Creative, expressive and ideas-driven? Studying Art & Design can propel you towards a rewarding career. Dundee city and the surrounding region boasts exciting national and international creative industry developments, including the V&A Dundee museum and UNESCO City of Design world-wide status.
Our courses will teach you important practical skills and build your portfolio. The broad range of Creative Industry-focussed courses will introduce you to exciting new techniques, practical skills and development opportunities whilst maximising your creative abilities to enable future university study or employment.
Many of our learners progress within industry or go on to study at Scotland’s top art schools. Dundee and Angus College Art & Design department offers the perfect launchpad for your creative career. Why not visit us to see our incredible studios and facilities and meet our expert, encouraging and friendly staff?
I have a lot of good memories. I really enjoyed my time at college and I am glad that I went to study even though I was in my forties.
Izabela Krykwinska,
Textiles & Interior Design
I loved college and the ‘hands-on’ elementof my courses. There was always space to explore your ideas and I learned new and valuable techniques that I have kept with me all this time.
Kerrie Alexander,
HNC/D Textiles
Izabela's Story - I learned how to manage my own business
Izabela Krykwinska has been interested in interior design practically her whole life which is why in 2015 she decided to study a Textile & Interior Design course at Dundee and Angus College.
“I have a lot of good memories. I really enjoyed my time at college and I am glad that I went to study even though I was in my forties. The most difficult aspect for me was digital media but the teachers were nice, open and treated the students so well. I learned a lot about the design process and many new words as English is my second language. I also learned how to sew and how to manage my own business which I am doing right now!”
Izabela upcycles furniture which she sells at Tayside Upcycling & Craft Centre shop in Perthshire.
“Eventually I would like to open my own shop and teach other people how to upcycle so together we can help save the environment and our mother earth.”
When Kerrie Alexander enrolled on Dundee and Angus College’s Art Portfolio course, she never imagined that she would one day end up owning and running her own successful fashion brand.
Kerrie originally hoped to study fine art so applied to Dundee and Angus College when she left school in order to improve her portfolio. She then opted to study Textiles and completed the HNC before continuing onto the HND. Kerrie thrived in the creative environment that college provided.
“I loved college and the ‘hands-on’ element of my courses. There was always space to explore your ideas and I learnednew and valuable techniques that I have kept with me all this time. Dundee and Angus College is perfect for helping anyone find their creative feet.”
Kerrie’s proudest moments during her time at college include winning a student prize and seeing her hard work pay offwhen she was awarded an A for her graded unit.
After completing her HND Kerrie progressed to Herriot Watt University to study Fashion Design for Industry, focusing on menswear design and outerwear towards the end of her studies. Her plans to move to London after she graduated changed when a coat she made for her boyfriend led to people asking her to make her designs for them.
“After creating made to order coats for a year or two, I finally decided to officially launch my website and KerrieALDO range in 2014, originally specializing in hand-crafted, high quality outerwear,” Kerrie explains.
Her brand has gone from strength to strength since its inception in with its range expanding to include dresses, t-shirts and accessories. A recent highlight for Kerrie saw her join forces with Dundee’s V&A museum and local textiles firm Halley Stevensons to create a limited range of raincoats and bags that were sold exclusively in the V&A’s design shop.
Currently a predominantly online business, Kerrie’s ambition for the future is to open her own shop.
