special event
Explore! Creative Manifestation
Saturday 14 November 2026
Celebrate Upstart with lantern decorating and a final walking tour
Intrigued by how design can make an impact in Dundee? Join us for UPSTART’s finale and light a trail of creativity through the city!
We’ll start by adding our wishes, dreams and creative ambitions to paper lanterns for UPSTART’s closing celebration, with music, snacks and mocktails as we celebrate creative careers and what design means to us before heading out on a walking tour of Dundee.
On the walking tour we will explore new work by Ythan Evans, Ailsa MacLennan, Iona Dawson and Sarah Robinson. Curated and produced by YPC, the commissions are installed on hoardings and billboards across Dundee, bringing contemporary creative practice directly into the city’s streets.
Led by the participating DJCAD graduates and YPC members, this walking tour offers an opportunity to hear about the creative process behind the commissions and explore how design can shape and transform public space in Dundee.
As part of our Upstart: Creative Careers Festival, take a look at the full programme here.
Accessibility
Our route tours regular public access routes and should be accessible for those with additional support needs, with staff members on hand to help if required.
While we cannot confirm the time spent at each billboard, we also welcome those who want to join the tour part way and have listed stops for your convenience. Get in touch if you have any additional concerns at learn@vandadundee.org.
In partnership with BUILDHOLLYWOOD Scotland
BUILDHOLLYWOOD Scotland celebrates our cities, brimming with all sorts of people, lifestyles and culture. They believe the street is a space where emerging talent can share and be recognised alongside the best art, fashion, music and culture releases.
With over 30 years of experience in Scotland’s cultural sector, they bring deep local knowledge to every street campaign to ensure it stands out. By developing street-level poster spaces in carefully curated locations across Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth, alongside UK-wide and international offerings through the parent company BUILDHOLLYWOOD, they place creativity at the heart of our cities.
Built on an art school mentality that dates back to their founder, they bring together two specialist agencies – JACK ARTS and JACK – who specialise in their sectors to produce street level poster campaigns, creative billboards, hand painted murals, interactive installations, ambient and unique experiential campaigns to create authentic interactions with people on the street.
This combination of format, creativity and position is unique to BUILDHOLLYWOOD and is the reason why they work and collaborate with the most exciting brands, artists and creative institutions in the world, to inspire and make genuine connections with communities. BUILDHOLLYWOOD are the creative street advertising specialists.
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