Einstein’s Fridge: a one-act play by Ronald Mackay

As we confirm the program for NFOTA’s upcoming festival, to be announced soon, we look back on previous festivals. Here is Ronald Mackay’s one-act play, Einstein’s Fridge, from Festival of the Arts 2019. This video was filmed by Wally Keeler. About Ron: A career in international development has persuaded Ronald that cultures have always borrowed…

What’s Your Take?: In Praise of Borrowing by Ronald Mackay

In this series, Northumberland artists share their views on issues related to the arts. Let us cherish the commingling of diverse cultures. As a Scot, I see others wearing tartan – “plaid” to Americans – and feel pride that the criss-cross patterned cloth associated with my homeland is copied and worn with pride if not…

Northumberland Art Lovers: Ronald Mackay

“I captured what might have been going on in the mind of a Polish officer as he kissed my mother’s hand. I think I captured what might have been my mother’s sacrifice.”–Ronald Mackay.