Work by Amy Gear, exhibiting at GENERATORprojects from Thu 14 July.
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DDS x DSS: Double Door Studios and Dock Street Studios have a collaborative event series launching Sat 9 July.
Volk Gallery have a new edition! Gav Herron brings his mid-century inspired illustrations with an absurdist twist to the vending machine.
Bit Loom have a new game in progress! We can’t wait to play Tray Racers! and race through sand dunes with our pals.
Sounds good, does good. Peace and Plenty is new compilation album and accompanying publication that supports UNICEF and their work in Ukraine, featuring some familiar faces from our Amps community.
Events
V&A Dundee are holding their first ever Summer Design Market in collaboration with Tea Green Events on Fri 29, Sat 30 & Sun 31 July.
Dundee-based artist Zoe Gibson has worked with children in Arbroath to create a giant sculpture titled The Fish of Knowledge on display at Hospitalfield until Sun 14 Aug.
Join Dundee-based ceramicist Steph Liddle for a workshop in Glasgow later this month exploring surface design on ceramic forms – beginners welcome!
Opportunities
We Are Here Scotland are looking for new mentors who can offer practical career support and guidance to the successful recipients of their Creators’ Fund.
Dundee Fringe returns for 2022! They’ll be back at Dock Street Studios in September, and are now open to applications from performers.
The Dundee Youth Fund launches Round 6 of applications this month, awarding grants to projects and activities that are run for or by young people in Dundee.
Illusive Utopias by Amy Gear and Emily Johnston opens at GENERATORprojects on Thu 14 July, exploring the elusiveness of the utopian ideal.
How do you make a comic? Find out at the University of Dundee’s Comics Stripped! at the Tower Foyer Gallery, guest curated by comic artist Zu Dominiak.
Embodied Bodies, an exhibition of figurative works by artist Jen Robson, is open now at Gallery 48 showcasing drawings exploring the human form.
Media artist, musician and curator Adam Lockhart presents RAW HORIZONS at Federation Gallery in the Keiller Centre, exploring brutalist architecture through sound, film and print.
Content
Our Creative Climate Producer Claire Dufour chatted about CULTIVATE alongside our community partner Community First and Creative Practitioners Kirsty McKeown and Jeni Reid on the 1000 Better Stories podcast.
We shared imaginative responses from University of Dundee students inspired by the Dundee Cultural Recovery Report.
Season 2 of Agency of None’s podcast, No Opinion, launches today! They invite guests to join them in exploring why Dundee lacks serious space for design to exist.
UNESCO have launched the Street Studio on Union Street – a community co-design space where you can contribute thoughts and ideas about the future of the street. Drop by and dream big.
