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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...
Logo goes to London
Mhari MacDonald | General
A DJCAD student is set to see his work on display at an art gallery in London. Dale Duncan, a level 4 Graphic Design student, entered a national competition to design a logo for fine art suppliers Winsor & Newton. The brief outlined that the art materials company Winsor & Newton were looking for a design to wrap around the box that will hold their new line of ink. Dale created a black ink sketch of an octopus and made the shortlist of 30 designs from 700 entries. His shortlisted design will be displayed at the Griffin Gallery in London until the 28th September, 2012. Dale admitted tha...
TATE Modern launch for REWIND book
Mhari MacDonald | General
A book celebrating the pioneers of video art in the UK, co-edited by Professor Stephen Partridge from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD), will be launched at TATE Modern next week. The REWIND project to exhume the lost history of the invention of British video art was led by Professor Partridge, Dean of Research at DJCAD, part of the University of Dundee, from 2004-10. The book resulting from the project, REWIND: British Artists’ Video in the 1970s & 1980s will be launched at TATE Modern’s Starr Auditorium on Tuesday, 25th September. Edited by Professor Partrid...
'Making Words - Marking Words' - new exhibition showcases residency outputs
Mhari MacDonald | General
Work produced by three artists during a summer residency at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) will be unveiled at a new exhibition at the Cooper Gallery this week. Making Words - Marking Words is the Cooper Summer Residency 2012 Exhibition and will feature David Bellingham, Cally Spooner and Jesper List Thomsen, who spent the summer as guests of the Centre for Artists' Books (CAB) at DJCAD. The exhibition will conclude this year's Cooper Summer Residency, and will showcase the outcomes of the residency, which provides a space for artists to reflect upon and experiment with new ideas a...
Books cook up an award for DJCAD lecturer
Mhari MacDonald | General
A lecturer from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) has won a Scottish environmental award for her work on the development of charity cookbooks. Jackie Malcolm was presented with a Silver Green Apple Environment Award for Scotland in recognition of her contribution to the books, which have helped to raise thousands of pounds for good causes and raise awareness of serious issues. Jackie leads the Communication Design interdisciplinary project at DJCAD and her research interests include examining the relationship between food and society, observing the way in which this has shaped...
DJCAD wins 'Best Marketing Strategy' prize at Scottish Event Awards
Mhari MacDonald | General
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design's innovative approach to marketing has seen it scoop a prestigious prize at this year's Scottish Event Awards. It won the 'Best Marketing Strategy' title for the DJCAD Degree Show 2012 at the awards ceremony, which took place at the Radisson Hotel in Glasgow last night. It beat off competition from Edinburgh's Hogmanay, the Ideal Home Show Scotland, Irn Bru Carnival, The Enchanted Forest, and Young Scot Rewards to win the award. The Degree Show at DJCAD, part of the University of Dundee, is the city's largest annual art exhibition, attracting around 10,000 vi...
DJCAD Graduate Strives to Help Art Students Achieve Success
Mhari MacDonald | General
Duncan of Jordanstone graduate, former Dundee College lecturer and award-winning artist Julie Read has just put the final virtual brush strokes to Portfolio-oomph.com: an innovative new website devoted to helping art students navigate their way through applying art college. The website offers in-depth, yet affordable, e-books which cover all aspects of portfolio preparation, as well as interview techniques, subject and college selection, career options and more. The topics are presented in bite-sized chunks, enabling students to study at their own pace alongs...
Doors open for DJCAD Masters Show 2012
Mhari MacDonald | General
A 3D-reconstruction of a decapitated Viking's skull, a project to promote neighbourliness in a Dundee housing scheme, and a set of 'dating chairs' for romance-seekers are just some of the talking points at this year's DJCAD Masters Show. The exhibition, which opens with a special, invite-only Preview Evening tomorrow night, will see around 50 postgraduate students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) display their work from the past year. Jeanette Paul, Head of Learning & Teaching at DJCAD, will declare the Masters Show open at the Matthew Gallery at 6pm before presenting prizes to a n...
