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We enrich people's lives through art, culture and creativity.

What's on today and tomorrow

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Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood 

Sat 19 Apr - Sun 13 Jul 2025

Upcoming events

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Craft Sunday: Mindful Collage with Concrete Nature

Sun 22 Jun 2025

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Experimental Relief Etch Printing

Sat 28 - Sun 29 Jun 2025

Artist drawing onto a slab of limestone

Masterclass: Stone Lithography

Fri 15 - Sun 17 Aug 2025

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Live from the Met 2025-26

Booking for the new season of opera screenings open now.

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Vouchers and gift memberships

A DCA voucher is the perfect gift for the film fan, artist or creative in your life. Alternatively, a DCA Gift Membership provides discounts, offers and priority booking.

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Calling all Registered Users of DCA Print Studio

Get involved with our Made in DCA Print Studio Exhibition.

A girl and a man, dressed in Japanese period clothes, stand in a forest.

Tornado at DCA Cinema

Director John Maclean tells us about his historical thriller

A band of men in late 18th century dress march through a forest.

New films from Fri 13 June

See what's on including Tornado, The Ballad of Wallis Island and Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.

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Scotland's Workshops Award

We’re excited to share a new opportunity from Scotland’s Workshops!

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Haunted by Dundead

A look back our our 2025 Dundead horror film festival.

The DCA building from the outside.

Accessible events this June at DCA

Captioned screenings, audio description and more.

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A gallery full of dark blue light, with a film projected on a wall showing a figure lying on its back with a cloud of insects above it.

Gallery

Contemporary art exhibitions in our two beautiful gallery spaces

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Cinema

Bringing you new releases, vintage favourites and indie gems from around the world

A group of people choose paints in DCA Print Studio.

Print Studio

State-of-the-art facilities for printmaking, photography and digital design

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Learning

See, think, make and do at DCA

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Shop

Open Mon-Sun, 10:00-17:30

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Eat & Drink at Jute Café Bar

A popular choice in the heart of the city