Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee

This week is your last chance to discover how art can be experienced beyond sight. 🤏

Open until Friday, "Making Sense" is a multi-sensory exhibition showcasing the research of PhD student Jinyu "Eevee" Han and features tactile models and audio descriptions to help interpret a range of objects and collections.

The exhibition was developed in collaboration with Sight Support & Social Hub, North East Sensory Services and Dundee Contemporary Arts, and also features work by past graduate, Leah MacMillan.🙌

Through tactile models, audio descriptions and sensory artworks, explore what happens when we explore art through touch, sound and other sensory experiences instead.🫶

Making Sense - https://buff.ly/zXcPM1y

- 10 April – 26 June📅
- Monday - Friday, 09:30 - 19:00 🕤
- Tower Foyer Gallery, Tower Building, University of Dundee📍
- Free entry, all welcome 🎟️

Winding down for summer? Not us! 🌞😜

Yesterday, we took part in a mini open day, inviting potential students to experience student life through a DJCAD lens by making their own cameras and using them to capture the fantastic views from our buildings! 📷

Visitors also also got the chance to speak to staff and current students in the marquee and make their own mark with some DJCAD stencils! 🎨

And hands up who grabbed themselves an ice cream?!✋️

Want to learn more - or want a second look? You can visit us again during one of the two University of Dundee Open Days on Sat 26 September and Sat 31 October!

For more details and book a place, click the link: https://buff.ly/K5Z3W3q 🔗

DJCAD has plenty of oddly shaped studios and offices, but few are likely to have a better outlook than this one! 😍

Whether perfectly located for creative inspiration, or just daydreaming from - a centre of collaboration or an artistic sanctury - have your got a favourite desk or studio in DJCAD?

Stock up for the summer! ☀️

Whether you're counting down to a holiday or planning your next creative project (maybe both!) we've got a splash of colour to brighten your day.

Want to send some summer vibes, these picture perfect cards from Lauren Morsley and Pamela Scott are just the ticket! You can pick them up from the shop at DJCAD reception in the Matthew Building. 😎

Or for students staying in Dundee over the summer, the Art Materials Shop will be open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 16:00 (closed Wednesdays and weekends).packed with the usual fantastic range of art and design materials is ready for whatever you have in mind!

Pop in and take a look before the summer rush begins! ✨

And now for something completely different! ✨️

If you like your art with no limits, crammed with colour, humour and energy and skill, you'll not want to miss this.🤩

Art Angel is back at DJCAD, taking over our foyer spaces to showcase the incredible talent of the young people they support. The exhibiton highlights the transformative power of creativity, when people feel free and safe to create instinctive, personal and genuine art.💪

See the huge variety of work from over 30 artists and expect... well, a bit of everything (with a dash of the unexpected thrown in as well!)🫟

Preview:
- DJCAD, Matthew Building, Level 1📍
- Friday 12 June 🗓️
- 17:00 - 19:00 🕔️

Exhibition
- Saturday 13 June - Sunday 12 July 🗓️
- 08:00 - 21:00 (Mon-Fri) and 10:00 - 17:00 (Sat) 🕙️
- Free entry – all welcome! 😀

Founded in 2003, Art Angel is a non-clinical art-based mental health charity in Dundee.

Open to anyone aged 16+ living in Tayside, Art Angel believes that art is an essential tool for supporting people living with mental health challenges, and that anyone can be an artist, regardless of their skill or background.

Image credit: Poster design by Arwen Sharp

Missing Degree Show and looking for another date to visit DJCAD?😢

Join us on Wednesday 17th June for our Mini Open Day! 🥰

If you are interested in future study at DJCAD, then this is the perfect opportunity to get a snapshot to what student life is like. Chat to staff, students, view our amazing facilities and take part in interactive workshops all as part of this exciting event. ✏️

Like what you see or not able to attend? Then come back and join us for our main Open Day events which take place in September and October. More information about the Mini Open Day and future events can be found on our website (https://buff.ly/x8OVULU) 📆

We look forward to seeing you then!

Getting the post-Degree Show blues? Don't worry - there's a whole heap of creativity on your doorstep to enjoy!

"Making Sense" (10 Apr - 26 Jun) and "Light Show" (5 May - 24 Jul) at Museum Collections, University of Dundee 🖼️

"Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show" (3 Apr - 17 Jan), "Maggie's: Architecture that Cares" (6 Mar - 1 Nov) and "Design and Disability" (5 Jun - 4 Oct) at V&A Dundee ✨️

"They Had Four Years" (31 May - 12 Jul) at Generator Projects 🎨

"Curtain Call" (7 Feb - 15 Nov) at The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum 👗

"Adrián Balseca: In the Forest Ruins" and "Francis Dosoo: Portrait of Dorothy Gale" (16 May - 2 Aug) at Dundee Contemporary Arts 🫟

Certainly plenty to keep your creative calendar full! 😁

Image credit: Grant Anderson (Design & Disability, V&A Dundee)

Degree Show 2026 has closed it's doors, but there's still time to thank another of our generous sponsors - Waracle Ltd. 🤩

As well as supporting the show, the Waracle team delivered a tailored industry insights session with some of our design students, looking at the future of digital products, offering practical advice on standing out in a competitive market and running a hands-on portfolio clinic for emerging designers. ✏️

One of the participating students - Digital Interaction Design graduate, Jas Calder - said "...it was really insightful learning what different things companies look for from both a design perspective but also a HR/business perspective on applications... [and] really refreshing to hear what designers actually look for in portfolios...".🤝

Waracle can support students across design, digital media, and computing disciplines, including UX/UI and product design, graphic design, animation, computer science, software engineering, and related digital technology fields.

Interested in joining Waracle's graduate designer talent pool? Head to the bottom of their careers page: https://buff.ly/Tx4acb1🔗

Big thanks to everyone at Waracle for their support

🎉 On behalf of the graduating class of 2026, thank you to everyone who visited Degree Show this year and helped make it such a phenomenal experience for all involved. 🎉

Over nine days, we inched past last year's total and welcomed a phenomenal 13,324 people to DJCAD! A huge congratulations to the students, whose fantastic work makes the show what it is, and a heartfelt thanks to the staff, student ambassadors, supporters and sponsors who help make it possible. 👏

Degree Show may be over, but you can remind yourself of much of the incredible work on our online showcase, and if you haven't already, please take a minute to complete our survey and share feedback that will help shape future shows for both students and visitors (links to both in bio!).

And with more exciting exhibitions in development, including the much anticipated Masters Show in August, we hope to welcome you back to DJCAD very soon. 👋

For now, however, all our congratulations go to the class of 2026, and please join us in wishing them all the very best for the future.❤️

Image credit: Malcolm Finnie, University of Dundee