EVENTS

June
1 June 2006 Garden marquee lecture
Dr Keith Skene, Lecturer, Life Sciences Teaching Unit, will present the first lecture of the 2006 garden marquee lecture series with his talk 'The Sex Life of Plants'.
Marquee in the Garden, Botanic Garden, 6.30pm. Tickets are available from the Garden Office, telephone 01382 647190. Cost is £2.00 per ticket
8 June 2006 Garden marquee lecture
Dr Neil Paterson, Education Officer at the Botanic Garden, presents 'Sex, obsession and madness: bringing order to the plant kingdom'.
Marquee in the Garden, Botanic Garden, 6.30pm. Tickets are available from the Garden Office, telephone 01382 647190. Cost is £2.00 per ticket
8 June Second Mackenzie Lecture
'Health in the Information age: Improving Secondary Uses of Data' will be presented by Professor Jeremy Wyatt, Director of the Health Informatics Centre. The event is hosted by Mr Peter Bates, chairman of NHS Tayside.
Lecture Theatre 1, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Thursday 8 June, 6.00-7.00pm, including question and answer sessions, followed by refreshments. All are welcome. Contact Yvonne Gormley on 420029 or events@chs.dundee.ac.uk for more information.
15 June 2006 A Midsummer Night's Dream
Chapterhouse Theatre Company will perform the classical A Midsummer Night's Dream in the beautiful surroundings of the Botanic Garden. Bring your own rugs or low back seating. The coffee shop will be open and picnics are allowed, but please do not litter the Garden and take your rubbish with you.
Botanic Garden, Thursday 15 June, 7:30pm (Garden will open at 6:00pm). Tickets are on sale now from the Garden Office ((01382 647190), Dundee Box Office (01382 434940/434941), Dundee Tourist Information Centre (01382 527527) and See Tickets (0871 2200260). Cost is £12 for adults, £11 for senior citizens, £8 for students and children, £35 for families and a 10% discount is available for parties of 10 or more.
22 June Graduation Ceremony
22 June 2006 Garden marquee lecture
Matthew Jarron, Curator of Archives, Records Management and Museum Services, will present 'Forget the Silly Notion that I'm Here to Teach You Botany - Patrick Geddes in Dundee'.
Marquee in the Garden, Botanic Garden, 6.30pm. Tickets are available from the Garden Office, telephone 01382 647190. Cost is £2.00 per ticket
23 June Graduation Ceremony
24 June 2006 Family BBQ
All are invited to the Botanic Garden for a family BBQ on Saturday 24 June, 1:00-3:30pm. Please contact the Botanic Garden Coffee Shop on 647190 for more information, including cost.
25-27 June 2007 ITiCSE 2007
The 12th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education.
West Park Centre, 25-27 June. Please see http://iticse2007.computing.dundee.ac.uk/ for more information or contact Dr Janet Hughes at iticse2007@computng.dundee.ac.uk

July
6 July 2006 The Art Shack drop-in summer workshops
Join the Art Shack for some crafty fun during the summer holidays on Thursdays commencing on 6 July, 10:00am-4:00pm. Please book in advance by calling Christine on 477570. More information is available on the Art Shack website www.artshack.co.uk
11 July Graduation Ceremony

August
30 August 2006 Herbs and the Herb Garden - RHS Guided Walk
Dr Neil Paterson, the Education Officer at the Garden will take you to the herb garden where history, folklore, science, horticulture and medicine come together. Several of the herb garden plants and others of medicinal significance elsewhere in the Garden will be looked at in detail. Refreshments will be served.
Botanic Garden, 2:00pm. Tickets are available from the RHS ticket hotline, telephone 020 7821 3408. Cost is £7.95 (members), £9.95 (non members).

