Dr Micah Mackay
@micahmackay.bsky.social
Writer and Historian ✍️
Dr of Carols (yes, really) 🎓
Arts Development & Cultural Advocate🎭
Currently writing about how we can transform arts funding ✨
Dr of Carols (yes, really) 🎓
Arts Development & Cultural Advocate🎭
Currently writing about how we can transform arts funding ✨
Pinned
Have started a Scottish arts organisations and artists starter pack. For those new to Bluesky – SP’s collect together accounts on a common theme and you can follow them all with one click 😊 Starting with the arts orgs. Individual artists – let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/4gSyNWx
It felt very on brand to start Halloween celebrations with a witch walk and end them in a friend’s 17th century cemetery gatehouse.
November 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
It felt very on brand to start Halloween celebrations with a witch walk and end them in a friend’s 17th century cemetery gatehouse.
Ok Scotland-based artists! This one’s for you. Go follow @fundeachother on Instagram! We’re hoping to foster systems of support for freelancers in the Scottish arts sector 💛
#arts #scottisharts ##creativecommunity #supportartists
#arts #scottisharts ##creativecommunity #supportartists
October 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Ok Scotland-based artists! This one’s for you. Go follow @fundeachother on Instagram! We’re hoping to foster systems of support for freelancers in the Scottish arts sector 💛
#arts #scottisharts ##creativecommunity #supportartists
#arts #scottisharts ##creativecommunity #supportartists
Apparently it’s the season of the bob 😂
October 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Apparently it’s the season of the bob 😂
The fact that all of this has happened in the last 12 months is mad! Sometimes my anxious brain gets stuck in the negatives and the stress but this little video is a good reminder of the amount of joy and beauty over the last year. Feeling very grateful for it 💛
October 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The fact that all of this has happened in the last 12 months is mad! Sometimes my anxious brain gets stuck in the negatives and the stress but this little video is a good reminder of the amount of joy and beauty over the last year. Feeling very grateful for it 💛
Back on BlueSky after a bit of time away! It’s autumn in Edinburgh now and there are lovely colours everywhere. Few photos from my walk earlier today, a quick break from book writing ✨
October 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Back on BlueSky after a bit of time away! It’s autumn in Edinburgh now and there are lovely colours everywhere. Few photos from my walk earlier today, a quick break from book writing ✨
🚨Open Call – Wholes 🚨
Very excited to release the open call for the research and development period for my new theatre piece, Wholes! Please share with anyone who might be interested. With thanks to @creativescots.bsky.social, Lyth Arts Centre, and @atandmt.bsky.social for support ✨
Very excited to release the open call for the research and development period for my new theatre piece, Wholes! Please share with anyone who might be interested. With thanks to @creativescots.bsky.social, Lyth Arts Centre, and @atandmt.bsky.social for support ✨
April 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
🚨Open Call – Wholes 🚨
Very excited to release the open call for the research and development period for my new theatre piece, Wholes! Please share with anyone who might be interested. With thanks to @creativescots.bsky.social, Lyth Arts Centre, and @atandmt.bsky.social for support ✨
Very excited to release the open call for the research and development period for my new theatre piece, Wholes! Please share with anyone who might be interested. With thanks to @creativescots.bsky.social, Lyth Arts Centre, and @atandmt.bsky.social for support ✨
Still some space on the starter pack! Keen to get freelance Scottish artists/writers/musicians/cultural sector workers involved too! Give me a shout if you want to join the list 😊 Let’s create a more connected sector 💕
Have started a Scottish arts organisations and artists starter pack. For those new to Bluesky – SP’s collect together accounts on a common theme and you can follow them all with one click 😊 Starting with the arts orgs. Individual artists – let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/4gSyNWx
February 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Still some space on the starter pack! Keen to get freelance Scottish artists/writers/musicians/cultural sector workers involved too! Give me a shout if you want to join the list 😊 Let’s create a more connected sector 💕
Reposted by Dr Micah Mackay
Pleased to be included on this Scottish arts starter pack from @micahmackay.bsky.social - check it out for many more interesting follows...
👇
👇
Have started a Scottish arts organisations and artists starter pack. For those new to Bluesky – SP’s collect together accounts on a common theme and you can follow them all with one click 😊 Starting with the arts orgs. Individual artists – let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/4gSyNWx
February 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Pleased to be included on this Scottish arts starter pack from @micahmackay.bsky.social - check it out for many more interesting follows...
