Jake Watts

Dancing in the north sea like the western most Coventrian

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@seanelderw Emailed it to yer.

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On this, I graduated into the 2008 economic crisis and pursuant austerity regime which saw systematic defending of the arts in England. Which continues apace. It is one of the main reasons I looked to build a career and life elsewhere.

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of future possibilities of practice to flourish.

Thank you @MAP_magazine </3

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to develop her voice by the editors and community that constitute MAP through those opportunities. The same can be said of peers and collaborators of mine who have become guest editors at MAP before going on to have success as independent writers, curators, and artists. MAP's

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world. This may seem overly dramatic. Writers will write, artists will make art. But the diversity of spaces an points of encounter between them, such as MAP, are vital for the meaning of what we produce to intersect with broader audiences and are integral to the continuation

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around the art scene in Scotland is something that drew me to it and has kept me invested and active in the community over the past 14 years. I've never written for MAP, although my partner @kirstyahendry has done extensively https://t.co/b0lSNu6DFd and she's been supported

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into its current form with Alice Bain. Through my experiences on that programme I went on to secure a funded PhD at ECA and continue my development and get to the position I'm in today as Programme Director of the BA in Fine Art at ECA. The culture of criticality and writing

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(and had) written extensively for MAP e.g. https://t.co/F7ye0dzoJ2 and by @deborahjackson_ who was also writing for MAP e.g. https://t.co/vlxzeij4sz; and by @LaHaynesManual who was teaching while completing her PhD in Artwriting and was in the process of taking MAP online

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Mulholland who suggested based on my interest in his work and the theme of the symposium apply for his MFA programme in Contemporary Art Theory at ECA, which I did and joined in 2012. On that programme I was introduced to artwriting as a practice taught by @Oh_SusannahT who has

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This is another significant loss for Scottish arts culture. On a personal level I will really miss MAP.

A small(ish) anecdote fwiw, while studying my BA in Cov I visited Glasgow in 2010 and picked up a copy of issue #22 in Glasgow while visiting Glasgow Print Studio. I took it

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An announcement from MAP magazine: After a run of nearly 20 years, MAP magazine is now closed to pitches and commissions. It has been both a privilege and pleasure to have worked with so many wonderful contributors, editors and organisations across Scotland and beyond.

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bringing one of the artists in the article down for another gallery project related to the work of Dave Rushton, Art & Language and art education (the personal relevance on my own work and research cannot be understated). It was through the symposia for this event I was met Neil

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Regardless, I kept returning to the issue and read another article in the issue on Confraternity of Neoflagellents https://t.co/wiZhTkQ3iC and shared it with a curator (Sadie Kerr) at the uni gallery (Lanchester Gallery Projects [RIP]) who had studied in Glasgow and noted we'd be

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back to Coventry, got enraptured by an article by Jonna Fidduccia https://t.co/5Q6JWXAuuJ in that issue. I wanted to based my UG dissertation around that issue but it couldn't be supported by the faculty due to a lack of engagement with contemporary theory and writing around art.

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Bobby Womack showed up to Sam Cooke’s funeral in Sam Cooks car with Sam Cookes wife wearing Sam Cookes suit on. He later married Sam Cooke’s wife and cheated on her with Sam Cooke’s daughter

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Come work with me at @eca_edinburgh teaching Contemporary Art Theory. 1 year fixed term - Deadline next Tuesday (29th) https://t.co/FOAqihCIjs

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Come work with me (1 year post to cover maternity leave) we are looking for either 1 x full time or 2x 0.5 posts, so perfect to fit around other freelance gigs whist gaining some HE experience https://t.co/PRJLs4YVcC