EXHIBITIONS
6 April - 30 September
Pills & Potions - Pharmacy in Tayside
An exhibition showing how a visit to the local chemist has changed over the past century. See story on page 17 of this issue of Contact.
Tayside Medical History Museum, Medical School Foyer, Ninewells Hospital, 6 April - 30 September, Mon-Sat 9:00am-5:00pm. Admission is free.
28 April - 24 June
Art in Dundee
This exhibition provides a chance to see Dundee-themed artworks from the Royal Scottish Academy's extensive collections. See the story on page 12 of this issue of Contact.
Tower Foyer Gallery, Tower Building, University of Dundee, Friday 28 April - Sunday 4 June, Mon-Fri 9:30am-8:30pm, Sat 9:30am-4:30pm. Admission is free.
13 May - 3 June
A Poetic Revolt: The Poetics of Installation
DJCAD Interior and Environmental Design lecturer Brigid Collins, along with Dr Valerie Robillard (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) extend their research into the ways in which poetic composition can inspire 2d and 3d works through a response to form and image. The exhibition is the result of a series of workshops conducted with DJCAD students, which saw them exploring exciting and innovative approaches to the design of interior architectural space, using the structure and feeling of poetry as their starting point. This exhibition accompanies the Scottish Word and Image Group's annual conference at University of Dundee.
The Lamb Gallery, Saturday 13 May - Saturday 3 June, Mon-Fri 9:30am-8:00pm, Sat 10:30am-4:30pm.
25 May - 9 June 2006
Arts & Business Exhibition
The University of Dundee is taking part in the exhibition Art In The Workplace in Glasgow. Businesses across Scotland were asked to lend a work of art of particular significance for the exhibition. The University chose to lend Venus Mourning Adonis, presented to the University by Ronnie Forbes to mark his retirement from the School of Fine Art. The exhibition is organised by Arts & Business Scotland.
Clydesdale Bank Exchange, 20 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, Thursday 25 May - Friday 9 June, Mon-Sat 12:00-5:00pm.
10 June - 2 July 2006
Spectra Textile Artists
Spectra hold their first exhibition at the Botanic Gardens.
Visitor Centre, Botanic Garden, Saturday 10 June - Sunday 2 July, 10:00am-4:30pm. Entry to the exhibition is free.
8 July - 30 July 2006
The Royal Photographic Society
The Royal Photographic Society's most recent works will be on show at the Botanic Garden Visitor Centre from Saturday 8 July to Sunday 30 July, 10:00am-4:30pm. Entry to the exhibition is free.
5 August - 13 August
Ian G Miller
Ian Miller was born in Dundee and trained at Duncan of Jordanstone, where he was awarded a travelling scholarship, which took him to London and Paris. His mentors were, chiefly, Alberto Morrocco, Gordon Cameron and David McClure. Post art school, his serious and regular pursuit of painting was interrupted by a 38 year career in art teaching, and he returned to his craft upon his retiral from that profession in 2002. Initially drawn back to the decorative element of still life, more recently landscape has provided an additional area of interest. In that genre he has found stimulating subjects not only locally, in the Carse of Gowrie, but also further afield, in the South of France, Italy and as far away as Victoria, Australia. Recently, too, he has worked extensively with pastel as an alternative to oil paint, enjoying the richness, the subtlety and the atmospheric nuances of this medium.
Botanic Garden Visitor Centre, Saturday 5 August - Sunday 13 August, 10:00am-4:30pm. Entry to the exhibition is free.
19 August- 2 September 2006
journey
This exhibition showcases work by Korean and Chinese students following a preparatory study methodology before they embark on a further course of study at the faculty of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design. The work has been created while the students are in a transitional stage from an eastern context to a western Higher Education learning culture.
The Lamb Gallery, Saturday 19 August - Saturday 2 September, Mon-Fri 9:30am-8:00pm, Sat 10:30am-4:30pm. Preview: Friday 18 August (time to be confirmed. Please see www.exhibitions.dundee.ac.uk/ for updates).
19 August - 3 September
Summer Mix
Summer Mix present their second exhibition at the Botanic Garden Visitor Centre from Saturday 19 August - Sunday 3 September, 10:00am-4:30pm. Entry to the exhibition is free.