Dundee Contemporary Arts

Dundee Contemporary Arts Dundee Contemporary Arts is a world-class centre for the development and exhibition of contemporary art and culture.
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DCA is home to galleries, cinemas, a print studio, shop, activity room, café bar & restaurant, and we play host to many festivals and events throughout the year.

25/01/2025

Did you catch Hiya In There Wee Bairn on STV News last night?

Find it at 15m40s: https://tinyurl.com/53pcz385 and hear more about this great collaborative project between us, NHS Tayside Infant Mental Health Team, University of Dundee and Dundee City Council.

Looking for an excuse to leave the house after the storm💨 ? DCA galleries are free and drop-in, come along to see the wo...
25/01/2025

Looking for an excuse to leave the house after the storm💨 ? DCA galleries are free and drop-in, come along to see the works of Helen Cammock, Ingrid Pollard and Camara Taylor in Soft Impressions.

Open 11:00-18:00, Wed-Sun (19:00 on Thu)

Join us at DCA tomorrow for Drop in and Play, DCA's free gaming event in partnership with Ninja Kiwi! 🎮Don't miss this s...
24/01/2025

Join us at DCA tomorrow for Drop in and Play, DCA's free gaming event in partnership with Ninja Kiwi! 🎮

Don't miss this showcase of new games, made right here in Dundee. Be among the first to try out games across a range of platforms and meet the creatives behind them too 🎉.

There's no need to book in advance - simply drop into DCA between 12:30 - 15:30 tomorrow to enjoy the event.

There's only one space left on our Introduction to Papermaking on Sat 15 February. Book now to learn simple techniques s...
24/01/2025

There's only one space left on our Introduction to Papermaking on Sat 15 February. Book now to learn simple techniques suitable for using at home or in the studio.

🎟️ https://tinyurl.com/m5tj4tp7

Enjoy Oscar-nominated films this week at DCA, plus FOKUS: Films from Germany and Live from the Met ✨. Coming up...•The B...
24/01/2025

Enjoy Oscar-nominated films this week at DCA, plus FOKUS: Films from Germany and Live from the Met ✨. Coming up...

•The Brutalist
•A Real Pain
•A Complete Unknown
•The Girl with the Needle
•Shahid

Book now at dca.org.uk!

24/01/2025

Hiya in there, wee bairn

We’re celebrating Burns Night by launching a new Dundonian Scots edition of Hello In There Wee One.

Designed to support Dundee parents-to-be to bond with their baby before birth, the original book is being provided to all expecting families in the city, with this new translation now available online, where you can also watch the full story being read aloud: https://tinyurl.com/HiyaInThereWeeBairn

It's been translated by Taylor Dyson, co-founder of Elfie Picket Theatre, and Alistair Heather, Scottish tour guide, writer and presenter, with help from families ar Douglas Tots Group, to help local families connect as much as possible to the book by using their own voice.

Hello In There Wee One has also been translated into Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian and Ukrainian.

This project was funded by the Scottish Government's United Nations Children’s Rights Commission fund, through CORRA and brought to life by a collaboration between us, NHS Tayside Infant Mental Health Team, Dundee City Council, Art at the Start at University of Dundee, local artist LouiseKirby, family groups and parents-to-be from across Dundee.

⚠️UPDATE: DCA will stay open today except for our Print Studio, which is closed.If you have pre-booked cinema tickets an...
24/01/2025

⚠️UPDATE: DCA will stay open today except for our Print Studio, which is closed.

If you have pre-booked cinema tickets and you're worried about getting to DCA please contact our Box Office team and they'll be happy to transfer your booking. Full contact details on our website at www.dca.org.uk

Cinema, arts venue, or film club looking for a treat for young film fans? You can now book Discovery Film Festival 2024'...
23/01/2025

Cinema, arts venue, or film club looking for a treat for young film fans? You can now book Discovery Film Festival 2024's short film packages! There are two to choose from – Shorts for Wee Ones for ages 3+, and Shorts for Families for ages 8+. A perfect introduction to the magic of cinema.

Find out more: https://www.dca.org.uk/discovery-film-festival-short-films/ 🎬

23/01/2025

From DCA Print Studio to DCA Shop to the walls of your home - you can find a great selection of prints by local artists at DCA. https://tinyurl.com/5n6kuedz

A collection of beautifully textured mono prints. Create your own works of art using this technique at our Introduction ...
22/01/2025

A collection of beautifully textured mono prints.

