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DJCAD Students Get Opportunity To Exhibit Winning Mural Design in NYC

Belhaven Scottish Ale and Duke of Montrose Scottish Pub have launched an exclusive competition for emerging artists at Duncan of Jordonstone College of Art and Design, at the University of Dundee, Scotland, to celebrate the opening of new Scottish pub Duke of Montrose, Park Slope, Brooklyn, where students are invited to design a Scottish themed mural for the chance to fly to New York City to exhibit their permanent design. Briefed to honor Scottish heritage, the collaboration between the Scottish Brewery and new Scottish Pub is a natural fit - 1719 marks the earliest documented evidence of the Belhaven Brewery in...

Turner Prize nominee to return to DJCAD

Mhari MacDonald | Fine Art

Turner Prize nominee and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) alumnus Luke Fowler will next week return to his Alma Mater. Luke, who graduated with a Fine Art degree from DJCAD in 2000, will find out later this year whether he has won what is widely regarded as the most prestigious, and often controversial, award for contemporary art. He will be at the University of Dundee’s D’Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre on Tuesday, 30th October to discuss his career and Turner Prize nomination before introducing his latest work, ‘Poor Stockinger’, which will be screened to an a...

KCA Alumni Award 2012

Mhari MacDonald | General

A Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) student will receive a £3000 prize for winning a competition established by an alumnus of the college. The KCA Alumni Award is open to students who are undertaking full time undergraduate study at DJCAD, part of the University of Dundee. Final year animation student Jenny Pattison (30), originally from Glasgow, is the inaugural winner of the award. She will receive her prize at the preview of an exhibition celebrating the work of Jenny and the other finalists at the Cooper Gallery Project Space on Tuesday, 23rd October. The award was se...

Hayley Scanlan to launch new collection

Mhari MacDonald | Textile Design

'Velvet Venom' is the first diffusion collection from DJCAD graduate Hayley Scanlan, produced to cope with intense demand for her work, which has become a favourite of stars including Jessie J and Little Mix. It features her trademark simple silhouettes combined with striking detail and embellishment. The collection will be unveiled against a backdrop of some of the world's greatest fashion images, currently on display at The McManus as part of the `Selling Dreams: 100 Years of Fashion Photography' exhibition. The launch event, which features a living catwalk, is being supported by V&A at Dundee. ...

New exhibition takes visitors into the movies

| Exhibitions

The Cooper Gallery at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD) will be turned into the set of an imaginary film, complete with cinematic trailer flickering in the foyer and three large-scale neon signs announcing the different phases of a major 'exhibition as movie' that will open next week. 'Surplus Cameo Decor' is the work of the German artist Edgar Schmitz. The exhibition, which runs from 18th October until 14th December, will be divided into three episodes, each featuring an array of filmic props installed in the gallery space. These include a bronze tinted two-way mirror in a style bo...