DJCAD Masters Show 2012 Set to Open
Mhari MacDonald | General
Image shows work from Master of Fine Art student Julia Reilly. Some of the UK's top postgraduate art and design students will be exhibiting their eye-catching and thought-provoking work when this year's DJCAD Masters Show opens later this week. Around 50 postgraduate students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD), part of the University of Dundee, will be exhibiting work from five Masters programmes - Animation & Visualisation, Design, Fine Art, Forensic Art and Medical Art. DJCAD can boast some of the UK's most exciting and innovative arts courses, and work produ...
Film marks the launch of the AHRC's 'Knowledge Exchange Hubs for the Creative Economy'
Mhari MacDonald | General
The UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has formally launched its new four year initiative, 'Knowledge Exchange Hubs for the Creative Economy'. Representing an investment by the AHRC of £16m, the AHRC KE Hubs present a unique opportunity for Research Organisations to work in partnership with creative businesses and cultural organisations to strengthen and diversify their collaborative research activities, build new partnerships in the creative economy and increase the number of arts and humanities researchers engaged in research-based knowledge exchange. The recent Knowledge Exchange Hubs ...
Imag(in)ing the Past - new exhibition opening Saturday July 7th
Mhari MacDonald | General
The new exhibition in the Lamb Gallery at the University of Dundee explores some of the many ways that art has represented, challenged and been inspired by history, mythology and our ideas of the past. "This is not about straightforward history painting as such, but about artists who explore issues relating to the past in more interesting ways," said Matthew Jarron, Curator at the University. "Some artists - such as Will Maclean - draw on the history of traditional Scottish and Gaelic culture to make us more aware of the impact of its loss. Ian Hamilton Finlay is one of several artists in the exhibition wh...
DJCAD graduates to exhibit at prestigious showcases
Mhari MacDonald | General
More than 100 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) graduates will be exhibiting their work at prestigious showcase events over the next few weeks. The talented group from DJCAD's class of 2012 will descend upon London for some of the UK's biggest showcases for emerging artists and designers, beginning with the annual New Blood exhibition at Old Spitalfields Market tomorrow. Twenty-three Graphic Design and Illustration graduates from DJCAD will be taking part in the exhibition, which this year takes the theme of 'Connections'. Also starting its 2012 run in the capital this week is ...
The Dalai Lama to have best seat in the house at historic event
Mhari MacDonald | General
When The Dalai Lama addresses the sold-out crowd at the Caird Hall on Friday he will do so from a chair lovingly crafted for the occasion by a furniture maker from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD). Malcolm Cheyne teaches design and craft working at DJCAD as well as running his own bespoke furniture business. He has spent the past six weeks scouring the country looking for the right wood for the occasion, designing, shaping and building the chair, which was inspired by a 2nd century Egyptian design for travelling dignitaries. His Holiness The Dalai Lama is making a historic first visi...
Innovative PhD opportunities
Mhari MacDonald | General
Two design-centred PhD opportunities have become available in the area of creative business development, management and innovation. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, these positions are part of the ground breaking knowledge exchange hub Design in Action. Application deadline is 20 July 2012. The PhD posts are funded at 100% - £13,590 p.a. stipend plus £3,466 p.a. Fees. PhD 1 To what ...
Former IKEA chief to talk the business of design in Dundee
Mhari MacDonald | General
Josephine Rydberg-Dumont, former Chief Executive of IKEA and an internationally respected business consultant, will explore the vital importance of design to people's lives at the University of Dundee on Friday. Ms Rydberg-Dumont will share her thoughts on the role of design, the practice of creative leadership, and dynamic business solutions that can help improve peoples' everyday lives when she delivers a free public lecture, entitled 'Design is our way to create what we need' at the Dalhousie Building from 12-1pm. Over the course of her career, Ms Rydberg-Dumont has built up a wealth of experience in cr...
Degree Show opening weekend draws in big crowds
Mhari MacDonald | General
Around 5,000 people have enjoyed Dundee's largest annual exhibition of art and design since the 2012 DJCAD Degree Show opened at the weekend. The near-300 exhibiting graduands from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design were joined by family, friends, art lovers, and industry representatives for two preview evenings before the show opened to the public on Saturday. Both the buildings that comprise DJCAD, part of the University of Dundee, are packed with creative, challenging and thought-provoking final-year projects from students on all 11 undergraduate programmes. The University of Dundee ...
