D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson


	2 - 28 November Reoccurrence/Ricercare - a residency/exhibition by Raydale Dower exploring links between sound, mathematics and nature, using material from the D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum CCA, Glasgow
12 March – 6th September Exhibition: D'Arcy Thompson's Voyages of Discovery A temporary display looking at D'Arcy's polar connections, featuring Arctic and Antarctic specimens from his museum. more... Discovery Point Dundee 19 March – 22 May Exhibition: D'Arcy Thompson: Growth & Form D'Arcy's life and work, focusing on his 32 years in Dundee and his collections from around the world more... Lamb Gallery University of Dundee 20 March – 3 May Exhibition: The Parrot & the Polymath Celebrating D'Arcy's life curated by Museum & Gallery postgraduate students more... Gateway Galleries University of St Andrews	6 - 20 March Exhibition: Work by Illustration students at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design made in response to the D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum Bradshaw Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone University of Dundee	27 March Family event: Polly's Little Artists more... 2-4pm Gateway Building North Haugh St Andrews 30 March & 6 April Family event: Storytelling more... 10-10.30am Gateway Building North Haugh St Andrews	23 March 'Beyond Comparison' Peter Slater Gallery Lecture more... 1-1.30pm Gateway Building North Haugh St Andrews
	2-3 April Zoology Museum open Good Friday: 2-4.30pm Easter Saturday: 10am-12.30pm D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum University of Dundee 30 April Public Leture by Professor Wallace Arthur (National University of Ireland, Galway): D'Arcy Thompson's theory of transformations and its relations with the evolutionary views of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace 5pm Bute Building, University of St Andrews	3 April Family event: Polly's Eggstravaganza more... 2-4pm Gateway Building North Haugh St Andrews 17 April Family event: World Adventurer! more... 2-4pm Gateway Building North Haugh St Andrews 24 April Family event: Wacky Races! more... 2-4pm Gateway Building North Haugh St Andrews	14, 29 April Curators' Talks more... 1pm Gateway Building North Haugh St Andrews 19 April 'The Art of Science' Daniel Herrmann Gallery Talk more... 1-1.30pm Gateway Building North Haugh St Andrews 22, 23, 29 April Schools event: Stop the Press! more... Gateway Building North Haugh St Andrews 22, 23, 30 April Schools event: Skulls and Swirls more... Gateway Building North Haugh St Andrews
	1 May Music & talks: University Chamber Choir, & speakers: Cathy Caudwell, Matthew Jarron, Mike Taylor, Patrick Randolph-Quinney 2-4.30pm D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum University of Dundee 2 May D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum open, & live street theatre event. 2-4.30pm D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum University of Dundee 3 May Notes from the Museum readings by Creative Writing students, including new work by poet/tutor Jim Stewart 6pm D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum University of Dundee	1 May Public lecture: 'The Development of Pattern and Form ' by Prof Lewis Wolpert (UCL) Dalhousie Building University of Dundee book tickets 11,18,25 May Tayside Biodiversity Festival Talks more... Tuesdays at 6pm D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum University of Dundee
June - September D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum open every Friday 2-4.30pm University of Dundee June - September Bell Pettigrew Museum open University of St Andrews 3 September - 6 November Exhibition: D'Arcy Thompson: Sketching the Universe Exploring how artists have responded to D'Arcy Thompson's ideas and collections Lamb Gallery, University of Dundee 3 September - 6 November Exhibition: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Work by the celebrated abstract artist who knew and was inspired by D'Arcy, on loan from the WBG Charitable Trust Tower Foyer Gallery, University of Dundee


	2 September Public Lecture by Prof Martin Kemp (University of Oxford) Splashing Around: Themes from D'Arcy Thompson in the Visual Arts The renowned art historian Martin Kemp explores Thompsonish motifs in art, architecture and engineering. 5.30pm, Tower Building, University of Dundee (more...) 3 September Afternoon public lectures on D'Arcy's ongoing relevance to academic areas as diverse as biology, methematics, classics, and the arts, followed buffet with music and an appreciation of D'Arcy the man. Everyone welcome! Professor Peter Slater (Emeritus Professor of Natural History): Who was D’Arcy Thompson? Professor Edmund Robertson: D’Arcy Thompson and the enumeration of rhyme schemes Professor Robertson (representing Dr John O’Connor): Software producing D’Arcy-like transformations Professor Stephen Halliwell: D’Arcy and the Classics Dr David Ferrier: On Growth and Form in Developmental Biology Dr Joy Sleeman (Slade School of Fine Art): D’Arcy and Contemporary Art Professor Tom Meagher: On growth and form in plants – the forgotten chapter Dr Stephanie Bunn: Growing, building, making: an anthropological perspective On Growth and Form 2pm, Bell Pettigrew Museum, Bute Building, University of St Andrews 4 September Sketching the Universe: a multi-disciplinary conference exploring the legacy of D’Arcy Thompson (1860-1948) 10.00am Registration and refreshments (Lamb Gallery) 10.30am Welcome 10.40am Matthew Jarron (Museum Services, University of Dundee): D’Arcy Thompson’s Growth and Form in Dundee 11.10am Dr Neil Paterson (Botanic Garden, University of Dundee): D’Arcy and Darwin – natural selection and its enemies 11.40am Dr Edward Juler (Department of Art History, University of Edinburgh): An Invaluable Sourcebook of Design – the popularisation of the new biology and the artistic reception of On Growth and Form, 1929-39 12.00pm Lunch (Lamb Gallery) 1.00pm Professor Alan Werrity (School of Social & Environmental Sciences, University of Dundee): Reconceptualising space – Geography, Cartograms and D’Arcy's Method of Transformations 1.30pm Dr Patrick Randolph Quinney (Centre of Anatomy & Human Identification, University of Dundee): D'Arcy Thompson and the Foundations of Virtual Anthropology 2.00pm Dr Keith Skene (College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee): The Energetics of Transformation - a functionalist perspective 2.30pm Break for refreshments (Lamb Gallery) 3.00pm Professor Bill Harvey (Obvis and University of Exeter): The Built and the Natural Environment – D’Arcy Thompson in the developing world of engineering 3.30pm Professor Seaton Baxter (Centre for the Study of Natural Design, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design): The Dynamical View of Natural Form 4.00pm Dr Jim Stewart (School of Humanities, University of Dundee): Homage to D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson (poetry reading) 4.15pm Reception in the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum, Carnelley Building Baxter Conference Room 1.36, Tower Building, University of Dundee

	17 November Talk: Daftie and Johnnie: D'Arcy Thompson's lifelong friend, J S Haldane Born on the same day in 1860, walking to school together, and members of the schoolboy Eureka Society, the friendship of D'Arcy Thompson was pivotal to J S Haldane's astonishing career. Come and hear tales born of one of the greatest friendships in science. 6pm D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum University of Dundee