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Scottish
Jottings
Writings
by Hamish MacEwan
Hamish
MacEwan is an artist born in Scotland and now living in Jacksonville, Florida.
He earned a BFA from the School of Drawing and Painting, Edinburgh College of
Art, and a second degree from the College of Education, Edinburgh University. He
studied at the Fogg Art Institute in Cambridge and received an MA cum laude
in Fine Arts Education from Harvard University. He has held professional
positions with the Boston Museum of Fine Art, served as visiting professor at
the University of Iowa, as lecturer at the University of New Hampshire, and as
Head of the Art Department at Jacksonville Episcopal High School. He has given
solo exhibitions in New Hampshire, New York City, Boston, and Jacksonville. His
paintings are found in private collections throughout the eastern United States
and the United Kingdom. In addition to his artwork, Mr. MacEwan produces
cultural programs for WJCT, the PBS radio station in Jacksonville.
Here,
Mr. MacEwan turns his talents to writing. His stories of his life in Scotland
bring our Scottish heritage even closer to those of us in the Jacksonville area.
His columns are regular features in The Scots Speak, the newsletter of
the St. Andrew's Society of Jacksonville. We have singled them out here for your
enjoyment.
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