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PechaKucha Night Dundee Vol. 32

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Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · 7d

PechaKucha Night Dundee is back and tickets are on sale NOW!! 🎉 🥳

We’re returning to @dundeerep.bsky.social for one of our favourite nights of the year on FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBER with more brilliant speakers ready to take to the stage! #PKN_DND

Get a first look at the lineup and book your tickets:

PechaKucha Night Dundee returns to the Dundee Rep stage for Vol. 32 on Fri 7 November 2025!

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · 9d

We’re delighted to share the news that AHRC #CreativeCommunities will be supporting Dundee’s creative space ambitions through a year-long joint research project from @dundee.ac.uk & Creative Dundee, led by Community Innovation Practitioner Eilish Victoria.

More: creativedundee.com/2025/09/crea...

An orange rectangle bordered by a dark blue line and a yellow triangle. Blue writing reads ‘AHRC Creative Communities Funding new CIPs 2025-2026’. An image of a map of the UK sits across all three shapes. The four nations of the UK are different colours and location pins point to specific cities taking part in the project. The logos of partners run along the bottom of the graphic in a white box.

Eilish photographed in front of a brick wall, wearing a black and white abstract patterned shirt. Her photograph is in the centre of a blue, orange and yellow graphic, highlighted by a white outline. Below her photograph blue text in a white box reads ‘Community Innovation Practitioner Eilish Victoria’, followed by the logos for Creative Communities, Northumbria University, and AHRC.

Centring Equity and Access

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our work around access is ongoing and our learning as a team continues, but we hope that sharing this encourages other organisations and sectors to develop or build their own practices of care. 💛

With thanks to the steering group that supported this work and Katriona Gillon for the illustrations!

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Sep 8

Guided by creative practitioners, we’ve been developing an Access Rider to better understand and support the needs of the people we work with.

We're now making it available as a free template for anyone to download, alongside further resources and learning from those who are leading this work:

Sharing Creative Dundee's ongoing work in centring equity and access, alongside resources to support others to explore practices of care.

Dreaming of a fairer future for culture - Buy tickets

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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · Aug 26

Last week we took part in @scotparl.bsky.social annual Festival of Politics. The Dreaming of a Fairer Future for Culture panel was hosted by @foysolchoudhury.bsky.social and fellow panellists were Culture Counts, @creativedundee.bsky.social @brownbearofficial.bsky.social #festivalofpolitics25

A photograph of the panellists and host of the Dreaming of a fairer future for culture event at the Festival of Politics. They are standing in a semi circle and smiling to the camera. There are four women and two men.

A collage of photographs of the Dreaming of a Fairer Future for Culture event at the Scottish Parliament's Festival of Politics. The photos show groups of panellists and audience listening and talking in a board room.

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Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Aug 18

Join Culture Counts, and a roster of artists & cultural organisations (including the Creative Dundee team!), to explore a future where creative opportunity is an integral part of a more equal, inclusive & nourishing society.

📅 Fri 22 Aug, 10.30–11.45am
📍 Festival of Politics, Scottish Parliament

Join Culture Counts, and a roster of artists and cultural organisations, to explore a vision of a world where creative opportunity is an integral part of a more equal, inclusive and nourishing society...

festivalofpolitics.citizenticket.co.uk

Hapworks: From Pilot to Long-Term Change

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Jun 17

Join us on Thu 19 June for a celebratory send-off of Hapworks_00! 💙

We'll be joined by a panel of speakers to reflect on the conversations Hapworks_00 has sparked about long-term space for creativity in Dundee, and looking ahead to the next phase of the wider Hapworks project.

Book your tickets:

Celebrate the end of the Hapworks_00 pilot and discuss how city-wide collaboration can support long-term creative space in Dundee!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Jun 17

This future-looking report outlines the economic potential of the creative sector if more space was available, the wider impact & value of #CreativeSpaces, & proposes initial ideas for key projects we feel would move this work forward in Dundee.

Download Foundations for Growth: tinyurl.com/tf7wbs9b

Hapworks: From Pilot to Long-Term Change

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Jun 17

After just over a year at Hapworks_00, we’re closing the doors on this pilot project and refocusing our team on the next phase of the Hapworks journey.

We've shared more about this transition, alongside a new report ‘Foundations for Growth: Creative Space Infrastructure in Dundee’, on our website:

After just over a year at 7 Castle Street with our pilot project Hapworks_00, we are now moving on to the next phase in the Hapworks journey.

Open Call: Creative Dundee Board of Directors - Creative Dundee

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Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Jun 16

Last call for folks interested in joining our Board!!

Applications close at noon, TODAY (Mon 16 June) – we'd love to hear from you if you're passionate about Dundee's creative communities & understand the value of our work.

All the info 👇

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · May 19

Join our Board! 🙌✨

We are excited to be seeking a number of voluntary Board Directors with skills, experience & enthusiasm to assist us in driving the city as a sustainable, thriving base for creative people & organisations.

Applications close: noon, Mon 16 June
Download the full recruitment pack:

Creative Dundee is looking for new voluntary Board Directors with skills, experience and enthusiasm to assist the organisation in driving the city as a sustainable, thriving base for creative people a...

Open Call: Creative Dundee Board of Directors - Creative Dundee

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · May 19

Join our Board! 🙌✨

We are excited to be seeking a number of voluntary Board Directors with skills, experience & enthusiasm to assist us in driving the city as a sustainable, thriving base for creative people & organisations.

Applications close: noon, Mon 16 June
Download the full recruitment pack:

Creative Dundee is looking for new voluntary Board Directors with skills, experience and enthusiasm to assist the organisation in driving the city as a sustainable, thriving base for creative people a...

