves to bring joy to those around her through working and creating together. Read more…

Ryan McLeod

Ryan is a designer and one half of design studio Agency Of None. He also runs podcast Creative Chit Chat. Read more…

Russell Pepper

Russell is the director of Open/Close, a project which aims to bring more vibrancy to the streets of Dundee. Read more…

Lynne Campbell

Lynne is a folk music enthusiast and helps creatives build their confidence in business and public speaking. Read more…

Louise Kirby

Louise is a designer and illustrator, who creates bespoke designs that capture a sense of place. Read more…

Sam Sherriff

Sam is an artist and the organiser of Fun A Day. She’s passionate about public art and inclusive creativity. Read more…

David Scott

David is an artist, photographer and videographer, creating his own work alongside projects for clients. Read more…

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