A superb gathering with @sahavoice.bsky.social at @royalsoced.bsky.social to discuss the Declaration of Arbroath & Tartan Day. A pleasure to hear @leoniebell.bsky.social & @murrayp.bsky.social Catherine 0’Leary & Kathryn Porter in such good form & to meet @angusrobertson.bsky.social once again.

Join us for an evening talk on Tartan Day, the history and future of the famous celebration of Scottish heritage in the US. The panel chaired by Professor Catherine O'Leary (@uniofstandrews.bsky.social) will include @murrayp.bsky.social. @leoniebell.bsky.social & Billy Kay 📅April 10th | 18:00

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/entertain... thank you to Michael Alexander @thecourier.co.uk for the chance to look back & ahead ☺️

www.dundee.ac.uk/events/annua... Blown away to be asked to deliver this year’s Mapstone Lecture on creative leadership in honour of @dundee.ac.uk first female professor, appointed the year I was born. Details below if it’s of interest ❤️☁️❤️

Big programme news 🌱💮🏥💃🕺🪡❤️

There's also a new film to watch, a tapestry table you can take part in and enjoy our family-friendly space with colouring sheets and more. We’ll have a pop-up performance by Sheena Wellington and friends in the space from 14.00 on Saturday too ☺️ Find out more here: va.scot/4hUBxrp

So, we've been keeping a little secret from you 👀 Here's a sneak peek at one of three new tapestries coming to the museum this Saturday, titled “Doon the Toon” 🤩 The Dundee Tapestry will be moving to Gallery 1 so there’s more space for you to enjoy the display, now extended until 6 April 2025!

Our next major exhibition, Garden Futures: Designing with Nature, has been included in @thetimes.com best exhibitions for 2025 📣 Opening 17 May, this exhibition explores the important role gardens play in all our lives and how our outdoor spaces can shape a greener, more imaginative future 🌿 Read:

Thanks @fedscottheatre.bsky.social for highlighting what’s happening in Dundee right now. Here’s a piece from us at Creative Dundee expanding on what’s at stake…

For years, the joined up thinking of the arts organisations of Dundee have been something of a model for Creative Hubs in every local authority area in Scotland. It would be tragic to lose their example...not just for the city, but for the whole country.

Amazing to host a Reith Lecture w/psychiatrist Gwen Adshead on the hardest to understand actions & the trauma that follows. Gwen & audience members share ideas & experiences w/ huge care. Hopeful ideas to end on ways to tend minds,communities & environments like gardens www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This is nice! Thank you @museumsassociation.bsky.social ❤️

Really pleased this report on #DesignforScotland is out. Do have a read 🩵

Bluesky by the River Tay 🦋