Create your own works of art using this technique at our Introduction to Mono Printing workshop. Join us on Sat 1 February to learn how to use specialist equipment to create unique one-off prints.

Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/2mervyjw

"Timmy is a great Bob. Bob is also a great Bob. Love you Bob."Lots of film fans are enjoying Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dy...
21/01/2025

"Timmy is a great Bob. Bob is also a great Bob. Love you Bob."

Lots of film fans are enjoying Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown at DCA this week. Come along and share your reviews on our comment board after the film! Info and tickets: https://tinyurl.com/yc649uhn

We’re back with another Tuesday Tour. This week we’re dedicating our post to artist Aoife Cawley ( on instagram), who wo...
21/01/2025

We’re back with another Tuesday Tour. This week we’re dedicating our post to artist Aoife Cawley ( on instagram), who won the DCA Prize at DCJAD’s 2024 degree show. As part of this award, Aoife won a year’s membership of DCA Print Studio with materials and teaching costs, and she’s been putting this to good use already.

Aoife created incredibly detailed and colourful prints. In our photos we can see her creating a thirteen layer screen print called Dominae in Horto (Ladies in the Garden), which was inspired by the book City of Ladies, written by Christine de Pizan (1364 - 1430). The colours and the registration in these prints are truly special - we can’t wait to see more printing from Aoife ✨.

Meet your tutor: The Book & Paper Studio Emma Fraser is an artist and bookbinder based in Scotland. At DCA she teaches b...
20/01/2025

Meet your tutor: The Book & Paper Studio

Emma Fraser is an artist and bookbinder based in Scotland. At DCA she teaches bookbinding workshops and advises on book related matters in the Print Studio. As an accredited Book Conservator she runs the Book & Paper Studio, a small conservation practice in Dundee.

You can join her at our six-week Bookbinding: Non-adhesive Techniques course, starting Wed 29 January. Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/3j744nja

"Course was excellent, I got exactly what I'd hope out of it. Informative, interesting & fun."Get to grips with your dig...
19/01/2025

"Course was excellent, I got exactly what I'd hope out of it. Informative, interesting & fun."

Get to grips with your digital camera over the course of a weekend. Our introductory class covers how to achieve correct exposure, improve your colours, different aperture and shutter speed settings and how they affect your images, and how to compensate for different lighting conditions.

Find out more at book your place at https://tinyurl.com/mzxwycs

Soft Impressions - the title is drawn from printmaking, where work lifted from the printing plate is called an impressio...
19/01/2025

Soft Impressions - the title is drawn from printmaking, where work lifted from the printing plate is called an impression; the same term can used to refer to the application of pressure when creating prints.

Some of the work in the exhibition was created using printmaking techniques in our very own print studio, where both Helen Cammock and Ingrid Pollard undertook production residencies.

See the work of Helen Cammock, Ingrid Pollard and Camara Taylor until Sun 23 March - DCA galleries are free and open Wed-Sun 11:00-18:00 (19:00 on Thu)

Visit DCA Shop to browse our Winter Sale. You'll find discounts on homeware, books, toys, jewellery and more.
19/01/2025

Visit DCA Shop to browse our Winter Sale. You'll find discounts on homeware, books, toys, jewellery and more.

Join us for the first Dundead screening of the year. We're showing a new restoration of Hammer Films' 1974 action horror...
18/01/2025

Join us for the first Dundead screening of the year.

We're showing a new restoration of Hammer Films' 1974 action horror, Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter on Mon 20 January. Expect plenty of atmosphere, gothic stylings and a story that plays fast and loose with the established vampire mythos.

🎟️: https://tinyurl.com/5n7y3e42

There's one week to go until Drop in and Play! 🎮Drop into DCA between 12:30 - 15:30 on Sat 25 January for this fun, free...
18/01/2025

There's one week to go until Drop in and Play! 🎮

Drop into DCA between 12:30 - 15:30 on Sat 25 January for this fun, free gaming event in partnership with Ninja Kiwi. You can try out new games made right here in Dundee, and meet the creatives behind them.

Find out more at https://tinyurl.com/5n8rhn7w.

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152 Nethergate
Dundee
DD14DY

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 12am
Tuesday 10am - 12am
Wednesday 10am - 12am
Thursday 10am - 11pm
Friday 10am - 12am
Saturday 10am - 12am
Sunday 10am - 12am

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01382 432 444

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