The Dundee Artists Database (DAD) is a volunteer-run directory and was made in January 2024 to basically be a yellow-pages for artists in Dundee, Scotland. Its purpose is to connect and benefit artists in Dundee, and hopefully help make it easier for them to find work and be found by people looking to hire/collaborate/etc with them. You do not have to be Dundee born and bred to enter your details into the DAD, although you should live and work in Dundee. You also don’t need to be from Dundee to search in the DAD.
The DAD was made after it’s creator was trying to programme art events in Dundee and was finding that she had to keep a log of people’s names, artists names, emails, Instagram handles and general contact information in her phone notes and thought it would be helpful if these were all in the one place- and it would be even more helpful people could enter their own details. And it would be even more helpful if the directory was free to use, free to search and free to put your details into. So that’s what happened: and the DAD was born.
The DAD form and database can be found on Instagram at @dundeeartistsdatabase at the link in the bio, as well as on this webpage and via QR codes round the city of Dundee. The DAD is now and will forever be free to use and free to search. The DAD will never directly ask or lobby anyone to use or search the DAD. Users will always reserve the right to requests their details be removed from the DAD - more about this can be found in our terms and conditions.
The DAD is still a baby, and will be developed as we go - as better ideas come in, feedback is offered and as the DAD’s mum becomes more technologically proficient.
Hopefully, the DAD will help bring artists in Dundee together and benefit artists living in Dundee.
Lots of love,
DAD xx