👇
👇
Calling any Scottish arts and cultural organisations / artists who want to connect with the rest of the sector… #scotland #arts #artsky
Have started a Scottish arts organisations and artists starter pack. For those new to Bluesky – SP’s collect together accounts on a common theme and you can follow them all with one click 😊 Starting with the arts orgs. Individual artists – let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/4gSyNWx
February 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Reposted by Dr Micah Mackay
This is so great!🤩
Have started a Scottish arts organisations and artists starter pack. For those new to Bluesky – SP’s collect together accounts on a common theme and you can follow them all with one click 😊 Starting with the arts orgs. Individual artists – let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/4gSyNWx
February 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This is so great!🤩
Have started a Scottish arts organisations and artists starter pack. For those new to Bluesky – SP’s collect together accounts on a common theme and you can follow them all with one click 😊 Starting with the arts orgs. Individual artists – let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/4gSyNWx
February 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Have started a Scottish arts organisations and artists starter pack. For those new to Bluesky – SP’s collect together accounts on a common theme and you can follow them all with one click 😊 Starting with the arts orgs. Individual artists – let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/4gSyNWx
Really enjoying Hannah Stowe’s Move Like Water 🌊 A truly beautiful reflection on her relationship with the sea.
February 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Really enjoying Hannah Stowe’s Move Like Water 🌊 A truly beautiful reflection on her relationship with the sea.
Reposted by Dr Micah Mackay
🎭 Standing with Cumbernauld Theatre 🎭 @cnauldtheatre.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🎭 Standing with Cumbernauld Theatre 🎭 @cnauldtheatre.bsky.social
It’s February. The light is gorgeous. Little jigsaw pieces of life feel like they’re finally coming together 😊
February 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It’s February. The light is gorgeous. Little jigsaw pieces of life feel like they’re finally coming together 😊
Reposted by Dr Micah Mackay
Creative Scotland round-up: Huge boosts for Summerhall, Filmhouse & Belmont reopening bids, CCA & Aye Write in Glasgow, Cumnock Tryst & Hebcelt festivals, but Cumbernauld Theatre loses funding & Traverse & Scottish Poetry Library are thrown lifelines. www.scotsman.com/news/theatre...
January 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Creative Scotland round-up: Huge boosts for Summerhall, Filmhouse & Belmont reopening bids, CCA & Aye Write in Glasgow, Cumnock Tryst & Hebcelt festivals, but Cumbernauld Theatre loses funding & Traverse & Scottish Poetry Library are thrown lifelines. www.scotsman.com/news/theatre...
A few words for the Scottish arts and cultural sector from an arts development manager and fundraiser #fundingdecisions
January 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A few words for the Scottish arts and cultural sector from an arts development manager and fundraiser #fundingdecisions
Short hair for the first time. Think I’m going to like it!
January 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Short hair for the first time. Think I’m going to like it!
Well, this is exciting! Our little collection of musings on publication before print is now available via the CUP website! It’s free-to-access online for the next few weeks too ☺️ My section deals with the idea of publication through song (yes, there are carols!) #newbook #coauthor #medievalsky
Unprinted
Cambridge Core - Literary Theory - Unprinted
www.cambridge.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Well, this is exciting! Our little collection of musings on publication before print is now available via the CUP website! It’s free-to-access online for the next few weeks too ☺️ My section deals with the idea of publication through song (yes, there are carols!) #newbook #coauthor #medievalsky
Reposted by Dr Micah Mackay
Writing is a tough gig. The least we can do is be good to each other.
January 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Writing is a tough gig. The least we can do is be good to each other.
Gatekeepers and Mediators
Arts Organisations and Their Funding
substack.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Reposted by Dr Micah Mackay
Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
January 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
I am not someone who does well with the cold. However, I’ve been out running four times in freezing temperatures in the last week…should I be saying a tentative ‘new year, new me’? 😂😂
January 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I am not someone who does well with the cold. However, I’ve been out running four times in freezing temperatures in the last week…should I be saying a tentative ‘new year, new me’? 😂😂
Any South West Coast Path walkers here? Looking for any advice/tips! #southwestcoastpath
January 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Any South West Coast Path walkers here? Looking for any advice/tips! #southwestcoastpath