Event 1: Meanwhile Space Ecologies - Dundee 19th March 2026

We're delighted to announce news of our first event in Dundee on the 19th March.

Meanwhile Space Ecologies

• Thursday, Mar 19 from 3pm to 7pm
  
• Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA), Dundee
• Free (booking is required, bursary places available)

More information: https://creativedundee.com/2026/02/meanwhile-space-ecologies/?_thumbnail_id=62535

Booking link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meanwhile-space-ecologies-tickets-1983763914269?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us for an event exploring the opportunities and challenges of temporary space models for creative communities.

With unprecedented levels of vacant commercial property across the UK, ‘meanwhile use’ – or the temporary use – of urban space has become increasingly popular. For artists and creative practitioners, who play a vital role in thriving cultural ecosystems, this can mean access to new spaces at low cost or even for free – yet, by its very nature, meanwhile use is precarious. Meanwhile Space Ecologies is a workshop and panel event, exploring temporary space models in Dundee and informing research into the impacts of meanwhile spaces.

Led by researchers Dr Emma Coffield and Gareth McMurchy from Newcastle University, our workshop will bring together artists, creative practitioners and businesses, grassroots organisations, existing creative spaces and researchers to map Dundee’s existing creative space ecology, the opportunities and challenges associated with meanwhile use models, and the impact they have on creative practice and communities.

At our evening panel event, hear from creative practitioners in Dundee who have navigated temporary space to exhibit, collaborate and animate spaces across the city, as well as insights from researchers Dr Emma Coffield and Eilish Victoria (Creative Dundee and University of Dundee) on how temporary space models work, and the motivations behind each of their research projects. 

Choose to come to either the workshop or the panel, or join us for both! Following the event, you’re welcome to stay and continue chats at Jute Cafe Bar within DCA.

Last modified: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:11:26 GMT