Tomorrow (Fri 19 December) is the deadline to respond to Dundee City Council’s Budget Consultation for 2026/27. We want to take a moment for a final call to action and to highlight the interconnected networks of community and culture in Dundee, across 2025 and beyond.

With @creativedundee.bsky.social, we're hosting 'Have Your Say, Together', an open and upbeat Budget Consultation Gathering creating space for supporters to complete the DCC consultation and celebrate Dundee! 📍 @dcadundee.bsky.social  ⏱️ Wed 10 December, 10am-7:30pm ℹ️ https://tinyurl.com/2rxz4bzm

UNESCO City of Design Dundee, many community organisations and fellow cultural organisations are once again facing potential cuts from Dundee City Council. If you want these activities to continue then it's vital you contribute to this consultation 📢 ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/4ur33xvn

The city’s cultural and community future are at risk again as Dundee City Council propose a second year of rapid public consultation. With residents already strongly opposing cuts in 2024, we call for more meaningful decision making and long-term ambition from Councillors and officials. Read more:

What a night, what a crowd!! 🙌 We had the best time at PechaKucha Night Dundee Vol. 32! The BIGGEST THANK YOU to everyone that joined in the fun! With special thanks to our 11 wonderful speakers, interpreters Linda & Leigh, everyone at Dundee Rep, Melina G. Ayala, Aylish Kelly, & Alastair More! 🤩

Thanks @creativedundee.bsky.social for hosting PechaKucha at @dundeerep.bsky.social Thanks for the fab opportunity to share my #Dundee community-based #philosophy. Here is 1 minute version of my 20 images, all except the first 2 are from ‘good morning from the Tay’ walks.

Well that’s my images locked in for PechaKucha on Friday, 7 Nov, 2025. #PKN_DND Thanks to @creativedundee.bsky.social for including me in the Vol. 32 line-up. I’m excited to share a sample of my best 'Good Morning from the Tay' images in widescreen at the @dundeerep.bsky.social Here is a taster…

#PKN_DND is this week! Time to meet the rest of our brilliant speakers! 🎉 👏 We’ll be joined by artist & DJCAD Dean Anita Taylor; SDT dancer Jessie Roberts-Smith; philosopher Dr Katherine Cuccuru (@aphilosopher.bsky.social); writer & facilitator Gavin Cameron; artist & cycle advocate Aaron McCarthy!

Say hello to some of our amazing speakers for PechaKucha Night on FRI 7 NOV! 🤩 We'll hear from Braw Tea's Jackie McKenzie; @hubworld.bsky.social's Fergus Coyne; poet & bug enthusiast Cat MacLeod; researcher Carolina Rocha Santa María; artist & lecturer Hadi Mehrpouya; & gardener Lucy Wakefield.

Delighted to share that I’m one of the upcoming PetchaKutcha speakers!

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:

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...

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:

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

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

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:

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 👇

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:

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/

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:

📣 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:

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:

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.

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:

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...

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

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.

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.

The Fabric peer-learning journey continues as the group gather online for their first session of 2025! 🙌 💚 ‘Bring a Chair, Create the Table’ offered up a packed day of discussion, exploring activism, anti-racism & disability justice. In a new blog, Fatima reflects on her experience of the day:

Our #AmpsDundee Community Ideas Fund is back & applications are open! 💡🙌 Each year the network supports a collaborative project that creatively benefits Dundee. Amps supporters can apply for up to £2,500 by Mon 31 Mar. Find out more at the link! Not an Amps supporter yet? Join & get involved!

Great to be part of Dundee Radio Club listening festival this weekend. With Neil Mcguire we've put together a show called House Language about modern domesticity, housing crisis and what we value in our homes - have a listen dundeeradio.club

We’re over the moon to be presenting ‘Sounds of the Future’ as part of dundee radio club's 48- hour listening festival this weekend 💫 📍https://dundeeradio.club/ ⏱️2pm 7-8 February This recording was originally developed for Dundee Design Festival 2021 by @agencyofnone.bsky.social 💕

Dundee Radio Club's 48-hour listening festival is this weekend 🎧🎶 We're so excited that the Young People's Collective podcast has been included in the line-up too! You can listen here from 7-9 Feb: dundeeradio.club

Lovely to spot Dundee Radio Club in @theskinnymag.bsky.social chatting about their 48-hour listening festival this weekend! 📻 ✨ This collaboration was made possible through our #AmpsDundee Community Ideas Fund, and we can't wait to tune in on Fri 7 Feb to hear from folks across Dundee & beyond!

We're thrilled to have Shaper/Caper bringing their powerful exhibition 'Queer & Now' to Hapworks_00! 🏳️‍🌈 💖 Inspired by their award-winning show 'Small Town Boys' they commissioned 10 queer artists to explore LGBTQ+ culture from the 80s to today. 📅 Thu 6–Tue 11 Feb, 10am–4pm 📍 7 Castle St, DD1 3AA

We’re kickstarting our Bluesky by sharing that we’re delighted to be recipients of Creative Scotland Multi-Year Funding, alongside seven other orgs in Dundee! 🎉 A huge thank you to everyone who collaborates with us; partners, funders, board, staff, and especially the local creative community.