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · May 13

We've been enjoying a return to our weekly #AmpsDundee Breakfasts! 👋☺️

These relaxed online chats are a great chance to keep in touch, share updates on what we're all doing & hear about what’s happening across Dundee.

New Amps are always welcome to come along!
creativedundee.com/amps-network/

A grid of four screenshots from zoom meetings, each showing people in their zoom boxes waving and smiling.

Fair Work and Freelancers

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · May 12

The Scottish Government aims to be a #FairWork nation by 2025 but how does this account for freelancers working in the creative & cultural sector?

In a new blog, we’re sharing more about our approach to Fair Work & exploring how freelancers might benefit from Fair Work for self advocacy.

Read:

The Scottish Government aims to be a Fair Work nation by 2025 – how does this account for freelancers working in the creative and cultural sector?

Open Call: Original Features for Creative Dundee

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Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · May 7

📣 Open call! Have something you want to share about creative life, practice or industry in Dundee?

We’re looking to develop a pool of creators interested in pitching work for feature on the Creative Dundee site!

Have an existing idea or want to register your interest – we'd love to hear from you:

Have something you want to say about creative life, practice or industry in Dundee? We're looking for creators interested in pitching work for feature on the Creative Dundee website.

Blog: Opening the hidden world of Dundee's creative community

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Apr 29

A few weeks ago our #AmpsDundee network gathered together for the Amps Forum & to vote for this year’s Community Ideas Fund.

We’re delighted to share that the £2,500 fund was awarded to Islay Spalding & Katie New for their collab, Dundee Open Studios: The Jewellery Edition. 👏 🎉

Read more:

2025's Amps Community Ideas Fund recipients are Islay Spalding and Katie New with Dundee Open Studios: the Jewellery Edition!

Community Ideas Fund 2025

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Mar 25

Described as ‘a sonic love letter to Dundee’, DDRC was supported by the Amps Community Ideas Fund – awarded annually by our Amps network to a collaboration making good things happen in the city.

Interested in applying for the 2025 fund? You have SIX DAYS left to apply! Deadline: Mon 31 March, 10pm.

Open for applications: the Community Ideas Fund

Find out about 2024's Community Ideas Fund project, dundee radio club, a pilot community radio station in Dundee.

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Mar 25

Tune in to a new treat from dundee radio club! 📻

In an audio reflection, Becca Clark and Su Shaw chat about their experience of collaborating on their community radio station pilot, which brought together 100+ contributors from Dundee and beyond for a 48-hour listening fest heard by 1,700+ people.

Blog: dundee radio club

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Mar 19

Featuring:
Original Copy Collective, Ravideep Kaur, Dundee Music, @hubworld.bsky.social, Local Art Club, Dundee Artists Database, @kellykanayama.bsky.social, & Lewis Cavinue!

Creative Base: People Who Shape Dundee

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Mar 19

Get to know some of the brilliant people who have made Dundee their creative base! 👋 🧡

We've asked eight producers & facilitators to share insights into their work, what it means to work in Dundee, & what could be improved to ensure a better & brighter future for creative practitioners in the city:

Get to know some of the people who have made Dundee their creative base, as we spotlight the broad range of creative practitioners making work in the city all year round.

Hapworks Takeover: Siôn Parkinson

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Mar 13

Dundee Month of Design is back for 2025 – celebrating Dundee design with a packed programme of events! 🥳 🙌

If you've got a design event, workshop or activity coming up in May, let City of Design Dundee know. Add your event to the listings before Fri 4 Apr!

➡️ cityofdesigndundee.com/event-submis...

A navy background with pink and white paint brush strokes at the top and bottom of the image. A white paint brush stroke in the centre contains pink text which reads "Dundee Month of Design May". The Unesco and City of Design Dundee logos are displayed in the bottom right corner.

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Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Mar 10

We’re thrilled to have Dundee-based artist Siôn Parkinson joining us for the next Hapworks Takeover!

Join him for an intimate performance lecture — part talk, part musical experiment — exploring the strange, multi-sensory world of the stinkhorn mushroom.

📅 Fri 21 Mar, 7–9pm
📍 Hapworks_00, DD1 3AA

Dundee-based artist, musician and author Siôn Parkinson takes over Hapworks_00 for an intimate performance lecture and book launch.

Hapworks - Space for Creativity to Thrive

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Feb 26

Hapworks_00 was made possible with support from Dundee City Council.

HUGE thanks to everyone who has helped show what a space like this can offer for Dundee & its creative communities. 💙

Read more about the broader Hapworks project – working to advocate for better access to space for creativity:

A lack of space is limiting the growth of Dundee's creative sector. Let's change that.

hapworks.co

dundee radio club ~ listening festival feedback

Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Feb 26

Today marks 12 months since we opened the doors to our pilot creative space, Hapworks_00! 🎉 🙌

It's been brilliant to have over 1,250 folk visiting Hapworks_00 for events & programming by our team & others creatively activating the space – including workshops, gigs, exhibitions, coworking & more.

People gathered in Hapworks_00 for an exhibition. Colourful prints are displayed on the large white walls and on a large central table.

A large crowd are gathered in Hapworks_00. They stand in groups, chatting and drinking.

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Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · Feb 18

Did you tune in to Dundee Radio Club's inaugural broadcast? They'd love to hear your thoughts on the 48-hour listening festival which beamed out digitally Fri 7-Sun 9 Feb.

📻✨ Share your thoughts: tinyurl.com/22udh2az

DDRC is a pilot project supported by our #AmpsDundee Community Ideas Fund.

hello! ~ we are dundee radio club and we have just begun our sonic endeavours ~ our 48-hr listening festival beaming out digitally between 7-9 Feb 2025 we had so much fun ~ sharing sounds ~ explorin...

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