Foundation stone of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee

Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD) is part of the

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in Dundee,

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. It is ranked as one of the top schools of art and design in the

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History

Attempts were made to establish an art school in Dundee from the 1850s, and evening classes in art were taught at the

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and the

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with great success. A full-time art school only became a possibility following the creation of the Dundee Technical Institute in 1888. The institute was based in Small's Wynd, now part of the University of Dundee's main campus, and shared facilities with what was then University College, Dundee. From the start, art classes were taught at the Institute in the evenings by George Malcolm, but in 1892 Thomas Delgaty Dunn was appointed as the first full-time art master, and the college later came to regard this as the date of its foundation. The Technical Institute's main building, designed by J Murray Robertson, soon became inadequate, particularly when the High School and YMCA art classes were amalgamated with those of the institute. A fund-raising campaign was launched in 1907 and in 1911 the Institute moved to new and much grander premises on Bell Street, designed by Robert Gibson and James Langlands, where it re-opened as Dundee Technical College & School of Art. A further incentive to the development of the school had come in 1909 with the bequest of £60,000 by James Duncan of Jordanstone to establish an independent art school in the city. A lengthy legal battle ensued as to whether the existing college could spend the money, and it was not until the 1930s that an agreement was reached whereby the college was reorganised as Dundee Institute of Art & Technology, the College of Art to be autonomously run on a separate site away from the Technical College. A site was chosen and plans drawn up by architect James Wallace in 1937, but due to delays largely caused by the war construction did not begin until 1953. Classes began in what is now called the Crawford Building in 1955, though it would not be completed until 1964. The college was renamed Duncan of Jordonstone College of Art in 1961 but did not become entirely independent of the Institute of Technology (now the

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) until 1975. By that time it has expanded into a new building next door (now called the Matthew Building, designed by Baxter Clark & Paul). The college remained independent until 1994, when it became part of the

. Over time Duncan of Jordanstone has built up strong academic links with other disciplines in the university, manifested in joint programmes such as Medical Art, Forensic Art and Art & Humanities.

Structure

DJCAD is a school within the University of Dundee and is led by current Dean, Professor Anita Taylor. DJCAD is structured around Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Research portfolios rather than the more traditional disciplinary departmental approach. The school is located within the Crawford and Matthew buildings, with part of the Matthew building shared with the separate Architecture department.

Notable alumni

* Johanna Basford * Roger Ball *

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* Gary Clark *

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OBE * Katy Dove * Malcolm Duncan * Luke Fowler *

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* Euan Heng * Patrick Hennessy (painter) * Geoff Holder * Marine Joatton * Anna King * David Mach * Lucy McKenzie * James McIntosh (Food Writer) * Farshid Moussavi (Architect) * Russ Nicholson * Christopher Orr * Deborah Phillips *

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* Derek Robertson * Tom Simpson * Sneha Solanki * Tony Stallard * Voytek * Albert Watson * David Mackenzie (film director)

Notable Staff

* Edward Baird *

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* David McClure *

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* Joseph McKenzie * Will Maclean *

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* James McIntosh Patrick * Elaine Shemilt * Scott Sutherland * Dudley D Watkins

Research

The college research was rated highly in the last UK Higher Education research assessment of 2014 (The REF2014).

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rated DJCAD as first in Scotland for art and design, and equal 3rd in the UK by Grade Point Average (Intensity) with 58% of its outputs at 3 or 4-star. The Impact element of DJCAD Research was graded 60% at 4-star and 40% at 3-star. The REF judged DJCAD's research environment, including underlying support and infrastructure, external income, and PhD performance, 100% at either 3 or 4-star levels. The college was commended for its established research culture and interdisciplinary and collaborative research, with a PhD community which in 2014 numbers around 45 with 25 Post Doctoral Research Assistants. Research projects and students are either clustered around the facilities within the college buildings including the campus based ''Research Studio''.

Exhibitions: sites and galleries

Temporary exhibitions are held in various galleries within the college. Since January 2008, 72 exhibitions, 68 events, 11 performances, 27 talks, 11 seminars/workshops and 3 symposia have been staged. There are four galleries: Cooper Gallery (215 sq. metres); Cooper Gallery Project Space (100 sq. metres); Bradshaw Art Space (90 sq. metres); Matthew Gallery (300 sq. metres). As well as the galleries in the college, work from the college's collections and exhibitions by notable alumni are shown in the Lamb Gallery, the Tower Foyer Gallery and other venues around the university.

Collections

The college also maintains an art collection of work by its students, usually acquired from the annual Degree Shows. The collection is now managed as a public museum collection by the University of Dundee Museum Services. There are also important holdings of furniture design, textile design from the Needlework Development Scheme,

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and a large archive and collection from performance artist Alastair MacLennan. Work by College staff is regularly exhibited in sites owned by the City of Dundee, the university generally or the DCA as well as in events throughout the world. abcD , artists’ books collection Dundee The DJCAD Library houses a large collection of Artists' books (artists’ books collection Dundee -abcD)- originally established in 1999 as the Centre for Artists Books by

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, now with 1,450 books, multiples and ephemera from 600 artists represented in the collection. (Notable names include

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, John Cage,

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, Carolee Schneemann, Jake & Dinos Chapman,

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, Helen Douglas, Tacita Dean, Bruce Maclean, David Shrigley, Julian Opie, John Latham, Simon Starling,

Ian Hamilton Finlay Ian Hamilton Finlay, CBE (28 October 1925 – 27 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener. Life Finlay was born in Nassau, Bahamas, to James Hamilton Finlay and his wife, Annie Pettigrew, both of Scots descent. He was e ...

, David Bellingham and Toby Paterson).

Dundee Degree Show and Dundee Masters Show

The Dundee Degree Show is organised annually in May to showcase the work of final year undergraduate students. It usually runs for around a week. Awards:
2013 - UK Event Awards - Educational Event of the Year
2014 - New Designers - Best Stand Award

Gallery

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References

External links

DJCAD website

University of Dundee website

Cooper Gallery website
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