Lorraine Kelly and Elvis help to open Degree Show
Mhari MacDonald | General
Having interviewed some of the world's biggest celebrities, it's not often that Lorraine Kelly is star struck, but meeting Elvis might just have proved too much for her. The encounter happened as Lorraine, former Rector of the University of Dundee, attended the Associates Reception which marks the opening of the annual Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design Degree Show. Elvis, AKA Art, Philosophy and Contemporary Practices student Matthew Corden is one of almost 300 graduands exhibiting at this year's Degree Show. Matthew (27), from Middlesbrough, has been transforming himself into the late singer...
Prestigious speakers for Associates Day - DJCAD Degree Show 2012
Mhari MacDonald | General
Leading international figures from the worlds of art and design will visit Dundee next week to mark the beginning of the 2012 DJCAD Degree Show season. Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Boyce, legendary satirical cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, fashion designer and artist Helen Storey, Richard Banks (Principal Interaction Designer for Microsoft Research), and Philip Long (Director of the V&A at Dundee), will deliver a series of insightful lectures to students and visitors on Thursday, 17th May. This will be followed by an Associates Reception for invited guests that evening when employers, gallery owners, f...
AHRC BGP: Postgraduate Research Studentship
Mhari MacDonald | General
Applications are sought from suitably qualified candidates wishing to pursue research leading to PhD status under the supervision of leading interdisciplinary researchers with an emphasis on Design orientated research for this particular call. Full-time bursaries of £13,590 and PhD fees will be covered by the Studentships for qualified applicants. The studentships are supported by the AHRC under the Block Grant Partnership - Capacity Building Route scheme. The studentships are offered for commencement in the 2012-2013 academic year within the following research themes of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art...
DJCAD Degree Show 2012
Mhari MacDonald | General
Associates Reception - 17th May Preview - 18th May Exhibition continues - 19th-27th May DJCAD Degree Show 2012, one of the city's cultural highlights and a celebration of the talents of graduands from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) take place later this month. Around 10,000 visitors are expected to take in the annual exhibition of work produced by final-year students at DJCAD, part of the University of Dundee and one of the UK's top art colleges. This year's Degree Show celebrations will begin on Thursday, 17th May and wil...
DJCAD runs international design conference with Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Mhari MacDonald | General
Staff from DJCAD at the University of Dundee are in Shanghai this week visiting many of China’s leading businesses and running a one day conference with Shanghai Jiao Tong University exploring design strategies for building global businesses. The visit and event supported by Research Council’s UK (RCUK), China Office aims to establish a close working relationship between the UK research base and partners in China. Shanghai Jiao Tong University is one of China’s top 5 universities and is home to the Design Trends Institute, which now has many connections to DJCAD. During DJCAD's ...
DJCAD Announce Scholarships for Undergraduate Students
Mhari MacDonald | General
DJCAD are pleased to announce new scholarships for undergraduate students from England, Wales, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man . Up to 25 awards of £2,000 for each year of study will be available for successful candidates. The awards will be based on academic merit and successful candidates will receive a £2,000 stipend which will be payable in two equal instalments each year of study. Candidates will be assessed and awards will be allocated based on academic merit demonstrated in applications and portfolio submissions to study within the following undergraduate programmes: An...
New Scholarships for DJCAD Masters Programmes
Mhari MacDonald | General
DJCAD are pleased to announce that several new scholarships have been made available for September 2012 entrants to the Master of Design for Services, Master of Fine Art, Master of Science in Animation and Visualisation, Master of Science in Product Design and Master of Science in Design Ethnography. DJCAD Alumni Award 2012/13 We offer a small number of awards which offer a discount on tuition fees (or maintenance allowances) for applicants who have successfully completed an undergraduate degree at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design. This discount is also available to thos...
