Art Fund Museum of the Year 2024

We're very proud of the unique programme we’re able to offer through our galleries, print studio, cinema and award-winning learning programme. 

Working with artists at varying stages of their careers, we develop ambitious exhibitions across our two galleries, but it doesn’t end there. Exhibiting artists have the opportunity to create work in our state-of-the-art print studio and work with our knowledgeable team to produce limited edition prints as part of our DCA Editions programme. 

They are also able to collaborate with our cinema team to programme Artist’s Choice Screenings, plus our Learning team use the themes of their exhibitions to create activities for schools, community groups and families. This collaborative approach allows you to discover connections across our building and beyond.

There’s space for everyone to get creative at DCA. From babies learning to make their mark at Messy Play and families trying different techniques during workshops to local artists developing their work in our Print Studio and exhibiting artists creating limited edition prints to coincide with their exhibitions, there are so many ways to be inspired and get involved.

Our print studio offers courses in different printmaking techniques, digital design and photography, and provides state-of-the-art facilities for Registered Users to develop their skills even further and create prints that we sell in our shop. The Print Studio team also work with our Learning team to deliver workshops for community and school groups, and with our Exhibitions team on projects with exhibiting artists.

And the creativity isn’t confined to our building, our Learning team take projects out to community spaces around the city, ensuring that those from lower income areas or those new to Scotland have access to creative activities, plus our Discovery Film Festival shorts packages inspire school pupils across the country. 

Over the past 25 years, we’ve forged some deep connections with community groups across the city. Our Learning team have been working with organisations such as Tayside Healthcare Arts Trust, Amina Muslim Women’s Group and Dundee International Women’s Centre for many years, sharing new skills, realising creative projects and even collaborating to give our infant feeding and changing space a makeover. 

Much of this work goes on behind-the-scenes, so we like to take as many opportunities as we can to celebrate it. From displaying the work that these groups create in our galleries during our Spring Holiday Pop-up to highlighting specific projects on our website. 

Most recently, we’ve put together a film to share more about what our Learning team do.

We're incredibly proud of our achievements and how we've been able to champion Dundee and Scotland throughout the Museum of the Year process. If we're your museum of the year, help us to continue to deliver all of the above activity and more by donating today. Your support allows us to continue to enrich people's lives through art, culture and creativity; creating more projects and impact of the quality that led to our shortlisting for the largest museum prize in the world.