Temperatures may have soared in Dundee this weekend but the hottest ticket in town remained the city’s biggest celebration of culture.
This year’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and Architecture Degree Show is thought to have been a record breaker, with more visitors than ever before being welcomed through its doors.
Thousands flocked to view the work of more than 300 exhibiting students, with many more believed to have taken in the spectacle this weekend.
More than 15,000 visitors visited last year’s Degree Show and Professor Paul Harris, Dean of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, said this year’s exhibition deserved to attract even more.
“The exceptional quality of work on display this year really needs to be seen to be appreciated,” he said.
“Thousands of people have already been thrilled by what they have seen from our students and it is no surprise to me that we are on course for record-breaking visitor numbers.
“This is an incredible opportunity to see tomorrow’s stars of the art world and the Degree Show is one of the key factors as to why Dundee has developed a worldwide reputation as a hub for creative design.
“Many of these students will go on to become household names and the opportunity to see their work at the start of their careers should really not be missed.”
The Degree Show has established itself as one of the most important events on Dundee’s cultural calendar, contributing an estimated £1.5 million to the local economy.
As well as attracting people from across the country, local school children, community groups and gallery owners enjoyed the students’ work with a series of planned visits taking place throughout the week.
A spokesman said this year’s event was “thought to have been a record breaking year”, with official numbers expected to be finalised sometime later this week.
Not everyone enjoyed the celebrations, with residents of two Fife coastal towns roused from their sleep in the early hours by noise emanating from a “massive” street party celebrating the show seven miles away.
The noise generated by the Airlie Place event was so loud, and continued for so long, that residents living across the River Tay in the villages of Newport and Wormit were reportedly left looking for answers in red-eyed disbelief well into Saturday morning.
A spokesperson for the council said no noise complaints had been raised by residents living in Dundee.