Holywood star contributes recipe to students' cookbook
Mhari MacDonald | General
A diabetic-friendly recipe for Apple Tart provided by Hollywood star Brian Cox features in a new cookbook produced by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design students to raise funds for food security projects in the developing world. Brian, Rector of Dundee University, contributed one of the 60 recipes in 'The Creative Cookbook'. The publication was created by illustration, animation and graphic design students as part of their Level 2 Communications Design module. For the module, the students explored food in its widest context, examining issues such as farm production, food security, scientific f...
Scottish Government's China strategy to be outlined to DJCAD students
Mhari MacDonald | General
The Head of the Scottish Government's China Team will visit the University of Dundee next week to talk to students about the relationship between Scotland and China, and the opportunities to do business in the Far East. Mark Boyce will meet with students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD), who have elected to take the 'Made in China' module as part of their studies, on Wednesday, 14th March. Mr Boyce will outline the economic and business relationships between Scotland and China, before students have the chance to ask him questions as they seek to build on the knowledge they hav...
Anthology celebrates students comic creations
Mhari MacDonald | General
An anthology of work from aspiring comic and graphic artists from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) will be launched later this month. Anthology One will showcase the range of creative work from the Comic Art and Graphic Novels module undertaken by Animation, Graphic Design and Illustration students at DJCAD, part of the University of Dundee. The 72-page, full colour comic is published by 'UniVerse', a new imprint specially created to provide exposure for the students' work. The cover for Anthology One was provided by top comic artist Colin MacNeil, an alumnus of DJCAD. He was one of ...
William S Phillips Fund
Mhari MacDonald | General
The Trustees of the William S. Phillips Fund have awarded funding to Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) for the purpose of assisting students who wish to undertake a full-time Masters degree within the areas of Art and Design during academic session 2012/13. DJCAD interprets Art and Design in their widest sense, to include both traditional and innovative approaches to the disciplines. Successful candidates will receive a tax free stipend of £5000 and have their tuition fees paid for one year. Applications are invited from graduates with a minimum 2.1 degree. In all cas...
KCA Creative Award
Mhari MacDonald | General
We are delighted to announce the launch of a significant award for students undertaking full time undergraduate study at DJCAD. The KCA Creative Awards have been set up by DJCAD graduate, Mr X. Kevin Li. Mr Li is the Creative Director of a very successful design company based in Chengdu, China. In order to support the Chinese creative industries’ continuous development, to encourage outstanding creative young students and to provide a platform for them in industry, Keass Creative Association has launched the Keass Creative Awards (KCA), which is a series of awards specifically for students in creative educa...
Women in Science
Mhari MacDonald | General
Women in Science, a two-week festival celebrating the achievements of women who work in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects, opened in Dundee this Thursday. Exhibitions, film screenings, talks, workshops and other events will take place as part of the festival, a collaboration between the Universities of Dundee, Abertay, and St Andrews, Dundee Science Centre, the James Hutton Institute and Dundee Women's Festival. As well as celebrating successful female scientists, the Women in Science Festival aims to inspire more girls to follow in their footsteps. This year's festival was ...
Designing Cities for Post-Riot Britain
Mhari MacDonald | General
The lessons that designers can learn from last summer's riots will be explored by one of the UK's foremost experts in the use of design in crime prevention at the next Dundee Arts Cafe event. Professor Mike Press, Design & Craft Programme Director at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD), will discuss the topic at The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum on Tuesday, 6th March. His talk, 'Designing Cities for Post-Riot Britain' will ask how design should respond to the challenges facing our urban centres today. Should we be designing against rioting, or designing more inclusive com...
Lighting the spark for Ignite 2012
Mhari MacDonald | General
Cultural organisations across Tayside and Fife are combining to 'Ignite 2012' with a 10-day festival in May. Building on the success of last year's 'Ignite Your Weekend' programme -which attracted over 15,000 people to events in Dundee - this year's programme is growing to involve more groups across a wider area and over a longer period. The 'Ignite' idea stems from the Dundee.com campaign of the same name and arose as a result of the desire for cultural organisations large and small to work together to raise the profile of the region and increase visitor numbers to the benefit of all. This year's e...
