5 August 2013

DJCAD Masters Show 2013

Design work with the potential to transform lives and visually stunning art and will go on display when this year's DJCAD Masters Show opens later this month.

Dozens of students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design will exhibit the fruits of their labours on some of the UK's most innovative and exciting postgraduate courses. Work from Masters programmes - Animation & Visualisation, Art & Humanities, Fine Art, Forensic Art and Medical Art - will go on display at DJCAD, part of the University of Dundee, from August 16th-24th.

Jeanette Paul, Acting Dean of DJCAD, said, 'Creativity, imagination and innovation are the key characteristics required of postgraduates as they create stimulating work informed by the intelligent research they carry out.

'The end result is a series of thought-provoking exhibits that demonstrate how our students have built on their undergraduate learning to develop their work to a new level or in a different direction. They only have 12 months to complete their Masters, and so must work extremely hard throughout the year.

'Their dedication, combined with their natural ability and creativity, is demonstrated in the work displayed in this year's show. The result is a range of conceptual, thought-provoking and vibrant work, and I would encourage everyone to come along and find out more about what the students have been doing - you will be inspired.'

The MFA Art & Humanities programme was launched in 2012 and the first cohort of students will be displaying their work at the Masters Show. The course is a collaborative programme taught by staff from DJCAD and the School of Humanities. Uniquely for a Masters degree, the course allows students to tailor it precisely to their own interests by selecting modules from Humanities and Art.

Options include English, Film Studies, Philosophy, Gender Culture and Society, Theatre Studies, History, and Comics Studies, paired with work in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Artist Books, Photography, Sculpture, Installation, Performance Art, Sound Art, or Time Based Art & Digital Film.

Depending on the student's interest, the final output can either be an exhibition, performance, screening or a written dissertation. The purpose of the course is to introduce postgraduate students to new ways of working that augments their creativity.

The Masters Show celebrations will begin with a special, invite-only Preview Evening on Friday, 16th August. It will remain open until Saturday, 24th August. The exhibition is open from 10am-8pm on weekdays and from 10am-4pm at weekends.

More information about all the exhibiting graduates is available by calling 01382 388828, emailing DJCAD@dundee.ac.uk, or by visiting www.dundee.ac.uk/mastersshow.

The Master of Fine Art and MFA Art & Humanities Shows will also be open from 28 August to 31 August to coincide with the Impact8 Printmaking Conference. Please see www.conf.dundee.ac.uk/impact8/home/.

Notes to editors;

DJCAD Masters Show 2013

Work on Display from students in:
MSc Animation & Visualisation
Master of Fine Art
MFA Art & Humanities
MSc Forensic Art
MSc Medical Art

Exhibition Preview
Friday, August 16th, 6-9pm

Exhibition Continues
17th-24th August

Opening Times
Monday - Friday
Open from 10am - 8pm
Saturday & Sunday
Open from 10am - 4pm

Location
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
University of Dundee
13 Perth Road, Exhibitions Entrance
Dundee DD1 4HT

Contact
djcad@dundee.ac.uk.

Website
www.dundee.ac.uk/mastersshow.

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