Dundee group draw inspiration from US collective to host 'Fun-A-Day' exhibition
Mhari MacDonald | General
Students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design DJCAD will this week join artists from 23 other cities across the world in holding a collaborative exhibition of work from an international cast of artists. The Bradshaw Art Space at DJCAD, part of the University of Dundee, will host the first Fun-A-Day Dundee show from Friday, February 24th. This builds on the work of the Philadelphia-based Artclash Collective, which has been organising Fun-A-Day shows in their city for the past eight years. Participants choose a project and produce one piece of artwork every day for the entire month of January...
A Painted World
Mhari MacDonald | General
The work of Alan Robb, Emeritus Professor of Fine Art at the University of Dundee, is celebrated in an exhibition currently held at The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum. 'A Painted World' features the paintings of the internationally renowned artist, who is a former Head of the School of Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design. The exhibition includes a curation of works from his collection, which acknowledge the interplay of ideas and influence that occur in a dynamic teaching environment. Alan Robb was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Academy in November last year. A g...
DJCAD leads Design Management Metamorphosis event at London College of Fashion
Mhari MacDonald | General
Friday 20th Jan At this one-day event organized jointly by DJCAD, University of Dundee and the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, key representatives from the UK Design Management community met to discuss the changing nature of 21st Century Design Management curriculum. The event was supported by the AHRC and the Design Council and featured presentations from: University of Lancaster, University of the Arts London, University of Oxford, Birmingham City University, University of Staffordshire, Ravensbourne College of Art and Des...
Thousands flock to Parliament’s design exhibition
Mhari MacDonald | General
More than 22,000 people have visited the Scottish Parliament's 'Design & Democracy' exhibition since it opened in December. The exhibition brings together works by new graduates from Scotland's four renowned art schools. The selected exhibits showcase how inspired design can be both life enhancing and creative. The featured designers have come up with products that include edible food packaging, a mental health toolkit, a nutrition abacus along with fashion design and photography essays. Presiding Officer, Tricia Marwick MSP said: 'Our desire to display the best of Scotland's new creative...
New DJCAD entrance as part of major refurbishment project
Mhari MacDonald | General
Work will next week begin on construction of a new feature entrance to Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design as part of a major refurbishment of one of the UK's top art colleges. Once completed, the main entrance to DJCAD, part of the University of Dundee, will comprise a well-lit, glass-fronted structure extending towards the street and providing a welcoming and modern first impression for visitors. This is the latest stage of the £2.8million first phase of a refurbishment which will provide leading-edge teaching and research facilities befitting a 21st century college of art and design wi...
Hit Reach Competition 2012
Mhari MacDonald | General
Last year Hit Reach, a web design and SEO company, launched an annual competition open to DJCAD students. The competition is aimed at helping graduates launch their freelance careers or businesses. The 2011 winner was Aime Bene, a textile and surface pattern designer. She received a logo design and business cards, a custom Facebook Page, training and a brand new website with full content management. This years prize is worth more than £2500 and entries close on Friday 30th March 2012. Below are all the details about the competition: Why We Do It...
DJCAD to host major international printmaking conference
Mhari MacDonald | General
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design have won the right to host a prestigious international conference which will bring hundreds of delegates to Dundee. The 8th biennial International Multidisciplinary Printmaking Conference (IMPACT 8) will take place at DJCAD, part of the University of Dundee, in September 2013. The event is being organised by Professor Elaine Shemilt and Dr Paul Harrison, who earlier this year represented DJCAD at IMPACT 7 at Monash University in Melbourne. Dr Harrison's presentations at the conference covered such diverse print-related topics as the first printed article in S...
Returns to the 1980s for art exhibition
Mhari MacDonald | General
'Larger Than Life' - Lamb Gallery, University of Dundee, Dec 10th to Feb 18th image: 'Peace Rules the Day where Reason rules the Mind' by Colin Brown, 1986 'Larger Than Life', the new exhibition open in the University of Dundee, will take visitors back to the city's art scene of the 1980s. The exhibition showcases art by students at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in the 1980s. Under the influence of the new Head of Fine Art, Professor Alan Robb, and his fellow tutors, a distinctive style emerged at that time of brightly coloured, highly finished and almost carto...
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